Elbow Flexion Roll & Glide

Humeroulnar Joint:

Position of the therapist:

• Standing lateral to the arm to be examined/treated

Position of the patient:

• Supine lying position
• Arm in 70° abduction
• Forearm in supination

Hand placement:

• One hand grabs the distal ulna
• Other hand placed on proximal ulna at a 45° angle

Direction:

• Roll into flexion
• Glide into ventral and increasingly proximal direction

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Humeroradial Joint:

Position of the therapist:

• Standing medial to the arm to be examined/treated

Position of the patient:

• Supine lying position
• Arm in 70° abduction
• Forearm in supination

Hand placement:

• One hand grabs the distal radius
• Base of other hand placed on proximal radius at a 90° angle

Direction:

• Roll into flexion
• Glide into ventral direction