Tendinosis

lift in the shoe for approximately one month, the patient may remove the lift and begin walking normal. Theraband exercises should be done every other day and progress to the blue band after a month. The patient may begin to do stretching advised by the doctor including; calf stretch, dorsiflexion stretch, toe raises, and single-leg balancing (Price). Roughly after six months the patient can go back to sport related activity. The road to recovery from an Achilles tendon rupture is a very long process. There are always problems when someone gets injured and can effect the patient later down the road. Since a patient has received surgery for an Achilles tendon rupture they are now predisposed to rupturing it again, having Achilles tendinosis, which are tiny tears in the Achilles tendon, or even Achilles tendinitis, which is irritation of the tendon (Achilles Tendon Injury). There is more of a chance that the patient can hurt that area again because once it is injured it will not go back to its original form.…

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Ultrasound (US) and MRI are commonly used in the clinical setting to confirm the presence and location of tendon thickening or other structural change and associated findings (Scott et al., 2013). However, although their clinical utility, both US and MRI are subject to artefacts and may reveal poor interobserver and intraobserver reliability. In comparison with MRI, ultrasound has the accuracy and sensitivity of US (0.63–0.83 and 0.68–0.87, respectively) and MRI (0.68–0.70 and 0.50–0.57,…

DOI: 7/5/2016. Patient is a 41-year -old female head cashier who sustained injury while she was in the elevator, holding a cash counter and when rotated to tuck it underneath her arm, she heard a pop in her right shoulder. Per OMNI, she was initially diagnosed with right shoulder strain. Per the PT note dated 08/12/16, the IW has attended 12 sessions MRI of the right upper extremity obtained in 09/07/16 showed moderate rotator cuff tendinosis with marked acromioclavicular joint…

DOI: 10/24/2014. Patient is a 53 year-old female automotive inspector who alleges cumulative trauma of the bilateral upper extremities, neck and chest from 1/15/1997 to 10/24/2014. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with impingent syndrome of left shoulder. As per office notes dated 5/27/16, the patient complains of left shoulder pain rated as 7. She states that the post-operative physical therapy has increased range of motion but the patient still feels weakness. It was noted that they will…

DOI: 4/24/2015. Patient is a 47-year-old right hand dominant female patient service representative who alleged right shoulder pain from repetitive duties. Per OMNI entry, she was initially diagnosed with right rotator cuff tendinitis. Per the doctors first report of occupational injury dated 04/24/15, patient was given a home exercise program. She was given prescription for Voltaren gel and place d on modified duty with work restrictions. She was told to apply ice/heat to the area. MRI of…

had come up clear, yet a wave of nausea swept over me every time the doctor asked me to drop my weight onto my heels. The pain in my ankle had followed me for almost six months- but I had to ignore it. I was a dancer, and three years of training had finally brought me to my goal. Senior level team at my dance studio, acceptance into the International Baccalaureate Dance Program at my school, and assistant teacher to an amazing group of preteens. It had taken me all of the three years to feel…

6-12 PT visits on an annual basis, prescription medication refills and if her symptoms increase in severity, she should be re-evaluated. MRI of the right wrist performed on 10/29/14 revealed a healed right distal radial styloid fracture with 2 mm depression and mild volar angulation as seen on the prior CT. There appears to be a mild cartilage thinning about the radial-lunate articulation. There is a multifocal bony erosion and bone marrow edema within the carpal bone, most severe within…

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on the potential of other impairment using other categories, such as the DRE method and range of motion method, but the gait derangement method produced the highest Whole Person Impairment. As you may know, impairment given for gait derangement is not allowed to be combined with other impairment. Therefore, Dr. Simpkins concluded the applicant had sustained a 7% Whole Person Impairment to the right knee. Left Knee Dr. Simpkins found 0% permanent disability to the left knee. Apportionment…