| True or False: When treating an injury, you shouldn't treat any joints below or above the site of focus, because that could make the injury worse. | FALSE! You MUST treat the injured joint AS WELL AS at least 1 joint above AND below the site -- these joints play an important role in the kinetic chain of joint X. For example, if someone injures their elbow, you should treat both the shoulder and the wrist. This idea of treating supporting structures in a kinetic chain is one of the most important, if not THE, key element in the theories behind osteopathy. If you do not do this, you are not doing your job as an osteopath. |
| What is "indirect technique?" | In direct techniques are techniques that treat a joint via treating the supporting structures.
I.e. Treating the biceps and triceps for treatment of an elbow or shoulder injury. |
| What is Antalgic posture/gait? | A posture or gait performed to alleviate pain during said task |
| What is a "differential diagnosis"? | In medicine, a "differential diagnosis" is the distinguishing of a particular disease or condition from others that present similar clinical features |
| What is "Pathogenisis"? | The manner of development for a disease, and chain events causing the disease. |
| True or False: Dr. Pourgol recommends that seeing patients less often, during the beginning parts of their treatment, is wiser than seeing them 3 times per week, to not aggrivate the injury. | FALSE! "You don't see Doctors recommend taking antibiotics only 3 times per week". He indicates that, typically, it's a good business practice to see patients as much as possible, because they get better faster, and your reputation grows faster (faster recovery = better reputation/more income). He says you should see patients a MINIMUM of 2-3 times in the first week of their treatment.
See "Session 51: MOUSIF Protocol" in Business management on website. |
| What does "erythematous, or, "erythma" mean? | Erythema (from the Greek erythros, meaning red) is redness of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by hyperemia (increased blood flow) in superficial capillaries.[1] It occurs with any skin injury, infection, or inflammation. Examples of erythema not associated with pathology include nervous blushes.
Image: classic bull's eye rash due to Lyme Disease. |
| You are seeing a patient, and they tell you that they feel pain in their back. Is this objective or subject pain? | Subjective |
| If a patient comes to see you for back pain, and you palpate the area and elicit a pain response during palpation, what kind of pain is it? | Objective |
| If your palpation is positive for muscular hypertonicity, what will it feel like? | Stiff or tight. |
| True or False: When a patient comes to see you for the first time, regardless if they are referred or not, they MUST be billed specifically for "Initial Assessment". | True. If not, it will look to your insurance that you saw a patient without the required (by law) initial assessment. |
| True or False:
The "catwalk" techniques are NOT part of the main fundamentals of osteopathy. | False.
The catwalk techniques ARE a fundamental and vital part of almost all spinal treatment plans. |
| What is a Lower Motor Neuron Lesion? | A Lower Motor Neuron Lesion is nerve damage/injury between the muscle fibers and the anterior horn of the spinal cord.
ProTip: "Lesion" comes from the Latin word "Laesio," meaning "injury". |
| What is an Upper Motor Neuron Lesion? | An Upper Motor Neuron Lesion is nerve damage/injury between the brain and the anterior horn of the spinal cord.
ProTip: "Lesion" comes from the Latin word "Laesio," meaning "injury". |
