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 rower reports to your clinic with 6/10 pain while sitting for long periods of time. Even driving or sitting in class for long hours becomes painful. The only thing that seems to relieve her pain is to sit on a pillow or sit with the affected side hanging off the seat, but that is not always possible. What condition, from the history alone, do you suspect this patient has?

You suspect Cauda equina syndrome in your 18 year old hurdler. This syndrome includes:

What observational gait analysis finding is often made when an athlete has a hamstring strain or tight hamstrings?

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

In your female cross country cyclist you note – pain deep in the groin area with decreasing symptoms with rest and low impact exercises. This condition is often misdiagnosed as adductor strain. She notes increasing symptoms with running or carrying more weight. Her thigh and groin area throbs at night. You thus suspect that she may have

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

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.

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?

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