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Anterior cervical 1
Posterior aspect of the ascending ramus of mandible at the level of the earlobe
Anterior cervical 1 transverse process
On the tip of transverse processes of C1
Anterior cervical 2 and 3
On the anterolateral aspect of the corresponding anterior tubercle of the transverse process
palpate anterior to the sternocleidomastoid
Anterior cerical 4-6
On the anterolateral aspect of the corresponding anterior tubercle of the transverse process
Palpate posterior to the sternocleidomastoid
Anterior cervical 7
On clavicular attachment of sternocleidomastoid
On superior surface of the medial clavical, lateral to sternoclavicular joint
Anterior cervical 8
On sternal attachment of sternocleidomastoid
On medial end of clavicle
Anterior cervical 1 treatment
Marked rotation away (about 90 degrees)
Fine tune with very minor flexion and sidebending away
Slight compression can also help
Anterior cervical 1 transverse process treatment
Side bend away (or sometimes side bend towards)
plus fine tuning with rotation away
Anterior cervical 2-6 treatment
Flexion
Rotated away
Side bend away
FSARA
Anterior cervical 7 treatment
Marked flexion
Rotated away
Side bent toward
FSTRA
Anterior cervical 8 treatment
Flexed
Rotated away
Side bent away
FSARA
(requires about the same level of flexion as A3C)
Author
elg04c
ID
55884
Card Set
Anterior cervical CS
Description
Tender points for counterstrain techniques
Updated
2010-12-14T16:53:29Z
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