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| Factors that DEC the Cranial Rhythmic Impulse Rate |
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Stress
Depression
Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Infections |
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| Factors that INC the Cranial Rhythmic Impulse Rate |
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Vigorous physical exercise
Systemic fever
OMT to craniosacral mechanism |
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| Reciprocal Tension Membrane |
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| Inelastic dura is attached to cranial bones, so any motion of the dura will influence the cranial bones. |
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| Sacral Extension assoc w/ Flexion of SBS |
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| Widens the head slightly because this motion is assoc w/ Ext Rot of Paired Bones |
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| Sacral Flexion assoc w/ Extension of SBS |
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| Narrows head slightly because this motion is assoc w/ Int Rot of Paired Bones |
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| Greater wing of sphenoid is more superior on the left, and the occiput and posterior cranium are rotated to the right. |
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| Greater wing of the sphenoid is superior on the Right, and the occiput and posterior cranium are rotated to the Left. |
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| In a vault hold, one hand is ulnar deviated and one hand is radially deviated. |
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| Left Sidebending Rotation |
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Sphenoid and Occiput open up on the LEFT and tilty down twd the shoulder.
In a vault hold, left hand should open up like it's in FLEXION and right hand will feel like it's in EXTENSION. |
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| Right Sidebending Rotation |
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| Sphenoid and Occiput open up on the RIGHT and tilt down twd the shoulder. In vault hold, right hand feels like it's in FLEXION and left hand feels like it's in EXTENSION. |
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Sphenoid deviates cephalad.
In vault hold, hands are both ulnar deviated. |
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Sphenoid deviates caudad.
In vault hold, both hands are radially deviated. |
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Sphenoid deviates laterally to RIGHT in relation to occiput.
in vault hold, index fingers move to the LEFT and pinky fingers move to the RIGHT. |
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Sphenoid deviates laterally to the LEFT.
In vault hold, index fingers move to the RIGHT and pinky fingers move to the LEFT. |
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| DEC amplitude of Cranial Rhythmic Impulse when sphenoid and occiput are pushed together. |
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| Exits cranium at Cribiform Plate |
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| Exits cranium at Optic Canal |
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CN 3 - Occulomotor
CN4 - Trochlear
CN 5-I - Opthalmic Branch of Trigeminal
CN 6 - Abducens |
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| Exit cranium at superior orbital fissure |
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| CN 5 -ii - Maxillary Branch of Trigeminal |
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| Exits Cranium at the Foramen Rotundum |
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| CN 5-iii - Mandibular Br of Trigeminal |
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| Exits the cranium at the Foramen Ovale |
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| Enters the internal acoustic meatus and exits cranium at the stylomastoid foramen |
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| Exits cranium at the Internal Acoustic Meatus |
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CN IX - Glossopharyngeal
CN X - Vagus |
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| Exit cranium at the Jugular Formaen |
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| Enter cranium via foramen magnum and joins with the cranial division before exiting via the jugular foramen |
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| Exits cranium via hypoglossal canal |
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| Suckling Dysfunction in Newborns |
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| Assoc w/ condylar compression of CN 12 as well as dysfunctions of CN 9 and 10 at the jugular formaen |
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| INC amplitude of CRI via resistance of flexion and encouragement of extension |
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| Divides the greater and lesser sciatic foramen |
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| Superior Transverse Axis of Sacrum |
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Respiratory Motion
Craniosacral Motion |
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| Middle Transverse Axis of the Sacrum |
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| Inferior Transverse Axis of the Sacrum |
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| Oblique Axes of the Sacrum |
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| Dynamic Motion (ex. Walking!) |
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| Indicates side of dysfunction when dx-ing innominates |
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| Etiology = Tight Hamstrings |
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| Tx like a posterior innominate, engaging the quad |
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| Tx like an anterior innominate, engaging the hamstrings |
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| Present on the opposite side of the oblique axis |
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| L5 is Sidebent Right, so... |
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| Oblique Axis of Sacrum is on the RIGHT |
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| Sacrum is rotated to the L on an oblique axis |
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| + Lumbosacral Spring Test |
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| Bilateral Sacral Flexion or Extension |
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| Results in false negative seated and standing flexion tests since asymmetry cannot be appreciated. |
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