Technique variations

Question 1

Spencer’s Technique

Answer 1

7 stages: Extension, Flexion, Compression circumduction, Traction circumduction, Adduction and ER, IR, Pump (traction with inferior glide)

Question 2

Arm unwinding

Answer 2

place cephalad hand near patient’s shoulder, flex and abduct patient’s arm and rest their forearm on your antecubital fossa, hook onto the scapula with caudad hand and pull the shoulder girdle laterally and superiorly until fascial pull eases, rotate fascia externally

Question 3

Subscapularis TP

Answer 3

E IR

Question 4

Biceps brachii long head TP

Answer 4

F Abd IR

Question 5

Biceps brachii short head TP

Answer 5

F Add IR

Question 6

Pectoralis minor TP

Answer 6

f-F ADD

Question 7

Reasons for anterior cervical manipulation

Answer 7

stuck cervical segment, prior healed anterior cervical surgery with scar tissue, vocal issues

Question 8

Tongue sweep

Answer 8

great for muscle tension, throat tension, TMJ, globus sensation

Question 9

laryngeal manipulation

Answer 9

grasp larynx, motion test, take to direct barrier and have pt swallow

Question 10

Ligamentous Articular strain

Answer 10

disengagement, exaggeration, balancing and maintaining

Question 11

Disengage technique in LAS

Answer 11

compress or decompress

Question 12

Exaggeration technique in LAS

Answer 12

take injury back to place of injury, then exaggerate it by compressing or decompressing the joint

Question 13

Balance point or position in LAS

Answer 13

point of balance of an articular surface where all physiologic motions are neutral