Clinical & Functional Significance of Osteopathic Medicine

Instructional Objectives -- Pelvis Anatomy & Biomechanics

After completing these materials you will:

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