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OMM

Somatic dysfunction, viscerosomatic reflexes, and the muscle energy you must know cold.

Core Topics
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Thoracic Counterstrain Tenderpoints (Medical Education OMM) FREE

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Sacral Diagnosis and Dysfunction FREE

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Sacral Diagnosis and Dysfunction FREE

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Lower Extremity Nerve Injuries: Sciatic, Peroneal, Femoral (clinical practice Preparation) FREE

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Brachial Plexus and Upper Extremity Nerve Injuries (Medical Education) FREE

Core Topics
Foundations
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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.

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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.

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Spine Mechanics
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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.

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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.

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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).

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Sacrum & Pelvis
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Innominate Rotations

Anterior and posterior innominate rotation: ASIS, PSIS, leg length findings, and how each rotation pattern presents on the structural exam table.

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Innominate Shears & Flares

Superior/inferior shears, in-flare vs out-flare, and how pelvic asymmetry patterns differentiate from rotations on clinical questions.

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Counterstrain: Pelvis & Lumbar

Tender point locations, 90-second hold, and the indirect logic behind counterstrain. Lumbar and pelvic points with positioning diagrams.

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Visceral & Autonomic
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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.

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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.

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Cranial
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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.

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Peripheral
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Piriformis Syndrome

Deep buttock pain, sciatic nerve entrapment, figure-4 stretch, counterstrain vs muscle energy positioning, and the stretch matching game.

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Fibular Head Somatic Dysfunction

Anterior vs posterior fibular head. The seesaw model, muscle energy positioning, HVLA thrust. Interactive diagram + quiz.

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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.

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Spine & Axial
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Zink Common Compensatory Pattern: Fascial Diagonals

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Rib Mechanics

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Diagnostics & Special Tests
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Osteopathic Special Tests: Provocative Exam Maneuvers

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Cranial & Autonomic
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Cranial Strain Patterns: Reading the Mechanism of Injury

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Cranial Strain Patterns: SBS Dysfunctions

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Lymphatic OMT
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Lymphatic OMT: Pumps and Pathway Techniques

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Peripheral & Extremities
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Upper and Lower Extremity OMM: Joint Dysfunctions

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Psoas Syndrome and the Opposite-Motion Rule
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Psoas Syndrome and the Opposite-Motion Rule

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Pelvis & Sacrum
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Sacral Torsions 🔒

L-on-L, R-on-R, L-on-R, R-on-L. Forward vs backward torsion. The axis, the L5 finding, the ILA, and the treatment position. Morphing tabs + elimination game.

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Sacral Diagnosis and Dysfunction FREE

Pelvis & Sacrum
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Sacral Diagnosis: Seated Flexion, Sphinx & ILA (Medical Education OMM) FREE

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Soft Tissue Techniques
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Soft Tissue Techniques: Direct OMT Stretch, Traction, and Inhibition 🔒

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Fascial Subtypes: Why the Joint Capsule Is Deep Fascia 🔒

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Low Back Pain

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