Part 2: Diagnosis and Treatment Flashcards
Piriformis syndrome
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Sacrum
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Treatments:
- Thoracic MET
- Lumbar BLT or FPR
- ANS: Sacral rocking
Lateral or medial epicondylitis
- TART Screenings:
- Upper extremity
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Upper extremity (elbow)
- Cervical
- Treatments:
- Elbow direct MFR
- Cervical BLT
- ANS: T2-7 paraspinal inhibition
[Elbow direct MFR: hold pts hand with one hand and the proximal radius and ulna with the other hand. Test elbow flexion/extension and forearm supination/pronation. Slowly move the elbow into its restriction and apply steady force until tissue release. Recheck.]
Ankle Sprain
- TART Screenings:
- Lower extremity
- Innominate
- Lumbar
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Ankle counterstrain exam
- Innominate
- Treatments:
- Ankle counterstrain
- Innominate MET
- ANS: Paraspinal inhibition T11-L2
Sinusitis
- TART Screenings
- Cervical spine
- Thoracic spine
- Lymphatics
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Treatments:
- Cervical BLT
- Thoracic muscle energy
- Lymphatic: Thoracic inlet, periauricular drainage
Post-op ileus
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic: TAT screen of thoracic paraspinal muscles
- Head: TAT screen of suboccipital muscles; OM sutures
- Lymphatics: palpate for congestion and asymmetry of supraclavicular area, axillae, epigastric, inguinal
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Thoracic segmental dx
- Head: suboccipital muscle hypertonicity
- Treatments (direct, indirect, and ANS/lymphatic):
- Thoracic dx: BLT
- Head: suboccipital release
- Lymphatic: open thoracic inlet, dome the diaphragm
Psoas syndrome
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Segmental Exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Treatments:
- Lumbar BLT
- Innominate MET
- ANS: Thoracic paraspinal inhibition
Short Leg Syndrome
- TART Screenings:
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Sacrum
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Treatment:
- Lumbar BLT or FPR
- Innominate MET
- ANS: Sacral Rocking
Rotator cuff syndrome
- TART Screenings:
- Upper extremity
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Upper extremity (fascial diagnosis of scapular protraction/retraction, superior/inferior motion, traction/compression)
- Cervical
- Treatments:
- Upper extremity direct MFR (subscapular stretch)
- Cervical BLT
- ANS: T2-7 paraspinal inhibition
[Subscapular stretch: pt prone; place pts arm behind their back. Place fingers around medial border of scapula. Engage the tissue ventrally then give gentle and upward traction, pulling scapula away from rib cage]
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- TART Screenings:
- Cervical
- Ribs (1st rib)
- Thoracic
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas
- Cervical
- Ribs (1st rib)
- Treatments:
- Cervical BLT
- Rib 1 MET
- ANS: Thoracic paraspinal inhibition
TMJ disorder
- TART Screenings:
- Head: TAT screening of sutures and TMJ, chin AROM deviation screening
- Cervical: TAT screen of cervical paraspinal muscles
- Lymphatics: palpation for congestion and asymmetry of supraclavicular area, axillae, epigastric
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas
- Head: medial and lateral pterygoid hypertonicity (based on chin deviation)
- Cervical segmental dx
- Treatments (direct, indirect, and ANS/lymphatic):
- Head: MET for chin deviation
- Cervical dx: BLT
- Lymphatics: open thoracic inlet, auricular drainage
Lumbar degenerative disc disease (osteoarthritis or herniated disc)
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Treatments:
- Lumbar BLT or FPR
- Innominate MET
- ANS: Thoracic paraspinal inhibition
GERD
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic: TAT screen of thoracic paraspinal muscles
- Head: TAT screen of suboccipital muscles; OM sutures
- Lymphatics: palpate for congestion and asymmetry of supraclavicular, axillae, epigastric regions
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Thoracic segmental dx
- Head: suboccipital muscle hypertonicity
- Treatments (direct, indirect, and ANS/lymphatic):
- Thoracic dx: BLT
- Head: suboccipital release
- Lymphatic: Open thoracic inlet, dome the diaphragm
Pneumonia
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic: TAT screen of thoracic paraspinal muscles
- Cervical: TAT screen of cervical paraspinal muscles
- Lymphatics: palpation for congestion and asymmetry of supraclavicular, axillae, epigastric regions
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Thoracic segmental dx
- Cervical segmental dx
- Treatments (direct, indirect, and ANS/lymphatic):
- thoracic dx: paraspinal inhibition, MET
- cervical dx: BLT
- Lymphatics: open thoracic inlet, dome the diaphragm
Common fibular nerve entrapment neuropathy
- TART Screenings:
- Lower extremity
- Innominate
- Lumbar
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas
- Knee (fascial diagnosis)
- Innominate
- Treatments:
- Indirect: Superior popliteal space/hamstring MFR
- Innominate direct MET
- ANS: T11-L2 paraspinal inhibition
[MFR: use finger pads on either side of the superior aspect of the popliteal space and introduce spreading force to load the fascia. Test IR/ER, clockwise/counterclockwise, superior/inferior]
Low back pain in pregnancy
- TART Screenings:
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Segmental exam to define SD in 2 body areas:
- Lumbar
- Innominate
- Treatments:
- Lumbar BLT
- Innominate MET
- ANS: Thoracic paraspinal inhibition