F.A.S.T Differentials

Your job is to differentiate between the 5 movement dysfunctions.

1. Neurological Dysfunction

2. Soft Tissue Dysfunction

3. Mechanical Joint Dysfunction

4. Systemic Inflammatory Process

5. Osteoarthritic Change

You will use your evaluation tools and the findings to differentiate between the 5 movement dysfunctions

Subjective Findings

Palpation Findings

Neurological Signs

Muscle Resistance

Active Motion vs Passive Motion

End Feel

Subjective

You will take what you learn from the subjective conversation to begin to differentiate the movement dysfunction.

Neurological Signs

Reflexes

Muscle resistance following the myotome

Numbness following the dermatome

You will add your neurological signs to your subjective findings to further narrow down your differential.

Palpation

Muscle spasm, swelling, bruising, temperature, tenderness.

You will use what you find during palpation in addition to your subjective and neurological findings to further narrow down your differential.

Muscle Resistance

Hesitant and Painful

Hesitant and Painless

Strong and Painless

Weak and Painless

You will use what you find with muscle resistance, add that to your subjective, neurological and palpation findings to continue to narrow down your differential.