Term 1, week 6, 19-23 Oct

Clinic:

• Wednesday tutorial: neurological exam -- motor
• Friday tutorial: pharmacology

POS/Applied Technique:

SF/NMS:

• No NMS in week 6.

SF/Developmental Biology:

OP/OED:

SF/Neurology:

• No neurology in week 6. (Is the tutorial still on Wednesday?) 

OCCS:

• HVT. The theory behind the thrust! Among his major points, the guest lecturer (David Evans) suggested that (a) thrusts are within the physiological threshold; (b) impulse should be at a right angle to the plane of the facet to cause gapping and hence cavitation; (c) bilateral cavitation of single segments in the T-spine is probably illusory when using a supine thrust; (d) the vast majority of zygoapophyseal joints have fat pads that communicate with the space outside the capsule, encroach between the joint surfaces, and are a prime candidate for nociceptive feedback.

POS/Technique:

• Chin-hold supine C-spine thrust, typically used with side-bending as the primary lever, although rotation can also be used as the primary lever too.
• Figure-of-8 C-spine articulation, finding tension points. 

SF/Orthopaedics and Rheumatology:

• Connective tissue disorders. 

OP/Pathophysiology: