Clinical & Functional Significance of Osteopathic Medicine

Instructional Objectives -- Lumbar Anatomy & Biomechanics

After completing these materials you will:

• Be able to describe characteristic motion mechanics at various levels of the lumbar spine.
• Understand how unique morphology of the facets contributes to characteristic motion mechanics at various levels of the lumbar spine.
• Know how to diagnose and treat structural and tissue texture abnormalities in the lumbar spine that may result from viscero-somatic reflex activity.
• Understand how soft tissues contribute to characteristic motion mechanics at various levels of the lumbar spine.
• Know how to perform a basic lumbar screening examination.
• Know how to perform a detailed lumbar scan.