MIL EXAM – ALL QUESTIONS

In Case Study #1, Erik and Paul find that Matt has a _________ pattern that may be contributing to his neck pain.

Viewed from behind, Matt’s key back pain complaint is centered in his ___________spine.

In the mid-thoracic spine, it is common to find an area around bra line where the facet joints are not_________

When Matt flexes his neck toward his chest, the cervical spine ______________ to the right

The goal of Myoskeletal Alignment is to level the _______ and _______.

When assessing to see if the client’s head rolls back nicely on the neck, the client is asked to tuck his ________ toward his ___________.

During the O-A Assessment and Treatment, therapist adds _________ seconds of overpressure as the chin reaches its end range of motion

During the O-A maneuver, the therapist notes the type of _________. Is it leathery, spongy or hard?

During the atlas-axis (A-A) technique, the therapist flexes client’s head ________degrees to ligamentously lock the typical cervical vertebrae (C2 – C7).

Therapist rotates client’s head right and left along a ___________axis making sure not to let the head drop.

Do not allow client’s head to drop during this maneuver. Use __________ if they turn too hard

After performing the O-A and A-A routines, therapist’s hands grasp client’s neck with fingers draping the _________ muscles and gently decompress

To address client’s tight diagonal line, therapist snakes his ________ arm around client’s biceps and braces against his body

Therapist’s left hand softly contacts client’s contralateral (lower) ___________

In this stretching routine, client is asked to gently pull his______ towards his _______ hip

In Action B of this routine, therapist snakes ________ arm around client’s knee and __________ client’s leg

In the Facet Closing routine, one of the goals is to release the ____________ groove muscles that are preventing upper t-spine joints from _________

With client prone and face in the cradle, therapist asks client to slowly _______ head while keeping his ________ tucked

In the Facet Closing routine, therapist uses both  ________ and  ________ to glide into the lamina groove tissue and drag inferiorly

In the Restoring Normal T-spine Kyphosis segment, if the client presents with a flat spot in the t-spine, therapist’s fingers move the tissue ________ to _________

To treat the flat spot, therapist’s fingers contact the ___________ lamina groove and push the tissue away from the spine

In the Reposition Scapula technique, the therapist’s left hand slides under client’s anterior______ and his right ________ braces client’s scapula

Client is instructed to push his ______ towards the table to a count of ____ and relax

Therapist awaits a ___________ relaxation and gently increases the _________ muscles stretch

In the Home Retraining segment, the goal is to remove the restriction, _________ the weak line, ______ the tight line and establish _____stability

Client steps back into a  _______ position with right leg and pulls against TheraBand resistance with his right arm at _______

In section B of the retraining, the Turkish Get-up starts in a ______ position with client on the floor

The client can use a _________ to increase strength during the Get-Up

In Action C, the client begins the Bretzel exercise by pulling top leg to _______ and ____________ under right leg to ________ the lateral calf

The final goal of the Bretzel is with both ______ touching the floor

In Case Study #2 Treating Dowager’s Hump, therapist begins by lifting the client’s ribcage using a seated  ____________ release to improve breathing

In the diaphragm release, as the client turns her head and rotates her torso right, fingers of the therapist’s _________ hand stretch the _______ side of the diaphragm

In Action B, therapist places both elbows on client’s upper traps, client begins to slowly flex forward, and the therapist drags the fascia ___________

In Action C, therapist’s left arm comes under client’s folded arms, grasps her body, and he _________ his legs to lift client into extension

In the Table Dowager’s Work, therapist’s thumb and index finger, makes a ____________  tool with and straddles both sides of the lamina groove

In Action B, titled the ________________ technique, therapist’s thumb contacts the right side of client’s lamina groove and rotates her head toward the ceiling

Therapist pushes back the ___________ muscles to contact the border of splenius capitis and splenius cervicis

In the Dowager’s Home Retraining segment Action A, the client leans back into _______ over the physioball to help reduce excessive thoracic kyphosis

In section B, the client places hands behind her neck, chin tucks, and reaches back with elbows to stretch the _________ and apply pressure to _________ joints stuck in flexion

In Case Study #3, if the curve improves during forward bending, sidebending or rotation, the client has a _________  or fixable scoliosis, if it stays the same or gets worse, it is a ____________ scoliosis

In section B, if the lumbar spine is sidebending right and rotating left, the convexity (hump) of the curve will appear on the _______

Action A, therapist assesses for ___________ rotation restriction by bringing client’s arm up to the first restrictive barrier

In Action B, make sure the client keeps his _____ up and _____ tucked to improve shoulder function

When performing the triceps stretch, the client is asked to gently push his elbow down against therapist’s resistance, relax and then reach his left hand toward his ___________

To increase glenohumeral adduction, therapist’s left hand grasps client’s elbow and brings his arm across his _______ while bracing client’s scapula from behind

To stretch the anterior glenohumeral capsule, therapist grasps, abducts, externally rotates, and __________ both of client’s arms

The last range of motion that needs to be addressed in those suffering a frozen shoulder is _____________ with client’s arm on therapist’s shoulder

In Case #4 Low Back Assessment Treatment, Action A, client performs a forward bending (Adams Test) so the therapist can observe for scoliotic ______

In Action B, the seated client is taught how to _________ by bringing one arm under the contralateral flexed knee

In Action C, the L5-S1 decompression technique, therapist places his right palm on client’s sacral base and his left hand on client’s __________ t-spine

In Action A of the home retraining exercises, client holds medicine ball close to his ________ and swings the ball to _______ his weak line

In the Pallof Press, client holds TheraBand handles against his body and lifts his left leg to ______ degrees and extends his arm to load the ___________ chain

When assessing for calcaneal eversion and inversion, it is best to first place a line along the angle of the client’s ____________

If the client’s Achilles tendon is everted (flat arch), the client would __________ the foot against therapist’s resistance and relax

In the alternate calcaneal eversion technique Action B, therapist restores alignment to an everted calcaneus by bringing client’s heel into___________

In Action C, therapist’s right webbed hand grasps below the medial and lateral ___________ and his left drapes over his right so he can place foot between his ______

In the right sidelying position (Action D), therapist pulls client’s _______ into plantar flexion while his fisted right hand contacts the navicular and _________ bones

The foot home retraining goal is to improve strength in the ______ muscles

In Action B, client stands on a _______ platform to improve _____________

There are four side plank progressions and the final goal is to _________ the top leg while maintaining the side plank position

In Case Study #6, therapist assesses and corrects clients with _____________

In Action B, supine client perform an assessment called ____________ by reaching arms over his head attempting to keep the back of his hands close to the table

In the bilateral pec release, therapist crosses his arms to allow both elbows to contact the pec minor fascia just below the ___________ processes

In the pillowcase decompression technique, therapist first stretches the mid-cervicals and then moves the towel up to the __________ junction

In the Upper Crossed Syndrome home retraining exercise Action A, client grasps handles of training straps and steps forward into a ________ while keeping _______ up

In Case Study # 7, therapist evaluates pelvic landmarks and discovers a ______ anteriorly/inferiorly rotated ilium caused by ______ pelvic bowl rotation

In Action B, client performs a squat as therapist palpates her ______ spine observing for a _______ movement

In the first step for correcting a sacral torsion, therapist’s left hand cups client’s left _______ and his right palm braces her right ___________

In Action B, the springing technique should be applied only to the _________ rotated side because the sacral base and inferior lateral angle are both flipped up

In Action C, therapist brings client’s hip into extension while resisting this motion with his other hand on the __________ sacral border

In the DonTigny technique, therapist’s ______ arm snakes under client’s _____ flexed knee and his hand contacts her opposite thigh

In Action E, client is instructed to push her ______ up into a bridge using her _______ while squeezing her knees together against therapist’s resistance

In home retraining for sacral torsions (Action A), therapist places a TheraBand around client’s pelvis and she is asked to perform a ______ against slight traction

Action B has the client go through a progression of exercises to help strengthen her hips, weak diagonal line, and __________

In Case Study #8, the seated client drapes his arm over therapist’s ______so therapist can ___________ his body to the side opposite his rib fixation

In the table technique, client is asked to roll over on his left side enough to allow therapist’s arm to come under and grasp the _________ fascia overlying client’s 1st rib

In the chin-tucking exercise, the goal is to get the ______ back up on the neck and the _______ back up on the shoulders

To perform the Action C technique effectively, therapist must first ______ client’s right arm so his own right arm can traverse between client’s arm and body

The goal of Action B is to release tension in the ____________ muscles that may be restricting smooth occipitoatlantal O-A movement.

In Action C, client performs the same technique this time using the web of his hand along the __________ arch.

The goal of Action D is to help client open up the ______ line and correct his upper crossed syndrome pattern.

In Action D, therapist uses ________ relaxation to help lift clients chest wall.

In Action E, client is instructed to pin elbows to his side, chin tuck, and gently pull his scapulas to his ___________.

In Action F, therapist grasps client’s shoulder at the __________ joint in front and __________ in back.

In Action B of the “Simple 7” home retraining exercises, client lies supine with knees _________, elbows ________, and arms abducted to 90 degrees.

In the next progression, the client ________ her right leg and reaches toward the ceiling with her ____________ arm to train her weak diagonal line.

In Action D, the client places ankles on a ______ , bridges into a plank position, and lifts right leg off the ball toward the ________.

In progression 2, client raises left arm toward ceiling while maintaining the position above for _____ to ______ seconds.

Action E introduces a “straddle plank” exercise to work the ______ spring system.

In the straddle plank, the top leg should be extended ________ into a scissors position.

In the upper crossed training, the client pulls her elbows back to fire the ______ chain and _________ stabilizers.

In Action G, client pulls elbows to her side; tucks chin, ________arms, and ________ her torso back against therapist’s resistance.

In Case Study # 10, the therapist first tests __________ joint movement by placing fingers on the ________ border of the medial clavicle.

In Test 2, the client _______ his shoulder girdle and the therapist’s fingers monitor if the medial clavicular heads are dropping back.

In Action B, the therapist treats client’s SC joint fixation by bringing his arm back while keeping a ___________ force on the dysfunctional clavicle.

To assess for __________rotation restriction at the acromioclavicular joint, therapist flexes client’s elbow to 90 degrees and ________ the arm to 90 degrees.

When stretching the client’s intertransversarii muscles, the goal is to relieve _________ compression of the brachial plexus.

To stretch the intertransversarii, the therapist right rotates and gently lifts client’s head to first _________ barrier.

When correcting cervical restrictions (Action A), therapist’s hands grasp client’s head and his thumbs create a ___________ on both sides of the spinous processes.

In cervical sidebending (Action B), therapist’s hands right sidebend client’s neck while the right thumb presses against the side of the ___________.

When translating the cervical joints, therapist’s ________ pushes the spinous processes when he steps to his left foot.

In the sternoclavicular correction (Action A), therapist’s right hand blocks the _______ clavicular head while his left pulls up on client’s ___________.

In the anterior scalene release (Action B), therapist’s soft finger pads scoop under client’s right _______ muscle so his finger pads contact the anterior scalenes.

To stretch SCM and anterior scalenes (Action C), therapist slowly drop client’s head towards the floor while right hand braces the pectoral tissues of the _________.

In Action D, therapist’s left hand _____ sidebends and _____ rotates client’s head while right gently pushes down on client’s ______ shoulder to stretch.