00:02 Cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine is a unique form of manipulation where you start by measuring the cranial rhythmic impulse. 00:09 The normal cranial rhythmic impulse is between 10 and 14. 00:13 And you monitor for expansion and contraction of the skull. 00:17 You monitor the motion, you monitor the symmetry, and it gives you information into what’s going on with the pulse. 00:24 It changes in different states, different emotions, and in different people. 00:29 So you know what the person’s normal cranial rhythmic impulse is and you help monitor it and note it. 00:35 And if there is restricted motion in the skull, flexion and extension of bones, interruption between the flow between the head and the sacrum. 00:46 Those are things that we could treat with gentle enhancements, gentle pressure, and holding of other areas of the skull so that full motion is returned. 00:59 So cranial osteopathic manipulative medicine is a distinct and unique form of manipulation.
The lecture OMM Treatment: Cranial Techniques by Tyler Cymet, DO, FACOFP is from the course Introduction to Osteopathic Treatment.
When using cranial techniques, which of the following is considered a normal number for the cranial rhythmic impulse?
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