This used to be a breeze for me but I've neglected it for too long. If someone has a PTP on the right, that's where the hard end feel is? But if I'm looking at someone's back and their right transverse process is rotated to the right, the transverse process on the left should be what's sticking out, no?
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If a thoracic vertebrae is rotated to the right, you will feel posterior/hard transverse processes on the right side. The left transverse process will be more anterior and you will not feel any tissue changes over it.
Remember that rotation is in relation to the body of the vertebrae itself.
Remember that rotation is in relation to the body of the vertebrae itself.
PTP means that the vertebral segment is rotated in THAT direction (Right PTP = Rotated Right; put your hand into a 'hang loose' sign - the thumb and the pinky are the TPs - to visualize this). Therefore, if the pt's right TP is rotated to the right (prominent), then the left TP should not be as prominent as the right TP.
