Paired Bones Lab Flashcards
Parietal Lift
place fingertips on both parietal bones just superior to the parietal-squamous sutures
hook the thumbs to create a pivot
inducing internal rotation of the parietal bones cause disengagement
maintain light pressure and traction superiorly until superior give or lateral fullness is noted
frontal lift
gently engage lateral inferior edge of frontal bone
apply anterior force with some anterior rotation torque until release is felt
5-finger temporal hold
place middle finger gently in the pts external auditory canal
using thumb and index finger, pinch hold on the zygomatic arch
4th and 5th digits pinch hold the mastoid process
temporal assessment and rocking
with flexion: external rotation
with extension: internal rotation
simultaneous IR/ER are encouraged until equality of motion
temporal assessment and rocking treats
eustachian tube dysfunction TMJ bells' palsy lateral head/suture pain cranial torsion
temporal pull
use a pincer grip on the pinnae or antitragus as close to the temporal bones
apply gentle traction laterally, posteriorly, and superiorly along a vector that parallels the petrous ridge of the temporals
encourage inhalation and take up the slack maintaining tension at the feather’s edge of the barrier until release is felt
temporal pull treats
balances the tentorium cerebelli disengages the jugular foramen may help release thepetrosphenoid BLT for the occipitomastoid temporal headache vertigo tinnitus TMJ ISSUE
TMJ decompression
begin indirect with compression of mandible towards TMJ until general relaxation
switch to the lateral mandible and gently push inferior and slightly anterior until give
TMJ decompression treats
TMJ restriction
mandible restriction
neck pain
pressure at parietal eminence produces separation
petrobasilar
pressure at lateral vertex produce separation at
petrojugular
pressure at the frontal eminence
separation at the occipitomastoid
pressure at the pterion
separation at the parietomastoid
pressure at the asterion
separation at the pterion
pressure at the parietal eminence
separation at the sphenosquamous pivot
occipitomastoid release
wrap ipsilateral hand around mastoid process
wrap contralateral hand under occiput with fingers posterior to suture
roll the head towards the affected side until OM suture is most posterior
gently traction the mastoid anteriorly
hold until release
sagittal suture release
fingers at inferior portion of parietal bone bilaterally
hold and traction
thumbs cross the sagittal suture at mid point
gap the joint with lateral pressure
hold until release
pterigosphenopalatine ganglion
posterior and just lateral to the molars
medial to the pterygoid
direction of force superior, slightly medial, slightly posterior and slight medial rotation
hold gently and await relaxation
