Modic Changes: Mechanosensitivity of the nerve trunk - which is caused by the chemical sensitisation of the nervi nervorum.
Importantly - reduction in ROM of SLR/Slump is a guarding response of the local muscles - the nerves just become very sensitised to movement and load.

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Mechanosensitivity of the nerve trunk - which is caused by the chemical sensitisation of the nervi nervorum.
Importantly - reduction in ROM of SLR/Slump is a guarding response of the local muscles - the nerves just become very sensitised to movement and load.

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What is PSLR + slump testing? What does reduce ROM mean in these tests?

Modic Changes

Mechanosensitivity of the nerve trunk - which is caused by the chemical sensitisation of the nervi nervorum. Importantly - reduction in ROM of SLR/Slump is a guarding response of the local muscles - the nerves just become very sensitised to movement and load.

What is PSLR + slump testing? What does reduce ROM mean in these tests?

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