🦩 The Stork Test assesses pelvic movement while the patient stands on one leg and lifts the opposite knee. The examiner palpates the PSIS and sacrum, comparing movement on both sides.

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#SportsMedicine #PhysicalExam #SIJoint #MedicalEducation #Musculoskeletal

🦴The Standing Flexion Test assesses movement of the posterior superior iliac spines as the patient bends forward.

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#SacroiliacJoint #PhysicalExam #SportsMedicine #BackPain #MedicalEducation

🦶 Stabilization Test for High Ankle Sprain

Compare pain during walking or a toe raise before and after applying athletic tape just above the ankle.

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#SportsMedicine #HighAnkleSprain #AnkleInjury #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation

Barrel Chest 🫁

An increased front-to-back chest diameter gives the chest a rounded appearance.

Classically associated with emphysema and chronic lung hyperinflation, it can also occur with aging.

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#COPD #Emphysema #LungHealth #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation

🖐️ Osler Nodes: A Clue to Endocarditis

🔴 Painful, red-purple nodules on the pads of the fingers or toes are a classic finding associated with infective endocarditis.

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#Endocarditis #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation #EmergencyMedicine #ClinicalMedicine

🦶 Squeeze Test: Assessing a High Ankle Sprain

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#SportsMedicine #HighAnkleSprain #AnkleInjury #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation

🦵 Squat Test for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

Pain around or behind the kneecap during a squat can support a diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Squat_Test

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🖐️ The square wrist sign compares wrist thickness to width; a ratio above 0.7 is associated with increased risk. 🔍

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🦶 The Stabilization Test uses athletic tape just above the ankle joint to support the distal syndesmosis. Less pain with standing, walking, toe raises, and jumping after taping is a positive finding that supports a suspected high ankle sprain. 🩹

#SportsMedicine #PhysicalExam #AnkleInjury #MedEd

🩺 The Spurling Test helps assess cervical nerve root irritation. Reproduction of the patient’s familiar radiating arm pain supports a positive test—localized neck pain alone does not.

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Spurling_Test

#NeckPain #PhysicalExam #SportsMedicine #MedicalEducation

🦶 Squeeze Test for High Ankle Sprain

🩺 The examiner compresses the tibia and fibula together at the midcalf. Pain reproduced near the distal syndesmosis suggests a high ankle sprain.

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Squeeze_Test

#HighAnkleSprain #AnkleInjury #SportsMedicine #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation

🩺 Spring Test: Assessing Low Back Pain

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Spring_Test

#PhysicalExam #SportsMedicine #LowBackPain #Musculoskeletal #MedicalEducation

🦵 Knee pain when squatting?

The Squat Test helps assess patellofemoral pain

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Squat_Test

#PatellofemoralPain #KneePain #SportsMedicine #PhysicalExam #MSK

Speed’s Test: What Does Anterior Shoulder Pain Suggest? 💪

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Speeds_Test

#SportsMedicine #ShoulderExam #BicepsTendon #PhysicalExam #MedicalEducation

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🧠 Pronator Drift: A Subtle Sign of Weakness

🙌 Ask the patient to hold both arms forward, palms up, with eyes closed. If one arm turns inward and drifts downward, consider an upper motor neuron deficit.

📖 Link in bio

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Can the shape of your wrist offer a clue to carpal tunnel syndrome? 📏

Have you used this measurement? Leave your answer in the comments 👇

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Square_Wrist...

#CarpalTunnelSyndrome #PhysicalExam #WristAnatomy #SportsMedicine

Solheim Sign 🦵

Buttock pain with passive adduction of the flexed hip may point toward piriformis involvement. 🔎

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Solheim_Sign

#PiriformisSyndrome #DeepGlutealSyndrome #HipPain #PhysicalExam #SportsMedicine

⚡ Neck pain radiating into the arm? The Spurling Test can help assess for cervical radiculopathy

🔗 Link: wikism.org/Spurling_Test

#CervicalRadiculopathy #NeckPain #PhysicalExam #SportsMedicine #EmergencyMedicine

A painful snap at the front of the shoulder during rotation may suggest that the long head of the biceps tendon is slipping out of its groove. The Snap Test helps reproduce that movement during the shoulder exam.

🔗 Link wikism.org/Snap_Test

#ShoulderPain #SportsMedicine #PhysicalExam #Orthopedics