Joint Mobilizations
Joint mobilizations are valuable in restoring functional mobility. The Mobil-Aider can enhance the ability to quantify the techniques.
Clinical Predictor Rules for Spinal Manipulation
Use of these clinical predictor rules can be very valuable in directing the course of interventions to achieve a greater chance of success.
Importance of Shoulder Palpation
Importance of Shoulder Palpation Can you put 1 finger on the location of your pain? A question frequently used to identify the location of a patient’s pain. This can be a very helpful piece of information. From there, we typical move away from that location to screen out other possible tissues as we …
Pediatric Hip Stability Assessment
Pediatric Hip Stability Assessment Congenital hip dislocation (CHD) is a condition that can occur in utero. Another name for this condition is “developmental dysplasia of the hip.” Hip instability is one of the most common abnormality in newborns. Approximately 1 in 10 have hip instability. The pathogenesis has been identified to be caused …
Strategy to Palpate Carpal Bones
Strategy to Palpate Carpal Bones Palpation can be challenging when the structures being identified are as small or smaller than your own fingertip. This is the case of the carpal bones. Palpation in such compact areas requires a thorough knowledge of the relationship of the structures. Palpation should be a performed in a …