The patient is a 22-year-old female with complaints of bilat…
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The pаtient is а 22-yeаr-оld female with cоmplaints оf bilateral medial leg pain. She started “boot camp” at the regional army training facility 3 weeks ago and the pain has been progressively increasing since that time. She states she has had similar pain before but it has always resolved on its own. This time it seems to be getting worse, and she really wants to get back to her squad. The current pain ranged from 4/10 to 7/10 increasing with activity. The pain can be mostly described as a relative ache but local to the medial side of her leg. She is overweight with a BMI of 29 but has been losing weight over the last year after she decided to enlist with the army. She also starting running. She quit smoking 6 months ago. Upon observation the patient had low medial longitudinal arches and a valgus position of the hindfoot bilaterally. Sensation tested with light touch was normal in bilateral lower extremities. Pain to palpation was present along the distal half of the posterior medial tibial border extending down to just above the medial malleolus. Passive ROM at the ankle was full in all planes except limited dorsiflexion to 8° when the knee was flexed. The patient was able to complete 25 single leg heel raises on the right with pain and 20 on the left, again with pain. The presence of the following signs may support a diagnosis of medial tibial stress syndrome:
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