Epicondylitis
Known as GOLFER'S or LITTLE LEAGUER'S elbow.
What is MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS?
Pain around Acromion without stiffness; overhead activity increases pain; palpation activities increase pain.
What is a CLAVICLE FRACTURE?
What is a GLENOHUMERAL DISLOCATION?
Special Tests used to determine if there is a SHOULDER DISCLOCATION.
What are the ANTERIOR APPREHENSION & JOBE RELOCATION special tests?
Chronic inflammation at he LATERAL epicondyle of the elbow.
What is LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS?
RICE; rotator cuff strengthening; modify mechanics.
How do you manage Impingement Syndrome?
Acute trauma or impingement; commonly the supraspinatus.
What is the MOI of a ROTATOR CUFF TEAR?
Hyperextension, hyperflexion, possible twisting.
What is the MOI of an INTERPHALANGEAL DISLOCATION?
What is the EMPTY CAN special test?
What are LATERAL & MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS?
Decrease overhead activity improve shoulder strength and technique.
How do you PREVENT Impingement Syndrome?
Hold injured arm with opposite arm and tilts head towards injured side; injured side is lower than affected side.
What are the SIGNS/SYPTOMS of a CLAVICLE FRACTURE?
Point tenderness and discomfort, visible deformity.
What are the SIGNS/SYMPTOMS of an AC JOINT SEPARATION?
Condition is a clavicular fracture or most commonly a GRADE 3 AC JOINT SEPARATION.
What is the PIANO KEY SIGN special test?
Known as TENNIS elbow.
What is LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS?
Compression of the subacromial bursa, supraspinatus tendon, long head of the biceps under the coracoacromial arch during humeral elevation
What is IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME?
Strengthen, limit overhead activities, improve posture.
How do you PREVENT a ROTATOR CUFF TEAR?
RICE, splint- 4-6 weeks and protect 6-8 weeks, reduction.
How do you MANAGE an INTERPHALANGEAL DISLOCATION?
The two tests that determine if an athlete has an IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME.
What are the NEER'S & HAWKIN'S-KENNEDY special tests?
What is MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS?
Decreased space under arch- repetitive compression leas to inflammation; overhead throwing, failure to hold the humeral head where it should be; forward head; round shoulder; kyphosis
What is the MOI of Impingement Syndrome?
1) FOOSH
2) falling on tip of shoulder
3) direct impact
What is the MOI of a CLAVICLE FRACTURE?
1) direct impact to the tip of the shoulder
2) FOOSH
What is the MOI of an AC JOINT SEPARATION?
A positive sign is pain when you compress the AC joint.
What is the AC JOINT COMPRESSION TEST?