L4-L5 Mammillary Contact
Patient Position

  • Prone

  • Ankle piece extended

  • Abdomen sagging

  • Head piece slightly extended

 
Palpation for Contact Point L5 PR-M
Doctor's Stance

  • Opposite side of SP laterality

  • Squared stance

  • Episternal notch superior to contact point

 
Roll-in and Contact Point on L5 left mammillary
SCP

  • Mammillary Process

  • Contact Point #1 Inferior Hand

  • Fingers point superior and parallel to spine

 
Setup and LOC for PR-M L5
LOC

  • P à A

  • S à I

  • Thru the plane line of the disc

  • Thru the mass of the vertebral body

  • Scoop high Mammillary  under

 
Setup and LOC showing abdominal sag
Tissue Pull
None
Listings

PR-M, PL-M,

PRI-M, PLI-M,

PRS-M, PLS-M, (L5 only)

Sustained thrust, torque, if any, at the last 15% of the thrust to close the open wedge.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                             

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