Rib Counterstrain - Lab

Question 1

Anterior Ribs 1 and 2 CS

Answer 1

Question 2

Anterior Ribs 3-10 CS

Answer 2

120 seconds (30 to relax pt, 90 for treatment)

Question 3

Posterior Rib 1 CS

Answer 3

Question 4

Posterior Rib 2 CS

Answer 4

Question 5

Posterior Ribs 3-10 CS

Answer 5

Opposite of anterior treatment

Question 6

If thoracic and rib TPs, which do you treat first?

Answer 6

Thoracic TP

Question 7

Anterior rib tenderpoint indicates ____ rib

Answer 7

Depressed rib

Ribs depress with exhalation (sigh when you’re depressed)

Question 8

Posterior rib TP is indicative of ______ rib

Answer 8

Elevated rib

Ribs elevate with inhalation

Question 9

Ribs are typically more prominent when they are _____

Answer 9

Depressed

Question 10

Location of Anterior Rib 1 TP

Answer 10

Below clavicle on 1st chostochondral articulation

Question 11

Location of Anterior Rib 2 TP

Answer 11

Superior aspect of 2nd rib at the midclavicular line

Question 12

Location of Anterior Ribs 3-10 tenderpoints

Answer 12

On the dysfunctional rib at the anterior axillary line

Question 13

Location of Posterior Rib 1 TP

Answer 13

Posterosuperior aspect of rib 1 just lateral to costotransverse articulation

Question 14

Location of posterior Rib 2-10 TPs

Answer 14

Posterosuperior angle of corresponding rib

Question 15

Rib 1 Inhalation Treatment

Answer 15

Question 16

Ribs 2-6 Inhalation Treatment

Answer 16

Question 17

Ribs 7-10 Inhalation Treatment

Answer 17

Question 18

Ribs 11-12 Inhalation Treatment

Answer 18

Question 19

Ribs 1-2 Exhalation Treatment

Answer 19

Question 20

Ribs 3-5 Exhalation Treatment

Answer 20

Question 21

Ribs 6-8 Exhalation Treatment

Answer 21

Question 22

Ribs 9-10 Exhalation Treatment

Answer 22

Question 23

Ribs 11-12 Exhalation Treatment

Answer 23

Question 33

What ribs require you to depress the key rib with exhalation in order to treat their inhalation dysfunction?

Answer 33

Ribs 1-10

Question 34

What ribs require you to activate the quadratus lumborum to treat?

Answer 34

Ribs 11-12, for both inhalation and exhalation dysfunction

Question 35

What ribs require activation of the anterior/middle scalene ms. to treat exhalation dysfunction?

Answer 35

Rib 1

Question 36

What ribs require activation of the posterior scalene to treat exhalation dysfunction?

Answer 36

Rib 2

Question 37

What ribs require activation of the pectoralis minor m. to treat exhalation dysfunction?

Answer 37

Ribs 3-5

Question 38

What ribs require activation of the serratus anterior m. to treat exhalation dysfunction?

Answer 38

Ribs 6-8

Question 39

What ribs require activation of the latissimus dorsi m. to treat exhalation dysfunction?

Answer 39

Ribs 9-10