OMM Fundamentals
Start here. Core Tenets, TART criteria, structural exam, acute vs chronic SD, barriers, Fryette's Laws (all three), naming somatic dysfunction, and direct vs indirect treatment. The mental model every other OMM page assumes you have.
Fryette's Principles
Deep dive on the coupling mechanics: neutral group vs single F/E segment, why sidebend and rotation go the same or opposite direction, and how to apply both laws when the question stem gives you a transverse process finding.
Thoracic Counterstrain Tenderpoints
Lumbar Dysfunctions: Type 1 vs Type 2
L-spine mechanics, Fryette's Laws at the lumbar level, Type I group vs Type II single-segment diagnosis, and why that distinction determines your treatment choice on the board.
Scoliosis: The Backwards Name
Dextro vs levo naming, structural vs functional, rib humps, Fryette's Type I applied to the whole curve. Interactive spine + name-the-curve challenges + quiz.
Cervical OMM
C0-C7 mechanics. OA, AA, and typical cervical dysfunctions. Fryette's does NOT apply here. Rotation and sidebend couple the same direction at all cervical levels (that's the trap).
Innominate Rotations
Anterior and posterior innominate rotation: ASIS, PSIS, leg length findings, and how each rotation pattern presents on the structural exam table.
Innominate Shears & Flares
Superior/inferior shears, in-flare vs out-flare, and how pelvic asymmetry patterns differentiate from rotations on clinical questions.
Counterstrain: Pelvis & Lumbar
Tender point locations, 90-second hold, and the indirect logic behind counterstrain. Lumbar and pelvic points with positioning diagrams.
Viscerosomatic Reflexes
How organ pathology creates palpable somatic findings. The reflex arc, facilitated segments, and how a cardiac patient can present with T1-T5 tissue changes.
Autonomic Nervous System for OMM
T1-L2 SNS vs S2-4 PSNS spinal level rules, splanchnic pathways, viscerosomatic palpation, and OMT targets that calm or fire each system.
Cranial PSNS Techniques
CV4, EV4, fluid drive mechanics, four vagus-governed cranial nerves, and tap-to-reveal lesion patterns for CN III, VII, IX, X.
Piriformis Syndrome
Deep buttock pain, sciatic nerve entrapment, figure-4 stretch, counterstrain vs muscle energy positioning, and the stretch matching game.
Fibular Head Somatic Dysfunction
Anterior vs posterior fibular head. The seesaw model, muscle energy positioning, HVLA thrust. Interactive diagram + quiz.
Radial Head Somatic Dysfunction
Anterior or posterior: one rule, two directions. Play the catch game to build both dysfunctions, then run the quiz until neither catches you.