OMM

The student will be able to define an Osteopathic Structural Examination. The student will be able to define static analysis and motion testing. The student will be able to define the different types of motion. The student will be able to define the different types of motion barriers.

-Students will be taken through an overview of the lumbar spine anatomy -Student will know why we evaluate and treat the lumbar spine -Student can identify red flags in low back pain patient -Student can explain effects of the trunk base on the rest of the body -Student can define fascial patterns of the body -Student will know CCP, variations, and specifically how CCP relates to the lumbar spine -Student can perform Supine Osteopathic Structural Evaluation of lumbar spine fascial patterns

-Planes of motion of the spine (review) -The functional vertebral unit used to describe vertebral movement and somatic dysfunctions (SD)s -Lumbar vertebral movements and the main muscles that cause them to move -The three principles of physiologic motion of the spine and which muscles are the ones theorized to maintain SDs (Review) -To diagnose Type I and Type II SDs (positional diagnosis) -The proper diagnostic notation that describes the position of the dysfunctional vertebra(e) -How

Importance of Low Back Pain A focused review of lumbar anatomy and associated pain generating tissues Discogenic and Facetogenic pain Some common conditions of the lumbar spine Strain / Counterstrain for the lumbar spine and how it correlates with lumbar segmental dysfunction