With the sacrum flexed the coccygeus muscles will be on stretch and most likely have increased tone. If both sides are tight with increased tone the sacrum is in the midline, if one side is more tight than the other the sacrum might be sheered off to one side. Do mobility testing to see with the sheer correction if it’s unilateral tension.
Can you clear up the various descriptions of the Birthing Patterns please?
You’ll get to it in the next lecture. Keep on going!
So how will coccigeus muscles palpate if sacrum is flexed?
With the sacrum flexed the coccygeus muscles will be on stretch and most likely have increased tone. If both sides are tight with increased tone the sacrum is in the midline, if one side is more tight than the other the sacrum might be sheered off to one side. Do mobility testing to see with the sheer correction if it’s unilateral tension.