Upon reviewing an X-ray of a pt w/ back pain you note that she has this condition – when the lumbar vertebra fuses with the sacrum.

As you discuss spine and disc issues with a patient you mention some facts. Which one of these statements is TRUE

After falling on the field post tackle, your defensive back has a hip pointer pathology. Where can this hip pointer occur ?

As you consider facet jt. dysfunction, how much weight do the facet joints approximately bear in the lumbar spine?

You are assessing for an ANTERIOR labral tear, the motion(s) performed should be:

When examining a pt w suspected femoral hernia, you look for this – a major structure that can be found within the femoral triangle?

You examine nerve supply when testing low back pain in your 25 year old baseball player. What nerve generally innervates the posterior musculature of the thigh?

When examining muscle strength, you have a soccer player perform a plantarflexion manual muscle test while short sitting. What muscle are you isolating for this test?

A wrestler comes to you c/o clicking in the knee. You find a positive Thesally’s test and suspect a meniscal tear. You explain to the wrestler, that you hope that the tear is in this part of the meniscus that is highly vascularized and has the best potential for healing after injury

After sending a dancer c/o pain in her hip for imaging – she comes back w/a diagnosis of this condition. This condition is described excessive overgrowth of the acetabulum resulting in too much coverage of the femoral head and causing impingement where the labrum gets impinged.