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Still Technique of an Inferior Shear
CreatedSeptember 25, 2020
Last UpdatedFebruary 22, 2024
byMeghan
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Recall: Diagnosing the Innominate
Steps for Treatment:
EASE, COMPRESSION, BARRIER
- The patient is supine. The Physician is standing on side of the patient’s dysfunction
- The physician places a hand on the same side of the dysfunction on the patient’s ankle and another hand (opposite of the dysfunction) on the patient’s hip
- Ease
- Physician ADDucts the affected left slightly midline into the ease. (Ex: Left Inferior Shear – Left Left ADDucted)
- Compression
- The physician then introduces axial compression to the affected leg
- Barrier
- While maintaining compression the physician ABDucts the affected leg into the barrier
- Release compression and returns leg to neutral
- Reassess
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