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Hello sir, I know this is an old video, but your technique is sloppy and poorly conducted. The patient should be comfortable - a rolled up towel under the knee may be more relaxing for the patient. Also, on the contralateral leg with the negative test, you literally pick up the knee, test it, then drop it like a sack of meat. Show some care for your patient. You should perform the lachmans with finesse and a gentle touch. I can see that you handle the patients' legs with little to no care. Perhaps you will eventually learn that this isn't a single test of ligament laxity, but a clinical examination that requires an element of compassion and care. Sir, sort your shit out. I also suggest that as a therapist, your personal health and wellbeing sends a message to your patient. The message I can see is that you're overweight and overly casual. Put some clothes on that portray a professional image and sort your weight out. Lastly, a lachmans should be performed with a support under the knee. That patients leg isn't a piece of meat for you to toss around. Consider the feelings of your patient and place a support under their knee, so they feel supported and comfortable. Sir, you should reconsider your career or seriously upgrade your manual handling techniques.
Yes, Lachman test has a sensitivity of around 77-87%, so there's a 13-23% chance of a false negative. Best to combine with complete subjective and objective assessment
I know this is years old, but I just had it done to me (that's why I looked it up) and it doesn't hurt at all. It feels normal (which freaked me out since I knew a knee isn't supposed to do that)
It doesn't hurt to be fair. The only time it hurt is when that son of a bitch doctor bent my whole knee. I cried in pain and he was like yeah, let's get an MRI now, only then will I be able to diagnose it correctly. MF If you wanted the MRI then why the hell did you even bother to send me slithering in pain? Now I'm 15 days past the ACL rupture and can't even walk yet. I can't bend my knee more than 30 degrees. I'll get surgery next month so hopefully I return to playing football asap
I think I did this, have a Grade III sprain and while I have no pain lying down or even standing for short periods but when I started trying to walk had pain (not extreme, but definitely not comfortable) when foot flat rolling into ball of foot. Now I think I know why (docs did not catch it.) Where do I go from here in terms of treatment/rehab?
Hi, I have this on my right knee from an accident a month ago. I cant fully extend and bent my knee. is this normal? will do an mri in a week, according to doctor Ineed to wait for the swelling to come down before an mri. any advice is appreciated thanks
Good video, but isn't an empty end-feel when the pt doesn't let you perform the test to end of range ? Isn't the end-feel in the video rather a soft end-feel?
Hello, I had the same injury during a game, i try to force a pass and kick the ball with the frnt part of the foot instead of the middle and happends exactly that. i would like to know what steps i need to follow in order to get back on the court , i have been out for 2 months resting , and yesterday try to get back and is still injured. i went to my doctor and he order my x rays, nothing was there and now were going for the MRI. after seeing this video im pretty sure is the AITI ligament.
Exact same thing happened to me, there was nothing wrong at x rays and I'm suffering from this injury for a long time. How did you get better ? Can you tell me what steps you followed ? Any help is appreciated.
yeah in wrestling/mma/muay thai... I've been recovering from acl surgery- i've definently laid of the olympic lifts. As a a result, my shoulder have noticeably rotated internally. yesterday there was a pop while drilling.... some pain in my anterior deltoid/top of pectoral/clavical area. my range of motion and level of pain would suggest that it's not catastropically injured but i'm about to go do this, and do some external rotation work.
Thanks for the Tip! This is great and is helping me recovering from a stage one AC joint seperation. The injury is minor and when i do this i feel slight pain, is that ok?
Thanks a lot for posting this, I appreciate the info. I'm recovering from a shoulder surgery, and once I get back into lifting again, I want to prevent past problems from reoccuring and future problems from arising. When I get back into a bodybuilding regimen, do you recommend that I perform these exercises on the day of a major chest and/or back workout, or on an entirely separate day so that I can dedicate my focus 100% on my rotator cuffs?
I haven't seen this before, but I like it a lot. I've usually just seen prewrap rolled around the knee five or six times and then rolled up, but that doesn't work so well with athlete's with hairy legs (quite painful while rolling!). Thanks for sharing!