We don't know which muscles we'll be asked to palpate or test, but they will be taken from a list we learned in lab.
- serratus anterior
- upper trapezius
- middle trapezius
- lower trapezius
- rhomboids/levator scapulae
- infraspinatus/teres minor (lateral rotators)
- subscapularis (medial rotator)
- teres major
- pectoralis minor
- pectoralis major (upper and lower)
- latissimus dorsi
- anterior deltoid
- middle deltoid
- posterior deltoid
- supraspinatus
- triceps brachii
- biceps brachii
- brachialis
- coracobrachialis
- brachioradialis
- supinator
- pronator quadratus (cannot be palpated)
- pronator teres
My main concern is with the book Muscles: Testing and Function by Kendall. Our lab instructors made quite a few corrections and changes, including showing us some "old school" testing. It's hard to study from this book while wondering if this is the correct or the corrected test. I don't like the terms "lateral and medial rotation" in reference to external and internal rotation respectively. Not all of the pictures are clear nor do they all show optimal testing postions.
Oh well, what can I do. As far as studying, I'm going to learn 3 off the list each day. Let it sink in, become an inherent action, second-nature. As Greg Roth, my lab instructor said, "Don't study it, learn it." Too many people claimed that this was too much to study, but if you LEARN it, then what's to remember? Like riding a bike.
My plans? I'm going to carefully look at the muscle in the atlas, read palpations in Clinical Kinesiology, then focus on MMT. I'll take it one muscle at a time. I'll have one glass of red wine, let my muscle knowledge marinate, then start again the next day. It's a great plan. I'll tell you how it worked after the practical.
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