5 Easy Screens You Should Be Using

originally posted here with video

• forget the press and guess or poke and hope
• check and correlate with a loss of ability to accept load on the ipsilateral side of complaint
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• a loss of terminal knee extension has been correlated with a lack of function and re-injury after ACL repair
• passively check the knee in supine for terminal knee extension and if lost, that becomes your mobilization to fix it
• after restoring this, re-check single limb stance, hop, etc

• again, a simple screen that actually checks a common loss of shoulder Mobility and thoracic rotation to the ipsilateral side
• the directional preference is then one of these three resets which can easily be taught to the patient

I enjoy educating patients that their "tight" hamstrings are often just motor control issues or a perception of stretch, but not a "length" issue

• many times active is limited and passive is significantly greater, making the pt a Rapid Responder
• this post shows how to make Rapid Responders out of the seemingly "tightest" hamstrings with 2 easy steps

• original post here
• this is a simple and reliable test to give the patient baselines for home and performance
• if this is limited and asymmetrical, they need to reset it
• here are simple ankle resets to teach them

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