THE UPLINK
Merging Contemporary Chiropractic Neurology and Nutritional Biochemistry in the Tradition of Applied Kinesiology
Issue
No. 24
Issue
No. 24
QUICK SCREENING FOR INJURY RELATED TECHNIQUES
The 3 quick screening steps that follow
will tell you when you need to employ injury related techniques: Injury Recall
Technique (IRT), Nociceptor-Stimulation Blocking Technique (NSB) and/or Set
Point Technique (SP).
AUTOGENIC FACILITATION & STRETCHING THE FINGERS & TOES
1. Check inhibited muscle for Autogenic Facilitation (muscle spindle cell to strengthen.) If no facilitation occurs, then the patient needs IRT. See below.
2. Slowly stretch distal flexors on the same limb. (fingers or wrist, toes or ankles.) See below.
3. Slowly stretch distal extensors on the same limb. (fingers or wrist, toes or ankles.) See below.
1) If the patient has an inhibited FLEXOR muscle:
a) Stretching a distal flexor should facilitate an inhibited flexor on the same limb.
b) Stretching a distal extensor should NOT facilitate an inhibited flexor on that limb.
2) If the patient has a weak EXTENSOR muscle:
a) Stretching a distal extensor should facilitate an inhibited extensor on the same limb.
b) Stretching a distal flexor should NOT facilitate an inhibited extensor on that limb.
If the Flexor & Extensor Rules are not met, then there is a need for either NSB or SP. See next page.
LOCATING THE AREA TO TREAT
You may easily locate the exact area which needs your
attention by rubbing or pinching over the suspected areas of involvement. This
is summarized on the flow chart below and explained on the following page.
FLOW CHART FOR PAIN RELIEF TECHNQIUES
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RUBBING VS. PINCHING: If an inhibited flexor is NOT facilitated by
stretching a flexor on that limb, OR if the flexor IS facilitated by stretching
an extensor on that limb: there will be an area somewhere along that limb which
will respond to either NSB or SP.
Likewise, if an inhibited extensor is NOT facilitated by stretching an extensor on that limb, OR if the extensor IS facilitated by stretching a flexor on that limb, then: there will be an area somewhere along that limb which will respond to either NSB or SP.
When IRT is needed, RUBBING over the injured area will strengthen a weak muscle. In contrast, when either NSB or SP is indicated, PINCHING over the injured area will strengthen the weak muscle.
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