Spring 2016 written Flashcards
if a woman has h/o pelvic or back pain during previous pregnancies, then?
up to 2/3 may continue to suffer from back pain after delivery
what are radicular sx during pregnancy due to?
direct pressure on nerve root/lumbar plexus by uterus
which paraspinal muscle will shorten the most in pregnancy?
iliopsoas
in pregnant patients with pre-existing scoliosis, if the curvature is >____ then there is a link to pregnancy
25 degrees
what effect on birth is assc’d with scoliosis
premature birth
target of relaxin hormone (3)
cervix, uterus, ligamentous structures of pelvis
effect of progesterone on fluid in pregnancy
promotes fluid retention
viscero-somatic level of uterus
T10-L1
what is crucial during congestive stage (28th-36th week)
restoring motion of diaphragms
what should you be sure to tx postpartum?
sacrum (sacroilitis, coccydynia)
frog technique txs?
treats incr lordosis of lumbar spine
the ABCs of treating hospitalized patients
Autonomics
breathing
circulation
how to know if a person has a viscerosomatic reflex?
when 2+ spinal segments have evidence of SD within an autonomic reflex area
ppl with CAD have mechanical problems involving____ that involve rotation to the ____
T3 & T4; left
sequence of treating hospitalized patient: centrally or peripherally first?
- central
2. peripheral
OMT can decr what in patients with pneumona (3)
- length of stay
- duration of IV Abx
- incidence of respiratory failure/death
why tx areas of fascial distortion?
b/c it poses a restriction to free flow or low pressure fluids
in copd or URTI, tx which viscerosomatics
T1-6
in diabetes, tx which viscerosomatics
T5-11
in HTN, tx which viscerosomatics
heart (T1-5), adrenals (T10-11), kidneys (T10-L1)
what systems to use to tx elderly?
- CCP
2. respiratory circulatory model
8 important CCP TP
- R levator scap
- R upper trap
- L T12 anterior
- L Lat dorsi
- L lower trap
- L psoas
- R quad lumborum
- R hammie
goal of OMT in GI tx
remove excessive synaptic drive from PAN
where does prolonged visceral afferent input manifest (3)
- segmental paraspinal tissues
- collateral ganglia
- visceral motion