Question | Answer |
Microscopic tears on the Achilles Tendon | Achilles Tendonitis |
S&S of Achilles Tendonitis | Aching, Burning in the posterior heel, tenderness of tendon, thickening, weakness due to pain. |
Treatment of Achilles Tendonitis | RICE, NSAIDS, analgesics. Heel cord stretching exercises, use of appropriate footwear, eccentric training of the gastrocs and soleus |
Adhesive fibrosis and scarring in shoulder joint | Adhesive Capsulitis |
S&S of Adhesive Capsulitis | insidious onset of localized pain, stiffness, night pain, restricted ROM in a capsular pattern |
Treatment of adhesive capsulitis | Focus on increasing ROM exercises and palliative modalities |
Also known as wry neck. Unilateral contracture of SCM. Most often identified in the first 2 months of life. | Congenital Torticollis |
S&S of Congenital Torticollis | Lateral cervical flexion to same side of contracture, rotation toward opposite side and facial asymmetries |
Treatment of Congenital Torticollis | Emphasis on stretching, ROM, positioning and caregiver education |
Excessive translation of humeral head on glenoid during active rotation | Glenohumeral Instability |
S&S of Glenohumeral Instability | Subluxation or feeling the shoulder "pop" out and back in to place. Pain, paresthesis, positive apprehension test. |
| Impingement Syndrome |