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Procedure
- Place hand against client’s forehead
- Tap client on forehead
- Ask them to bring their chin towards their chest resisting your downward pressure
- Ensure they do not hyperextend the head during this movement
Alternative Procedure 1
Alternative Procedure 2
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Zero Position
- Client in supine
- Therapist sits at cranial end
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Caution
- Pain referring into head or neck might be caused by cervical spine lesions, nerve root compressions, cancer and infections
- No resisted tests with clients who had fresh injury or trauma that has not been seen by other medical professionals (e.g. doctors, chiropractors)
- If history is not clear refer out
- Have client to take necklace and/or dangling earrings off (can get caught on latch of massage table)
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Endfeel
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Avoid
- Trunk flexion (if tested seated or standing)
- Hip flexion (if tested standing)
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Permit
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Agonist Muscles
Neck (Head) Flexors
- Sternocleidomastoid (SCM)
- Scalenus Anterior
- Longus Cervicis
- Longus Capitis
- Longus Colli
- Rectus Capitis Anterior
- Rectus Capitis Lateralis
- Platysma
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Antagonist Muscles
Neck (Head) Extensors
- Upper Trapezius
- Splenius Capitis
- Splenius Cervicis
- Longissimus Capitis
- Longissimus Cervicis
- Levator Scapulae
- Rectus Capitis Posterior Major
- Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor
- Obliquus Capitis Superior
- Spinalis
- Semispinalis Capitis
- Semispinalis Cervicis
- Iliocostalis Cervicis
- Multifidus
- Cervical Rotatores
- Cervical Interspinalis
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Tissues Compressed
- agonists, neck flexors
- upper trapezius
- levator scapulae
- STA – adipose tissue
- trachea
- oesophagus
- carotid arteries
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Tissues Stretched
- antagonists, neck extensors
- ligamentum nuchae
- interspinous ligament
- posterior IVD
- posterior facet joint capsule
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Joints Directly Involved
- atlanto-occipital joint
- intervertebral joints C1-T1
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Joints Indirectly Involved
- intervertebral joints T1-L1
- coxal joint
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Special Notes
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