A 35-year-old male complains of medial foot pain that has be…

A 35-year-old male complains of medial foot pain that has been present for the past 6 weeks. He runs 30 miles/week and reports no specific trauma. The pain initially occurred near the end of each run, but now is present during walking. Based on this history, what could be included in the examination to assist in identifying contributing factors for his foot pain?

Your first day of a new clinical experience you evaluate a p…

Your first day of a new clinical experience you evaluate a patient with foot and ankle pain.  You take an hour asking all kinds of questions and run through all of the special tests and assessment techniques we have covered in class.  Upon completing the evaluation, you excuse yourself and consult with your CI but are struggling to process everything you have found.  Your CI who has 10 years of clinical experience asks you to join her with the patient, asks a few key questions, performs 4 quick tests and measures and within 5 minutes tells you the patient has plantar fasciitis and I need you to show them these 3 exercises.  You demonstrated _________  while your CI demonstrated________

A patient presents with complaints consistent with plantar f…

A patient presents with complaints consistent with plantar fasciitis.  You treat the patient for several weeks; however, the complaints persist.  You wonder if you are missing tarsal tunnel syndrome as the cause of symptoms and perform a slump test biased with the inclusion of ankle dorsiflexion combined with eversion and extension of all of the toes.  This reproduces the pain for which the patient is seeking care and when you maintain the position and allow the patient to extend her neck, the symptoms disappear.  The complaints for which the patient is seeking care are termed_____________________  and the use of the neck flexion to provoke the symptoms with neck extension resulting in relief of the symptoms is termed ________________________________________

A patient with a lateral ankle sprain complains of 5/10 ankl…

A patient with a lateral ankle sprain complains of 5/10 ankle pain while walking, has an increased 6 cm girth with a figure of eight measurement compared to the opposite side, ankle eversion strength of 3+/5 (pain increases with isometric resistance) and ankle inversion ROM to 7º (increases pain). The proper phase of rehabilitation to begin treatment is: