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Your new patient is acutely injured and is in spasm in his hamstring mm. after a partial tear. What is the pain and spasm cycle and how could you help him get out of it? (under the direction of the PT)

Your patient with Patello-femoral issues presents with this “sunrise view” on X-ray. What is this called in medical terms?

What are the correct normal AAOS adult values for PROM for the hip, and per PhysioU?  

Plyometric exercise is done for explosive power, as represented best by which description and picture?

Your patient needs to stretch his or her hamstring muscles; you can utilize either the “contract-relax” or “reciprocal inhibition” to enhance the stretch in order to gain more motion.

Please identify the correct landmark Axis using the large goniometer for measuring the knee ROM.

Your patient has a “hard, sudden stop” at the near the end of knee extension. This would possibly indicate what?

The muscle(s) that are innervated by the femoral nerve L2-4, extend(s) the knee, and has 4 heads or bellies is the ___________.

Your patient presents with a new finding today of a possible blot clot. Your assignment is to range and exercise them. What is your best and safest decision?

What is the “force couple” of muscles that is at work at the pelvis during this manuever?