| Point location: | AT10: Level of L3, 2 cm. below the umbilicus and 3 cm. lateral from midline. AT11: Approximately at McBirney's Point, 6 cm below the umbilicus and 3 cm lateral from midline. AT12: Superior point of iliac crest, midaxillary line. AL1: 1 cm. from the projection of the medial surface of the anterior superior iliac spine. |
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| Patient and doctor positioning: | Patient is supine. On the ipsilateral side of the patient, the doctor stands, his caudad foot placed upon the table. |
| Prescribed action: | These points are treated with severe flexion to the level of the dysfunction; with sidebending and rotation of the lower body toward the tenderpoint. |
| Follow through: | After being passively returned to a neutral position, the patient should be reevaluated. |
| Authors/Editors | Title | Edition | Publisher | Year | Page(s) |
| Herbert A. Yates, D.O.,F.A.A.O. and John Glover, D.O. | Counterstrain: A Handbook of Osteopathic Technique | 1st | Y Knot Publishers; Tulsa, OK | 1995 | 126 |
| Robert C. Ward, D.O., F.A.A.O. | Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine | 1st | Williams & Wilkins; Baltimore, MD | 1997 | 814-815 |
| Robert C. Ward, D.O., F.A.A.O. | Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine | 2nd | Williams & Wilkins; Baltimore, MD | 2003 | 1009-1011 |
| Dale Pratt-Harrington, D.O. | "...Except for OMT!" | 2nd | Dale Pratt Harrington, D.O.; Independence, MO | 1998 | 22 |
| Robert G. Savarese, D.O. | OMT Review | 3rd | Robert G. Savarese, D.O.; USA | 2003 | 131 |
| Eileen L. DiGiovanna, D.O., F.A.A.O.; Stanley Schiowitz, D.O., F.A.A.O.; Dennis J. Dowling, D.O., F.A.A.O. | An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment | 3rd | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia | 2005 | 201 |
| Hoppenfeld, Stanley, M.D. | Physical Examination of the Spine & Extremities | 1st | Appleton-Century-Crofts, London | 1976 | 0 |
| Magee, David J., Ph.D., B.P.T. | Orthopedic Physical Assessment | 3rd | W.B.Saunders, Philadelphia | 1997 | 0 |