Lower Extremity Counterstrain

Question 1

find ACL tenderpoiint

Answer 1

follow gastroc up the calf until it divides (2 points)

Question 2

ACL treatment

Answer 2

pillow under thigh, tibia pressed posteriorly (opp of anterior drawer test)

Question 3

PCL tenderpoint

Answer 3

where gastroc first starts to divide (one point)

Question 4

PCL treatment

Answer 4

pillow under proximal tibia, press down on thigh to push tibia forward on femur (opp posterior drawer test)

Question 5

PCL injury

Answer 5

trauma to front of shin inferior to knee or falling on bent knee

Question 6

lateral ankle tenderpoint

Answer 6

sinus tarsi (4:00 position from lateral malleolus) (just anterior)

Question 7

ligament of lateral ankle tenderpoint

Answer 7

lateral collateral ligament

Question 8

lateral ankle tenderpoint treatment

Answer 8

ankle to be treated is on bottom leg, edge of foot off the end of the table with towel under ankle, evert foot

Question 9

medial ankle tenderpoint associated with

Answer 9

foot pronation and flattening of medial longitudinal arch

Question 10

medial ankle tenderpoint

Answer 10

medial malleolus, then find tuberosity of navicular bone, then the sustentaculum tali. point runs in arc inferior and posterior to sustentaculum tali

Question 11

medial ankle tenderpoint treatment

Answer 11

pt lies on side to ankle to be treated is on top leg, edge of foot just off the end of the table with towel under ankle, invert the foot

Question 12

gastroc tenderpoints

Answer 12

lateral and medial to the points that the fibers begin to separate

Question 13

treat gastroc tenderpoints

Answer 13

plantarflex the ankle

Question 14

flexion calcaneous tenderpoint cause

Answer 14

plantar fascitis

Question 15

flexion calcaneous tenderpoint

Answer 15

anterior edge of heel pad, equidistant to sides of foot

Question 16

treat flexion calcaneous tenderpoint

Answer 16

dr thigh and dr hand cause forefoot and heel to flex toward monitoring finger