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FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY Client Homework— Extended Child's Pose 1. Kneel on the floor with your knees about shoulder-width apart. 2. Place your palms on the floor about shoulder-width apart. 3. As you exhale, sit back on your heels and lower your chest toward the floor. 4. Relax as you reach forward, elongate your spine, and open your chest and shoulders. Editor's note: The Client Homework element in Functional Anatomy is intended as a take-home resource for clients experiencing issues with the profiled muscle. The stretches identified in Functional Anatomy should not be performed within massage sessions or progressed by massage therapists, in order to comply with state laws and maintain scope of practice. CAEL: Functional Anatomy: A Guide of Musculoskeletal Anatomy for Profs Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Figure 04.43 Dragonfly Media Group 08/20/08 12/10/08 Palpating Latissimus Dorsi 1. Positioning: client prone with arm abducted. 2. Locate the lateral border of the scapula with the pads of four fingers. 3. Pincer grasp from inside the axilla onto the posterior, lateral musculature between your thumb and fingers. 4. Palpate the entire posterior border of the axilla, and follow the fibers as they spread inferiorly and medially. 5. Resist as the client performs shoulder extension to ensure proper location. Christy Cael is a licensed massage therapist, certified athletic trainer, and certified strength and conditioning specialist. Her private practice focuses on injury treatment, biomechanical analysis, craniosacral therapy, and massage for clients with neurological issues. She is the author of Functional Anatomy: Kinesiology and Palpation for Manual Therapists (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009). Contact her at functionalbook@hotmail.com. 48 massage & bodywork january/february 2012