FDM Living Manual

Tectonic Fixations

Cervical Tectonic Fixation

Cervical Tectonic Fixation

Cervical Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Thoracic Tectonic Fixation

Thoracic Tectonic Fixation

Thoracic Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Shoulder Tectonic Fixation

Shoulder Tectonic Fixation

Shoulder Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Elbow Tectonic Fixation

Elbow Tectonic Fixation

Elbow Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Wrist Tectonic Fixation

Wrist Tectonic Fixation

Wrist Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Fingers Tectonic Fixation

Fingers Tectonic Fixation

Fingers Tectonic FixationSlow tectonic pump should be cycled thoroughly to ensure proper joint glide. The manipulative thrust should be preformed with the joint involved in neutral position. Cavitation, or an audible should serve as confirmation that the fixation has...

Lumbar Tectonic Fixation

Lumbar Tectonic Fixation

Lumbar Tectonic FixationPlace hand on the SI joint, push posterior to anterior, and slowly pump the facets. Work your way front he SI joint to the bottom of the ribcage.Body LanguageTreatments

Hip Tectonic Fixation

Hip Tectonic Fixation

Hip Tectonic FixationKeep the patient in the supine position. Use a direct line of drive straight down through the posterior side. Slowly pump the femur out the backside of the joint.Body LanguageTreatments

Knee Tectonic Fixation

Knee Tectonic Fixation

Knee Tectonic FixationDistract and compress the joint. Use your chest to hold in the foot. Compress everything while turning the tibia. Work in different directions. To achieve the adjustment portion of the tectonic fixation, use your forearm as a lever behind the...

Ankle Tectonic Fixation

Ankle Tectonic Fixation

Ankle Tectonic FixationCompress the patient's foot in the supine position while holding the lower part of the leg. Push everything together and then pull the joint apart. In order to get more pull on the calcaneus compress everything while flexing or internally or...

Foot Tectonic Fixation

Foot Tectonic Fixation

Foot Tectonic FixationHold onto the arch bones with one hand on the tarsals and the other on the metatarsals. Add compression while twisting in opposite directions then externally rotate.Body LanguageTreatments

Toes Tectonic Fixation

Toes Tectonic Fixation

Toes Tectonic FixationHold the metatarsals while compressing the joints. Internally rotate while compressing and externally rotate while you traction. Transition back and forth between compression and traction. Pump the joint back and forth.Body LanguageTreatments

Fascial Distortion Model®