STATIC POSTURE ANALYSIS & ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS

STATIC POSTURE:
Evaluate from the Front
a) Weight Distribution
b) Head Carriage
c) Shoulder Level
d) Foot Placement
Evaluate from the Back
a) Head Carriage
b) Shoulder Height
c) Level of Pelvis
d) Weight Distribution on Feet
Observe from the Side
a) Posture against Plumb Line
(which drops from external auditory meatus to the tip of the acromion through the femoral trochanter to just in front of the medial
malleolus)
Observe from the Opposite Side
a) Assess Plumb Line
(compare with opposite side)
b) Head Carriage
c) Anteroposterior Spinal Curves
d) Extent of Knee Extension

ANATOMICAL PALPATION:
Palpate levels of Acromion Levels
Illiac Crest (By pushing soft tissue out of the way from below and placing proximal phalanges of the index fingers on similar portions of the right & left innominate)
Palpate & Observe top of the greater trochanter (at lateral to medial compression of the soft tissue of the lateral hip)
Unleveling of the Illiac Crest and Greater Trochanter in the standing position is the first index of suspicion for a short leg
Eyes should be at the same horizontal place as are palpating fingers for better hand eye coordination

Reference: Principles of Manual Medicine - Philip E. Greenman