Foot
This is the time of day when plantar fasciitis S/S are usually the worse.
What is first thing in the morning or right when you wake up?
The amount of weight that the fibula bears while WB (percentage).
What is 15-20%?
An athletic trainer will perform this special test to evaluate the integrity of the MCL.
What is the Varus Stress Test?
This injury has a very high recurrence rate and is considered by many ATs as the hardest injury to RTP from.
What is a Hamstring Strain?
This group of muscles performs adduction at the hip.
What are the adductors?
The medical name for the joint of the foot that performs inversion and eversion.
What is the Subtalar Joint?
The general location where a patient with a high ankle sprain will complain of pain.
Where is the anterior ankle?
The primary function of the PCL (aka, what does it prevent?)
What is Posterior Translation of the Tibia?
This is where you palpate the pulse of the femoral artery.
Where is the "V" line/crease of the hip/anterior hip?
This muscle group performs hip extension AND knee flexion.
What are the hamstrings?
The name of the most proximal group of bones in the foot.
What are the Tarsals?
The name of this important ankle palpation is located on at the distal end of the tibia.
What is the Medial Malleolus?
The medical name for the knee joint.
The 3 questions you must ask a patient who is presenting with hip pain (write down one).
Do you feel any numbness or tingling?
Do you feel any catching, locking, clicking, etc.?
Is the pain coming from deep inside your hip?
These 2 muscles perform hip abduction AND hip internal rotation.
What are the Glutes and TFL?
This is the name of a fx that is located on the proximal region of the 5th metatarsal.
What is a Jones Fx?
The name of the "true ankle joint". This joint performs PF and DF.
What is the talocrural joint?
This meniscus (medial or lateral) is more commonly injured based on it's anatomy
What is the medial meniscus?
The major complication after fxs to the femoral neck/proximal femur.
What is avascular necrosis of the femoral head?
These 3 muscles perform hip flexion.
What are the quads, iliopsoas, and sartorius?
The name of the artery that sits on top of the foot and is palpated in between the first and second metatarsals.
What is the Dorsal Pedis Artery?
The length of time a patient, typically, has to be pain free from suspected stress fx before the RTP process can begin.
What is 1-2 weeks?
This condition occurs in athletes going through a growth spurt. The patellar tendon pulls on the ischial tuberosity, causing pain and a potential bone spur.
What is Osgood-Schlatter Disease?
The medical name for the hip joint.
What is the Femoroacetabular Joint?
These 2 muscles are located in the superficial posterior compartment of the lower leg and perform ankle plantarflexion.
What are the Gastrocnemius and Soleus?