OMT 1 Flashcards
Distinguishing characteristic of Osteopathic Physicians
art and skill to accurately palpate and dx SD
SD named for
direction of ease
(BUT ITS ABNORMAL)
SD occurs b/c something CAUGHT IN A DIRECTION
and cant come out with balanced ROM - IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION
Palpable, qualitative, dx criteria to make clinical and medical dx of SD
TART
Tenderness (sensitivity.pain)
Asymmetry
Restricted ROM
Tissue texture abnormalities (TTA)
Acute TART= Acute SD
Edematous, erythematous, boggy TTA
With PAINFUL ROM
ASYMMETRY
Tenderness/sensitivity- SHARP/STABBY
Chronic TART= Chronic SD
Cool/fibrotic/ropy/atrophic TTA
With DECREASED ROM (w/ or w/o PAIN)
ASYMMETRY
Tenderness/sensitivity- DULL/DEEP/ITCHY
Isometric contraction
distance between origin and insertion of muscle is - MAINTAINED AT A CONSTANT LENGTH
fixed tension occurs in muscle as PATIENT CONTRACTS against an EQUAL COUNTERFORCE applied by operator PREVENTING SHORTENING OF MUSCLE FROM ORIGIN TO INSERTION
OPERATOR FORCE = PATIENT FORCE
Concentric contraction
when MUSCLE TENSION causes the origin and insertion to APPROXIMATE
OPERATOR FORCE < PATIENT FORCE
Eccentric contraction
LENGTHENING of the muscle during CONTRACTION due to an EXTERNAL force
(ex. pelvic diaphragm musculature elongates during contraction of abdominal diaphragm during respiratory inspiration)
Isolytic contraction
NONPHYSIOLOGIC event where the CONTRACTION of the patient attempts to CONCENTRICALLY contract a muscle with APPROXIMATION of the origin and insertion, but an EXTERNAL force applied by the operator occurs in the OPPOSITE direction
OPERATORS FORCE > PATIENT FORCE
Active motion
PATIENT activates motion as in motion TO and FROM PHYSIOLOGICAL barrier
Passive motion
PHYSICIAN supplies motion as in motion testing in the ELASTIC or to RESTRICTIVE barrier
Direct techniques
always bring patient directly TOWARDS the RESTRICTIVE barrier
Indirect techniques
always bring the patient AWAY from the RESTRICTIVE barrier
4 Osteopathic tenets:
- human being is an INTEGRATED, DYNAMIC, unit of FUNCTION
- body possesses SELF REGULATORY MECHANISMS that are SELF HEALING in nature
- STRUCTURE and FUNCTION are interrelated at all levels
- RATIONAL treatment is based on APPLICATION of these principles
Somatic Dysfunction
impaired or ALTERED FUNCTION of related components of the somatic (body framework) system;
Skeletal
Arthrodial
Myofascial structures
and related
Vascular, Lymphatic, and Neural elements