Lumbar Flexion & Extension Goniometer - Instructional Video 

Thank you so much Daniel. I'm so glad you found this video helpful. 😊

I'm so glad you found it helpful!

Great question! I would let them know that you have pain standing upright and rate it on a scale of 0-10 (0 = no pain) and what kind of pain it is (throbbing, stabbing, dull, sharp, radiating down into your legs or up into your back, etc.). They still may want to know if your pain changes (goes up or down) as you bend forward or backward. Those changes can indicated different injuries/pathologies as well.

Good question. It's because you are looking at the hip and not her lumbar spine. The goniometer placement matters.

So the 55 degree is true lumbar flexion and not 90 degrees which would be the hip?

Sorry, I missed this question. All techniques and norms come from this text: Michael P. Reiman. (2016). Orthopedic Clinical Examination (1st ed.). Human Kinetics. Lumbar Flexion = 60deg Lumbar Extension = 25 deg Thoracolumbar Lateral flexion = 25deg Thoracolumbar Rotation = 30deg. I hope this helps!