Nerve Mobilisation I often promote mobility of the nerves when an individual presents with pins and needles, numbness or tightness around a particular joint. There are two ways to mobilise the nerve: Tensioners or Sliders Tensioners Biasing a nerve at its highest tension point and then start mobilisation. For example, to bias the ulnar nerve, you would side bend the neck to the contralateral side, depress the ipsilateral Sh., Sh. ABD to 90degs, full Sh. ER, full Elb Flex wit

​Viscoelastic Deformation Muscle extensibility is influenced by its viscoelastic properties but this would depend on the tensile force applied. Plastic Deformation Plastic deformation occurs once a stretch is sufficient to elongate the connective tissues within the muscle beyond its elastic limit and into the plastic region. Once the stretching force is removed, the muscle would be unable to return to its original state and would remain in permanent elongation. Increased Sarc

Some cervico-thoracic manipulations I found useful for: 1. Headache 2. Limited Tx Rot. 3. Limited Sh. Movts. 4. 'Stiff' Middle Back Before you start 'cracking' them, please check for Cervical Arterial Dysfunction, 5D's and 3N's (Drop attacks, Dizziness, Diplopia, Dysphagia, Dysarthria, Numbness, Nauseousness and Nystagmus) and rule out all other contraindications! Stay tuned for more! #Cervical #Thoracic #Mobility

Some questions to ponder: What are you actually stretching when you stretch a muscle? Why do we prescribe stretching to lengthen muscles? Are we actually lengthening muscles? In theory, when we stretch a muscle, the muscle 'lengthens' because of the golgi tendon reflex. The increase in muscle tension causes the golgi tendon to be activated and then this leads to muscle relaxation. So, there is actually no physical change to the muscle, all that has changed is the tone of th