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The goal of “Mobilizing the T-spine” is to:

This seated technique can be performed:

Why is the therapist coming under client’s folded arms instead of above?

In the introduction, Erik explains how hypertonic rotatores and multifidi (groove) muscles can lock facet joints ________ when the trunk is brought into flexion

As the therapist flexes, sidebends and rotates client’s torso, his right thumb applies pressure in the groove to help ______ facets stuck closed

The therapist applies thumb pressure in the lamina groove on the ________ side he’s sidebending and rotating the client’s trunk to

The goal of the soft tissue work is to help address the right motor dominant shoulder by releasing ____________

The therapist’s left hand ________ and ________ client’s head

A counterforce occurs as therapist increases _____________ as his right elbow pulls the shoulder girdle musculature back

The client’s first rib is _________ on his left side

Therapist’s right hand braces his left so he can ________and________ client’s neck

By depressing the first rib, the therapist can stretch the tight ________ muscles

The goal of the diaphragm stretch is to lift the ______ and improve _______

The client grasps his neck, forward bends and the therapist’s fingers hook under the ______

As the client extends his torso, the therapist’s left hand stretches the tight tissue and his right increases ___________

Why does therapist place his left hand on client’s thigh?

In the video, Erik explains that in a right motor dominant pattern, the ______ pulls the right hip forward and the __________ flattens lumbar lordosis on the left

Quadratus lumborum is known as a __________ because it posteriorly and superiorly rotates the ilium

The table angel is used to both _________ and __________ shoulder girdle mobility

The therapist taps on client’s elbow to remind him to keep the arm _______ on the table

The biggest movement fault during this maneuver is that the client will raise the _________ spine off the table

Therapist is attempting to strengthen client’s weak diagonal _________

Therapist holds Kettlebell in is left hand and his _______foot steps forward

Client is instructed to practice this routine every day to retrain his _____ pattern

What muscles are we trying to activate?

Therapist lets client’s right leg come off the therapy table in order to place the gluteal muscles on a ________

Using soft fists, therapist begins a fast paced muscle spindle stimulating maneuver for how long on each side?