OPP lecture 3 and 1 Flashcards
What did Fred Mitchell, DO first describe?
Muscle energy: A system of diagnosis and treatment in which the patient voluntariy moves the body as specifically directed by the physician; this directed patient action is from a precisely controlled position, against a defined resistance by the physician.
What kind of technique is muscle energy?
Active/Direct
What are some indications for muscle energy?
1) mobilize joints in which movement is restricted
2) Stretch tight muscles and fascia
- lengthen muscle fibers and decrease hypertonicity
- reduce the restraint of movement
3) Improve local circulation
4) Alter related respiratory and circulatory function
5) Balance neuromuscular relationships to alter muscle tone
- strengthen the weaker side of an asymmetry
What is oculocervical (oculogyric) reflex?
Patient makes eye movements, certain cervical and muscles reflexively contract and antagonist muscles relax.
What is respiratory assistance?
Physician directs the forces of respiration while simultaneously uses a fulcrum (hand) to direct the somatic dysfunction through the barrier.
How did Mitchell DO describe postisometric relaxation?
“immediately following (an isometric) contraction, the neuromuscular apparatus is in a refractory state during which passive stretching may be performed without encountering strong myotatic reflex opposition. All the operator needs to do is resist the contraction and then take up the slack in the fascias during the relaxed refractory period.”
Postisometric relaxation
Following increased tension on the Golgi tendon receptors (contraction), there is a refractory period in which there is a muscle relaxation (lengthening)
joint mobilization using muscle force?
Similar to HVLA but the patient actively contracts the muscles to cause movement
Use patient positioning and muscle contractions to restore motion
reciprocal inhibition
Contract an agonist to relax the antagonistic muscles. ex. biceps/triceps
What is an absolute contraindication to muscle energy?
- Fracture, dislocation or severe joint instability at treatment site
- uncooperative patient
What is a relative contraindication to muscle energy?
- Moderate to severe muscle strains
- Advanced osteoporosis
- Severe illness (ex. post surgical patient or patient on monitor in intensive care unit who is having a myocardial infarction)
How do you perform muscle energy technique? What are the steps?
- Engage the barrier (single or multiple planes) - reverse the s.d. diagnosis
- Patient contracts into the freedom of motion with a small amount of force for 3-5 seconds against physician resistance
- wait 1-2 seconds (allowing tissues to relax)
- Physician re-engages the barrier (take up the slack)
- Repeat 3-5 times
6 Recheck
lumbar vertebral body. Go!
Large size - designed to support postural weight
Wedge shaped - higher in front, maintains lordosis
L4 is at the level of the iliac crest
describe the lumbar process
spinous process - same level as vertebral body
transverse process - long and thin
-easy to palpate distally
describe lumbar vertebra motion during flexion/extension
facets align backward and medial
-couples with ventral-dorsal translatory slide
describe lumbar vertebra motion during sidebending
couples with contralateral lateral translatory slide
-SR - translates left