OMM Cranial Techniques and Indications

OMM Cranial Techniques and Indications
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V Spread Technique

  • Acute otitis media and temporal bone dysfunction
  • Two fingers are required to be on each side of the affected suture. The patient's head is turned next to shift weight onto the practitioner's fingers.
  • Gentle pressure is then applied with the opposite hand onto the suture.
  • Traction is then applied with the hand balancing the head until a release is felt.

Compression of the 4th ventricle

  • Headache
  • Sinus congestion
  • Autonomic instability
  • Exentuate extension

SBS Decompression

  • SBS Compression (Bowling ball head)
  • Plagiocephaly

Decompression of the Occipital Condyles

  • Compressed occipital condyles
    • Colic
    • Poor sucling
    • Birth trauma