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Looking for an efficient way to test and diagnose sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy? Check out this article that you can apply Monday! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647081/ #!po=21.1538

Physical assessment of lower extremity radiculopathy and sciatica The purpose is to describe active and passive physical maneuvers that provoke or alleviate lumbosacral radiculopathy and/or sciatica to demonstrate how these maneuvers function in common orthopedic and neurological tests/signs.Descriptions of the maneuvers ...

Use functional testing to uncover the key link for your patient's pain? Here's a great article on the prone hip extension test. It compares patients with and without back pain. Always make sure your orthopedic and functional testing is valid and has research behind it. Just because a guru says it works doesn't mean you should use it in clinical practice.

Lumbar lordosis in prone position and prone hip extension test: comparison between subjects with and without low back pain Prone hip extension (PHE) is a common and widely accepted test used for assessment of the lumbo-pelvic movement pattern. Considerable increased in lumbar lordosis during this test has been considered as impairment of movement patterns in lumbo-pelvic region. The purpose of this study was to investig...

An excellent article about avoiding rehab purgatory. Are you holding your patients back in active, medically necessary care when they should be set free to move more and switch to wellness care? Is this adding unnecessary visits to your treatment plans? Do you have discharge criteria? Are they reasonable and patient focused. An interesting thought!

The Future of Fitness, Functional Training & Rehab with Dr. Craig Liebenson There may be no term more polarizing in our sports performance and fitness industries than functional training over the past decade. But in lieu of it’s popularity, it’s apparent that people simply don’t know the true meaning, theory or application of this type of training methodology. Luckily, we h...