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Standing Ischial Tuberosity Spread
CreatedFebruary 23, 2024
Last UpdatedFebruary 23, 2024
byBaileaSue Rounds
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- Adjust table to patient’s waist height, patient facing the table
- Patient bends at waist and places their elbows on the table in front of them
- Physician to kneel behind patient and place thumbs on the inferiomedial aspect of ischial tuberosities
- Patient is instructed to lean their bottom back into provider’s thumbs
- Physician to provide a superior and lateral force through the ischial tuberosities
- This force should be equal to the force that the patient is leaning into the physician with
- Patient will lean back until their, or the physician’s tolerance is met
- Patient is then instructed to relax and physician takes the ischial tuberosities into their new barrier
- This can be repeated until relief is felt, usually three repetitions
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