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Lumbar Facet Syndrome

Lumbar Facet Syndrome

Lower Back Pain with Mobility Deficits Do you have a patient who has pain extending back or with rotation? That pattern is similar to that of lumbar facet syndrome. Look below for some things to consider! If you do not know the common clinical findings no problem!...
Lumbar Muscle Strain

Lumbar Muscle Strain

Lower Back Pain with Movement Coordination Impairments  Do you have a patient who has low back pain across their whole back? Do they have pain bending forward and extending back or have had multiple occurrences of their back “going out” on them over the past couple of...
Disc Herniation

Disc Herniation

Lower Back Pain with Radiating Pain Not to be confused with lower back pain with related leg pain; patients with a disc herniation will be more likely to have complaints of narrow shooting/burning type pain sometimes associated with numbness. It is important for the...
Discogenic Lower Back Pain

Discogenic Lower Back Pain

Lower Back Pain with Related Leg Pain Is your patient experiencing diffuse or difficult to pin point pain that can travel down their leg? Take a look at some common clinical findings for discogenic lower back pain to see if signs and symptoms match up! If you do not...
Clinical Pattern Recognition- Ankle & Foot Pain

Clinical Pattern Recognition- Ankle & Foot Pain

From anatomy to discovering the patient! Ankle joint accounts for 10% to 34% of all sport-related injuries, with lateral ankle sprain comprising 77% to 83% of these injuries The overall incidence of lateral ankle sprain may be underestimated because approximately 50%...
Achilles Tendinopathy

Achilles Tendinopathy

Muscle Power Deficits Patients with varying degrees of achilles tendon pathology making presentation and potential treatment differ slightly; however, they will usually present with fairly localized pain in the achilles tendon and toward the heel! For more clinical...