R.C.P. Minor
Purpose - Used to confirm the atlas laterality as the R.C.P. Minor is active on the opposing side.
Location - Found posterior to the Atlas (slightly above).
O.C. Superior
Purpose - Active during Atlas anteriority and laterality.
Location - Posterior to the t.p.s of Atlas.
First Branch Levator Scapula
Purpose - Tension is palpable upon Atlas laterality.
Location - Posterior and inferior to the Atlas t.p.s
S.C.M. - (Used only as muscle of confirmation)
Purpose - Working upon mastoid posteriority.
Location - The tip of the mastoid process and Inf.
O.C. INF.
Purpose - Active when Atlas t.p. is ant. (unless Axis is misaligned)
Location - Posterior t.p. of Atlas and slightly inferior.
C-1 through C-6 are palpated as the patient is lying supine and with
his/her head resting on the Doctor's hands. The patient's head should
be slightly and passively elevated by the Doctor. The patient's legs
should also remain uncrossed.
R.C.P. Major
Purpose - Splints spinous deviation to the posterior right or left.
Location - Superior and lateral to the Axis spinous.
Second Branch Levator
Purpose - Working tension is involved with Axis rotation as the t.p. misaligns anterior.
Location - Inferior and slightly posterior to the t.p.s of Axis.
First Branch Scalenus Medius
Purpose - used to distinguish the posterior rotation of the Axis transverse process.
Location - Inferior and slightly anterior to the t.p.s of Axis.
Multifidus
Purpose - Active during the misalignment on the side opposite spinous rotation.
Location - Lateral to the spinous process, running oblique and inferior to the transvere processes of a vertabra below.
Intertransversari - (when present and palpable)
Purpose - Working upon the inferior t.p. from above and the superior t.p. from below.
Location - Between the transverse processes.
Gluteus Maximus
Purpose - Active when thee sacrum is misaligned; upon the opposite side of apex deviation.
Location - Inferior and lateral to the apex of Sacrum.
Posterior Sacro-Illiac Ligament
Palpation - tightened when the Sacral base misaligns anterior or the Illium misaligns posterior.
Location - Medial to the posterior superior spines of the Illia.
Erector Spinae
Purpose - Used to distinguish the inferior position of the misaligned Sacrum or Illium.
Location - Superior to the base of the Sacrum and crest of the Illium.
Piriformis
Purpose - Active upon posterior misalignment of the Sacrum.
Location - Lateral to the 3rd and 4th Sacral segments.
Gluteus Medius and Gluteus Minimus
Purpose - Working tension is involved to splint the Illium as it moves anterior upon misalignment.
Location - Lateral to posterior superior spines of the Illia.