Master Class in Extremities
– This outline covers the most commonly seen extremity compaints
– Some things listed here have no known effective treatment but are included to give a broad overview of associated conditions that could be affecting the clinical presentation
Ankle Evaluation and Adjusting Technique
- How to evaluate and adjust the ankle joints
- Overview of associated foot conditions:
- Planter Fascitis
- Morton’s neuroma
- Hallux Valgus
- Bunions
Knee and Hip
- Fibula Subluxation
- Lateral and medial condyle adjustments
- Chondromalacia Patella
- Baker’s Cysts
- Hip Impingement
- Arlington Test
- IT Band syndrome
- External rotation/anterior hip adjustments
Wrist and Elbow
- Wrist evaluation, adjusting, and taping
- Elbow adjustments
- Carpal Tunnel syndrome
- Guyon’s Canal Compression
- Dupuytrans Contracture
- DeQuervain Syndrome
- Tennis elbow vs radial tunnel syndrome
- Medial epicondylitis/golfers elbow
- Lateral epicondylitis/tennis elbow
- Cubital Tunnel entrapment
Shoulder
- Cervical spine analysis
- Gleno-humeral adjustments
- A/C joint adjustments
- Slipped Bicipital Tendon adjusting technique
- Bankart lesions
- Rotator cuff tears
- Slap Lesions
Rotator cuff analysis and balancing technique - specific muscle tests to isolate each individual muscle
- Rhomboids
- Latissimus Dorsi
- Supraspinatus
- Deltoid
- Subscapularis
- Teres Minor
- Infraspinatus
Rib adjustments
- Anterior rib adjustments
- Elevated Rib Cage Protocol and Adjusting Technique
- Discussion of Costrochondritis and Tietzi’s syndrome
Other Extra-spinal adjustments
- Diaphrammatic Inhibition Protocol and Adjusting Technique
- Slipped Bicipital Tendon analysis and adjusting technique
- Functional Spondylolisthesis protocol
- Sacral rotation analysis and correction
- Meralgia Parenthetica protocol