Method of neuromuscular calibration
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1. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s articulated body part comprising:
- evaluating the patient by an oral interview and physical observation to identify symptoms;
recording the symptoms in a record;
subjecting the articulated body part to manipulation for a passive warm up;
mobilizing the articulated body part by passive stretching and manual compression of the body part tissue;
assessing the body part condition by directing the patient to move the articulated body part slowly back and forth through a selected prescribed path while yieldingly applying a low level resistive force to be resisted by the patient'"'"'s neuromuscular system as the part moves in at least one direction through the path;
sensing movement of the body part as it moves through to detect any segmented motion;
recording in the record data indicative of the presence or absence of any segmented motion detected;
conducting a plurality of calibration steps by;
A) directing the patient to repeatedly move the articulated body part concentrically and eccentrically through the prescribed path;
B) while yieldingly applying a resistive force acting in one direction along the prescribed path at a magnitude sufficient to engage the neuromuscular system; and
thereafter, directing the patient to move the body part through the prescribed path while observing any segmented motion and recording the results in the record.
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Abstract
Assessing a patient to select an articulated body part to be calibrated and repeatedly moving the body part slowly back and forth through a selected path while yielding applying a low level restrictive force to movement in at least one direction along the path.
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1. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s articulated body part comprising:
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evaluating the patient by an oral interview and physical observation to identify symptoms; recording the symptoms in a record; subjecting the articulated body part to manipulation for a passive warm up; mobilizing the articulated body part by passive stretching and manual compression of the body part tissue; assessing the body part condition by directing the patient to move the articulated body part slowly back and forth through a selected prescribed path while yieldingly applying a low level resistive force to be resisted by the patient'"'"'s neuromuscular system as the part moves in at least one direction through the path; sensing movement of the body part as it moves through to detect any segmented motion; recording in the record data indicative of the presence or absence of any segmented motion detected; conducting a plurality of calibration steps by;
A) directing the patient to repeatedly move the articulated body part concentrically and eccentrically through the prescribed path;
B) while yieldingly applying a resistive force acting in one direction along the prescribed path at a magnitude sufficient to engage the neuromuscular system; andthereafter, directing the patient to move the body part through the prescribed path while observing any segmented motion and recording the results in the record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s foot comprising:
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while the patient is walking, observing the patient and recording in a record data in a record indicative of any asymmetrical walking movements; taking the patient'"'"'s medical history and recording the history in the record; observing the data recorded in the record; after the observation, applying a passive warm up to the patient by causing the patient to move selected foot parts relative to other foot parts; causing the selected foot parts to be moved, stretched and compressed; and calibrating the neuromuscular system involved with the selected foot parts by causing the patient to activate the neuromuscular system to move the selected foot parts repeatedly back and forth through respective prescribed motion paths while yieldingly applying respective low level resistive forces in at least one direction against the selected foot parts as they are moved through the respective paths.
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22. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s foot comprising:
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supporting the foot on a support with the forefoot extending upwardly; calibrating the neuromuscular system for the foot by applying a yielding force to the plantar surface of the forefoot and instructing the patient to repeatedly rotate the forefoot inward (invert) and outward (evert) through a prescribed path; fixing the forefoot and rotating the heel back and forth medially and laterally relative to the forefoot while yieldingly applying a low level force to one side and then the other of the heel; fixing the heel and causing the patient to rotate the forefoot laterally and medially relative to the heel while yieldingly applying low level force to movement of the forefoot first in the lateral direction for a selected number of rotations and then from the medial direction for a plurality of rotations; causing the patient to curl his or her toes downwardly and, while curled, causing the patient to rotate the forefoot laterally while applying a low level force to lateral movement and then directing the patient to rotate the forefoot repeatedly medially while applying a laterally acting force to the forefoot; causing the patient to fold his or her toes distally and while maintaining them folded, rotating the forefoot repeatedly back and forth medially laterally a plurality of times, first resisting rotation by yieldingly applying a resistive force medially and then resisting rotation by yieldingly applying a resistive force laterally; and directing the patient to curl his or her toes medially and while curled, to rotate the forefoot back and forth medially and laterally through the prescribed path while yieldingly applying a restrictive force to resist lateral rotation for a selected number of rotations and then applying a restrictive force to resist rotation medially for a plurality of rotations.
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