The area of somatic dysfunction that maintains the total pattern is called

The area of somatic dysfunction that maintains the total pattern is called

• A. Primary dysfunction
• B. Secondary dysfunction
• C. Tertiary dysfunction
• D. Global dysfunction

Answer: (A)

In somatic dysfunction, a single region often acts as the driver that keeps the whole pattern going. This initiating site is the primary dysfunction. It maintains the total pattern by sending abnormal proprioceptive signals and sustaining reflex muscle hypertonicity, as well as contributing fascial and joint restrictions that pull other areas into the pattern. The other areas change mainly as compensations to this driver; those are the secondary dysfunctions. Sometimes longer-term adaptations to the primary problem become more entrenched and are called tertiary dysfunctions, while global dysfunction would imply widespread issues not anchored to one initiating site. So, the area that maintains the entire pattern is the primary dysfunction.

In somatic dysfunction, a single region often acts as the driver that keeps the whole pattern going. This initiating site is the primary dysfunction. It maintains the total pattern by sending abnormal proprioceptive signals and sustaining reflex muscle hypertonicity, as well as contributing fascial and joint restrictions that pull other areas into the pattern. The other areas change mainly as compensations to this driver; those are the secondary dysfunctions. Sometimes longer-term adaptations to the primary problem become more entrenched and are called tertiary dysfunctions, while global dysfunction would imply widespread issues not anchored to one initiating site. So, the area that maintains the entire pattern is the primary dysfunction.