Question | Answer |
How do you suspect viscersomatic reflexes? | Warmth, Muscle spasm, Tenderness, and Moisture |
Sympathetic head and neck levels | T1-4 |
Sympathetic Cardio levels | T1-5 |
Sympathetic Respiratory levels | T2-T7 |
Sympathetic stomach, liver and gallbladder levels | T5-9 |
Sympathetic Small intestine levels | T9-11 |
Sympathetic Pancreas levels | T5-11 |
Sympathetic Ovaries/testes | T9-10 |
Sympathetic Kidney, ureter and bladder | T10-L1 |
Sympathetic Large intestine, rectum | T8-L2 |
Sympathetic Uterus levels | T10-L1 |
Sympathetic Prostate levels | L1-L2 |
The sympathetic chain ganglia are located | Just anterior to the rib heads |
How do you stimulate symp chain ganglia | repetitive lift of rib angles will cause rebound normalization |
Three abdominal plexi | Celiac, Superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric |
Abdominal Plexus release | Push and hold for 10-20 seconds |
Abdominal Plexus release contraindications | peritonitis, bowel obstruction |
Treatment for chapmans points | rotary pressure for 10-30 seconds |
When you do upper cervical soft tissue treatments, what are you stimulating | Vagus nerve |
Sacral rocking is treating | s2-s4 |
4 fascial diaphrams | OA, Thoracic inlet, thoracic diaphragm, pelvic diaphragm |
Visceral dysfunction can be treated with | Mesenteric lifts, organ pumps and abdominal sphincter release |
Organ pumps does what? | Uses repetitive pressure to promote circulation to and from organs (liver and spleen especially) |
Indications for abdominal sphincter release | motility dysfunction, hiatal hernia, gastroesophageal reflux, cholestasis, malabsorption, diarrhea |
Which sphincters can you check/treat? | Pyloric, hepatopnacreatic, duodenojejunal, ileocecal |
How do you treat sphincters | Direct or indirect myofascial release |