Your patient is using tylenol and heat, with advancing ROM, muscle strength, and motor control for his ortho. condition. This would indicate that most likely they are in the subacute phase of rehab.

You should be proud of your accomplishments this term! Learning during a pandemic and online is tougher than tough. You have lived a story that will be remembered and you can hold your head high and know that you did it! Congratulations for those of you who are graduating, you’ve done well. I would love to hear what you are up to as you leave Big Bend and try new things! Have a great summer, and take some time to relax and enjoy the little things now that your classes are finished.

The following is a typical scenario for adhesive capsulitis: all ranges are full and end feels are capsular/firm.

This muscle is long and slender, capable of great range of movement, but not built for power by its fiber arrangement.  

Assessing the normal amount of joint play is important in ortho. care-how does a grade I or II joint mob. benefit the pt.?

An active insufficiency is usually associated with the muscle being stretched out so far that it can’t contract wtih much tension, due to too much actin and myosin overlap.

With the patient in the step down position off of a step stool, what mm. are they primarily using as they step down, on the stance or supporting leg?

Your patient needs a cold pack badly, acutely injuring her biceps tendon with her stressful “windmill action”, fast pitch softball gaming. What will the body demonstrate, indicating the presence of the “pain-spasm cycle”?  

Your PT requests that you re-measure the MMT for knee flexion, What do you want to avoid with each procedure, so that you do not harm the pt. and also to get your most accurate, standard measurement?  

Please identify this muscle and its attachments: Vastus Medialis