Hip Tectonic Fixation Keep the patient in the supine position. Use a direct line of drive straight down through the posterior side. Slowly pump the femur out the backside of the joint. Body Language...
Knee Tectonic Fixation Distract and compress the joint. Use your chest to hold in the foot. Compress everything while turning the tibia. Work in different directions. To achieve the adjustment portion of the tectonic fixation, use your forearm as a lever behind the...
Ankle Tectonic Fixation Compress the patient’s foot in the supine position while holding the lower part of the leg. Push everything together and then pull the joint apart. In order to get more pull on the calcaneus compress everything while flexing or internally...
Foot Tectonic Fixation Hold onto the arch bones with one hand on the tarsals and the other on the metatarsals. Add compression while twisting in opposite directions then externally rotate. Body Language...
Toes Tectonic Fixation Hold the metatarsals while compressing the joints. Internally rotate while compressing and externally rotate while you traction. Transition back and forth between compression and traction. Pump the joint back and forth. Body Language...
Medial SCHTP Medial SCHTPs usually cause restricted movement in the regions of the cervical spine and mandible. The SCHTP can also cause poor circulation and paresthesias in the arm. The therapist sits behind the patient and palpates the hernia. This is then pressed...
