Chapman Reflex Points

• For the heart, the sympathetic influence comes from T1 to T5, while the parasympathetic influence comes from C2. • For the lungs, the sympathetic influence comes from T1 to T4, while the parasympathetic influence comes from C2. • For the GI tract, the sympathetic influence comes from T5 to L2, while the parasympathetic influence comes from C2, S2 to S4. • For the kidneys, the sympathetic influence comes from thoracolumbar junction, while the parasympathetic influence comes from C2 and from S2 to S4. • For the genitourinary tract, the sympathetic influence comes from the thoracolumbar junction, while the parasympathetic influence comes from C2 and from S2 to S4.

CHAPMAN REFLEX POINTS

Chapman reflex points or CRP are also somatic representations of visceral disease. These are also best memorized from a regional standpoint and represent areas on the anterior and posterior aspects of the body often used for diagnosis and treatment of disease states, although they are more often used diagnostically. They represent tiny areas of increased sensitivity and tenderness in the deep fascial layers due to increased sympathetic tone to a certain body area. As such, they are a subset of viscerosomatic reflex.

The two things that lead to these reflex points are increased sympathetic tone or lymphatic system blockages in a particular area. These tend not to be particularly specific because one spinal segment will often innervate several different organs.

Chapman reflex points are located mainly in the deep fascia and are small, firm 2 to 3 millimeter nodules with tissue texture changes similar to all TART changes. They are extremely tender but do not radiate from the point and may or may not be associated with a somatic dysfunction.

There are fifty different CP located on the front and back of the body from the head to the toes. Anterior CPs are located near the intercostal spaces near the sternum, with the