Tuesday, February 28, 2012

2-27-12 Monday

ASSESSMENT

carpal tunnel syndrome: retinaculum and wrist bones
rarely refers up to the neck
carpal ligament = flexor retinaculum
9 flexor tendons and veins, art, nerves
fit b/w bones
median nerve most superficial and most affected
thumb/1st two fingers
Phalen's test
Tinel sign
over flexion- inflame tendon; with sheath, tendosynovitis
motor nerve are deeper
deeper is more serious


TOS- discomfort can refer down to wrist
entrapment site
3 areas of nerve entrapment:
scalenes- adson, allen
pec minor- wrights
clavicular- military

Test stuff
cervical spine
apex c5/c6
forward head, excessive nerve compression
most common neck pain
close intervert. space
compress nerve and facets
wear down cartilage
early degeneration disc

c1/c2 rotation
c5-c8/t1
c5-c8/t1- brachial plexus comes from

know knee stuff
tests
everything
review end feels

PROM- jt
inert and contractial tissue
overlengthen mm weakens
tendon stuff

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