Used to determine the presence of a sacroiliac and/or iliosacral dysfunction With the patient seated laying supine, physician will find the anterior superior iliac spines (ASIS), and physician will place their palm on top of the ASIS on both sides. The physician will then exert a posterior compressive force on each of […]
Category: Sacrum
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The object of this testing is to assess motion and note which motion the sacrum moves more freely in Hands on sacrum with fingers pointing cephalad and the heel of your hand on the sacral apex. Apply alternating pressure with tips of fingers and heel of the hand Each Transverse […]
With one hand, place one finger on the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) and another in the ipsilateral sacral sulcus The heel of your other hand goes on the contralateral inferior lateral angle (ILA) Press down on the ILA while feeling for posterior motion using index and middle fingers The […]
Diagnosing the Sacrum includes three important steps: Step One: Seated Flexion test Step Two: Spring Test OR Sphinx Test Step Three: Sacral Landmarks Find the deep sulcus Find the posterior inferior lateral angle (ILA) Putting it All Together: Below are two videos to aid in understanding. At StudentOMT, we understand […]
Used to determine the presence of a sacroiliac dysfunction With the patient seated and their feet touching the ground, the examiner places their thumbs beneath the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) bilaterally and when at eye level, asks the patient to bend forward Test is considered to be positive if one thumb moves cephalad with forward […]
