Viscerosomatic

Question 1

TART Stands for

Answer 1

Tissue texture change
Asymmetry
Range of motion deficits
Tenderness to palpation

Question 2

Acid reflux Findings

Answer 2

Sympathetics: decrease acid production
T5 - 10 tenderpoints, celiac and superior mesenteric Ganglion then restriction
Motor:
C 3Dash5 (phrenic nerve to the diaphragm)
Tissue texture change over the cervical pillars
Diaphragm restriction with Celiac ganglion restriction

Question 3

Acid reflux treatment

Answer 3

Thoracic muscle energy
Celiac ganglion MFR
Chapman’s reflex for the stomach and esophagus located at the left fifth and sixth ICS Near the sternum
OA release for the Vagus nerve
Cervical: MFR, FPR, or HVLA
Thoracic: MFR or HVLA
Abdomen: diaphragm doming
The Thoraco – lumbar junction: ME, MFR, HVLA

Question 4

Asthma OMT

Answer 4

Cervical ME C3-5

RR ribs 1-8

Question 5

More asthma OMT

Answer 5

Pec CS, MFR
thoracic HVLA, mfr 
OA release
Scalenes- CS or me 
Cervical- c2-5, mfr, fpr, HVLA 
Abdomen- diaphragm doming
Thoracolumbar jxn- me, mfr, HVLA

Question 6

Acute sinusitis OMT

Answer 6

Supra orbital and infra orbital massage
Frontal and maxillary effleurage
Periauricular drainage
Cervical – Lymphatic drainage of anterior cervical lymphatics, c2 mfr, fpr, HVLA
Thoracic – Muscle energy, MFR (T1-4), HVLA
Chapmans reflexes – mid – maxillary line, above the clavicle (ear), below the clavicle (sinuses)

Question 7

Acute otitis media OMT

Answer 7

Muncie technique
Periauricular drainage
Supra + infraorbital massage
Sphenopalatine ganglion
Cervical: mfr, fpr, HVLA 
Nasion gapping
Galbraith technique
Cranial
OA release
Chapman’s- mid-maxillary line above clavicle

Question 8

Pneumonia OMT

Answer 8

Direct MFR thoracic inlet
Indirect MFR thoracolumbar junction
Thoracic pump lymphatics