Ortho Eval Pal: Optimizing Orthopedic Evaluations and Management Skills

Send a text In today's podcast, High Ankle Sprains - Evaluation and Treatment  I review... ✅ How a high ankle sprain differs from an inversion or eversion ankle sprain. ✅ How to identify a high ankle sprain. ✅ Considerations to take during your evaluation. ✅ Review of the Kleiger's test. ✅ How to manage a "High ankle" sprain and so much more! (Video) High ankle sprain eval...

Send a text Today we answer your questions: 1. How do you differentiate between tarsal tunnel syndrome, Morton's neuroma and metatarsalgia? 2. Can a rotator cuff tear cause forearm, wrist and hand pain? 3. What kind of shoe would you recommend for sesamoiditis which led to lateral foot pain? 4. Do all meniscus tears need to be surgically fixed? 5. Is it better to stretch a frozen shoulder agg...

Send a text In episode 275, Achilles Tendinitis or Retrocalcaneal Bursitis I do a brief anatomy review, I go over the causes of Achilles tendinitis vs retrocalcaneal bursitis and review some differential diagnoses. 🎥 (Video) Heel Bursitis vs Achilles Tendinitis 🎥 (Video) Back of the Heel Pain 🎥 (Video) Sever's Disease 🎥 (Video) Calcaneal Squeeze Test Want to join the OEP community? Click...

Send a text In episode 274 Lateral Retinacular Release-Tips for Post-op Treatment I review... ✅What a lateral retinacular release is. ✅Indications for the surgery. ✅Pre and post-op consideration tips. Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your ortho evaluation questions and I will answer them on the show: paul@orthoev...

Send a text In today's show, Causes of Serratus Anterior Weakness I review the following: ✅ Sources of long thoracic nerve palsy ✅ Appropriate diagnostic tests when considering causes of serratus weakness ✅ Questions to ask during your evaluation and so much more! (Video) Taping for Scapular Winging (Video) Patient with Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy (Video) Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy Patient (V...

Send a text In Episode 272: The Serratus Anterior Muscle-Anatomy and Function I go over: ✅An anatomy review of the serratus anterior muscle. ✅Function of the serratus. ✅Why this muscle is so important and so much more! (Video) Taping for Scapular Winging (Video) Patient with Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy (Video) Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy Patient (Video) Scapular Assistance Test Thank you to our Spo...

Send a text In episode 271 Conservative Treatment of the Osteoarthritic Shoulder I review the following: ✅ The joints involved in shoulder OA. ✅ Clinical presentation of shoulder OA. ✅ Conservative treatment tip, exercises and so much more! Thank you to our Sponsor: Medbridge Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your...

Send a text In today's episode, I have the honor of interviewing laser expert Dr. Mark Callenen and we discuss... ✅ What laser therapy is. ✅ Mechanisms of how it works. ✅ Diagnoses treated with laser therapy. ✅ Insurance reimbursement and so much more!! 👉👉Contact Dr. Callenen: mark.callenen@enovis.com 👉 www.chattanoogarehab.com/us 👉 www.lightforcemedical.com 👉 1-877-627-3858 Sponsors...

Send a text In episode 269 Buckling Knees and What it Means! I talk about... ✅ How a knee "buckles". ✅ Why it buckles. ✅ What a certain type of buckling means. ✅ If braces are effective for a buckling knee and so much more! 🎥 (Video) Knee Buckling Explanation Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at...

Send a text In today's episode I interview a special guest, Dr. Kayla Bates and we talk about... ✅ Side effects to commonly used medications in orthopedics. ✅ When certain medications are indicated. ✅ If NSAID's are harmful or helpful. ✅ Side effects of quinolone antibiotics and exercise modification. ✅ Recognizing opioid addiction in your patient and so much more! Questions for Dr....

Send a text In today's episode, Cervical Myelopathy Cluster, I talk about... ✅ Causes of cervical myelopathy. ✅ Signs and symptoms of cervical myelopathy. ✅ What the 5 most common predictive clinical findings are. ✅ How to perform the tests. ✅ How to manage patients with cervical myelopathy and so much more! (Video) Cervical Myelopathy Cluster (Video) Hyperefflexia, clonus and a positive...

Send a text In episode 266: Cervical Radiculopathy Cluster (Cluster of Wainner) I talk about... ✅ The 4 evaluative finding in the Cluster of Wainner ✅ How to perform each test. ✅ The importance of not just depending on the cluster to make your diagnosis and much more!! 🎥(Video) Cervical Radiculopathy Cluster Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to...

Send a text In Episode 265: EMG Evaluation of Shoulder Muscles During Common ADL's and Rehab I talk to you about... 1. How not all shoulder protocols are created equal. 2. A research study related to EMG evaluation of shoulder muscles during certain activities. 3. Discuss common activities that cause the highest and least activation in the rotator cuff. 4. How to make adjustments to your prot...

Send a text In episode 264, Are Bone Growth Stimulators Effective?  I talk about... ▶How bone growth stimulators work. ▶Indications for their use. ▶Their effectiveness and so much more! Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your ortho evaluation questions and I will answer them on...

Send a text In episode 263: 7 Causes of Medial Knee Pain I talk to you about some sources of inner knee pain, how to tease out the sources of medial knee pain and so much more!! 👇👇 Here are some videos of patients to compliment today's show! (Video) Knee Osteoarthritis (Video) Meniscus tear evaluation (Video) MCL injury evaluation (Video) Pes anserine evaluation (Video) L4 nerve root injury...

Send a text In episode 262 Hoffa's Syndrome/Infrapatella Fat Pad Impingement, I review... ✅ What Hoffa's syndrome is. ✅ How to identify it. ✅ How to treat it and so much more! Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your ortho evaluation questions and I will answer them...

Send a text In today's episode, I break down what the Inverted Supinator Test is, how to perform it, what a positive test presents like, what a positive test means and so much more!! 🎥(Video) Positive Inverted Supinator Test Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your ortho e...

Send a text Today in episode 260: 7 Sources of Ischial Tuberosity Pain, I bring to you... ✅ Some anatomy review ✅ Causes of ischial tuberosity pain ✅ Differential diagnoses and so much more!! Sponsors: Medbridge and Robin Healthcare Want to join the OEP community? Click HERE to jump onto our email list. SUBSCRIBE at the bottom of the page. Ask me your ortho evaluation questions and I will answe...

Send a text In today's episode, An Unusual Case Presentation of Leg Pain I... ✅ Discuss the case of a 41 y/o female runner with leg pain and numbness. ✅ Review her subjective history. ✅ Go over an orthopedic clinical exam. ✅ Discuss the evaluative findings. ✅ Talk about how to manage this particular situation and much more! 🎥 (Video) FADIR Test 🎥 (Video) FABER Test Sponsors: Medbridge...

Send a text In Episode 258-Cervical Traction: Is it Effective? I bring to you... ✅ How Cervical Traction works. ✅ Diagnoses Treated with Cervical Traction. ✅ Effectiveness of Cervical Traction. ✅ Tips for proper use and so much more! 🎥 (Video) How to Treat Cervical Herniated Disc with Traction 🎥 (Video) Manual Cervical Traction 🎥 (Video) Mechanical Cervical Traction Want to join the OEP com...

Send a text In episode 257: Dealing with Patients Who First Met with Dr. Google I bring to you... ✅ The importance of listening to your patient and not making them feel bad about the online information they looked at. ✅ Why patient education about internet information is a must. ✅ How to re-direct your patient toward a proper evaluation and treatment plan. ✅ An interesting scenario where we us...

Send a text In Episode 256, 5 "Must Do's" with Early Post op ACLR Patients I talk about... ✅ The importance of maximizing knee extension early. ✅ Re-activating the quadriceps. ✅ Why patella mobility is so important. ✅ Best ways to control effusion and why? ✅ Developing good lower extremity control and so much more! 🎥 (Video) Patella Mobilizations 🎥 (Video) Knee Extension with...

Send a text In episode 255 Tall Walker Boot vs Short Walker Boot Showdown I I bring to you... ✅ Indications for a tall vs a short walker boot. ✅ The importance of leveling up the pelvis and how to do it. ✅ Diagnoses I have treated with a walker boot. ✅ My personal opinion about walker boots (which will not take long😉) 🎥 How to put on a walker boot (video) 👉I'd like to introduce you to...

Send a text In episode 254, "Can Weather Affect Joint Pain?" I discuss the following... ▶ Is there a physiologic reason why some people have more pain related to humidity and a change in weather? ▶ Research related to weather and joint pain. ▶ Theories about why this happens. ▶ Recommendations to combat the effects of weather related joint pain and more! I'd like to introduce you to...

Send a text In episode 253 "Axillary Nerve Palsy" I discuss... ✅ The anatomical course of the axillary nerve. ✅ Causes of axillary nerve injuries. ✅ Signs and symptoms of axillary nerve injuries. ✅ How to best diagnose axillary nerve injuries. ✅ What to do after you have identified one and much more!! 🎥 Axillary Nerve Palsy (Video) 🎥 Parsonnage Turner Syndrome (Video) Parsonnage T...