Cervical Spine Treatment Techniques
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Which technique is used to improve upper cervical mobility and decrease headaches?

  • Rotation Mobilization
  • OA Flexion (correct)
  • Neutral position
  • CT Junction Extension
  • What is the patient position for the CT Junction Extension technique?

  • Lying on the stomach with head turned to the side
  • Standing with feet shoulder-width apart
  • Supine with head in neutral position
  • Sitting on a chair with normalized sitting posture (correct)
  • Which handhold is used for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

  • Left hand fixates on the lateral aspects of the posterior arch of C1 with the left thumb and index finger doing the fixation
  • Therapist holds around the patient’s head and neck with the left arm, with the left hand at the C7 segment
  • Therapist forms pinch grip with thumb and index finger of the right hand on the spinous process of T1 (correct)
  • Positioning neck by finding C2 spinous process and sliding index fingertips to right and left C2-3 articular pillar
  • What is the direction of mobilizing force for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

    <p>Anterior/superior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used to improve cervicothoracic junction extension?

    <p>CT Junction Extension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the OA Flexion technique?

    <p>Supine with head in neutral position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which handhold is used for the CT Junction Extension technique?

    <p>Therapist forms pinch grip with thumb and index finger of the right hand on the spinous process of T1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the direction of movement for the CT Junction Extension technique?

    <p>Posterior/inferior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used for upper cervical hypomobility?

    <p>Neutral position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

    <p>Supine with head in neutral position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used to improve cervical flexion or extension?

    <p>Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used to improve cervical extension when performed on both sides?

    <p>Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used to improve cervical sidebending and rotation when performed on one side?

    <p>Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which technique is used for any painful movement of the cervical spine?

    <p>Lower Cervical Distraction Technique</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

    <p>Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

    <p>Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the Lower Cervical Distraction Technique?

    <p>Supine with enough support under head to place area of spine to be treated in a neutral flexion / extension position</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the patient position for the Anterior glide technique?

    <p>Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the PT handhold for the Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

    <p>Thumbs are tip to tip, index fingers grasp level of vertebra</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the PT handhold for the Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

    <p>Thumbs are tip to tip, index fingers grasp level of vertebra</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of oscillatory technique lasts for 10-20 seconds and consists of 1-3 bouts?

    <p>Oscillatory I</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of sustained technique lasts for 3-5 seconds and consists of 8-10 bouts?

    <p>Sustained II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of sustained technique lasts for 10 seconds and consists of 8-10 bouts?

    <p>Sustained III</p> Signup and view all the answers

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