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Affecting movement
Walking and running
Pain or limping while walking
Dysfunctional gait
Sore feet while walking
Pain walking uphill
Problems walking upstairs
Problems walking downstairs
Stitch in the side during running or exercise
Sitting
Pain in buttocks, upper thigh or knee while sitting
Difficulty rising from seated position
Pain in crouching
Jaw
ADL
Problems chewing
Clenching teeth
Crepitation
Malocclusion
Reduced range of motion
Opening
Deviation of movement
Lateral
Throat
ADL
Painful/problems swallowing
Neck
Painful movements
Rotation
Weakness
Instability
Reduced range of motion (ROM)
Generalized
Flexion
Rotation
Lateral flexion
Postural change
Head tilt
Forward head posture
Ribs
Reduced range of motion
Expansion
Shoulder
Painful movements
Abduction
Reduced range of motion (ROM)
Generalized
Abduction
Adduction
Lateral rotation
Medial rotation
Retraction
Weakness
Abduction
Postural change
Rounded shoulders
Elevation shoulders
Winging scapula
Crepitation
When abducting arm
Elbow
ADLs
Problems using tools
Painful movements
Supination
Flexion
Reduced range of motion
Generalized
Weakness
Flexion
Wrist/hand
ADL
Problems with grip
Writing
Weakness
Grip
Painful movements
Supination
Reduced range of motion
Wrist flexion
Wrist extension
Ulnar deviation
Flexion of fingers
Extension of fingers
Spine
ADL
Coughing and/or sneezing
Painful movements
Muscle guarding
Restricted range of motion (ROM)
Flexion
- Erector spina, thorocal lateral part
- Interspinales
- Multifidus
- Quadratus lumborum
- Spinalis thoracis and semispinalis thoracis
Rotation
Weakness
Instability
Flexion
Postural change
Scoliosis
Hypertrophy
One or both sides of lower back
Pelvis
ADL
Problems lying on affected side
Postural change
Pelvic distortion
Inequal leg length / elevation of ilium
Hip
Reduced range of motion (ROM)
Flexion
Extension
Weakness
Hip buckling
Knee and calves
Reduced range of motion (ROM)
General
Extension
Weakness
Medial rotation
Extension
Knee buckling
Crepitation
Cramping
Calves
Ankel and foot
ADL
Clumsy walking/stumbling
Reduced range of motion (ROM)
Dorsiflexion
Weakness
Generalized
Dorsiflexion
Postural change
Valgus position of great toe
Cramping
Of toes
Neurological
Sciatica or pseudo-sciatica
Carpal tunnel
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Facial neuralgia
Entrapment
Sciatic nerve
Greater occipital nerve
Fibular nerve
Paraesthesia
Lower arm
Wrist, hand and fingers
Lower back
Hip and thigh
Fibular nerve
Foot drop
Pathology
Head and face
Sinusitis
Tinnitus
Headache
- Occipitofrontalis
- Rectus capitis posterior major and minor
- Semispinalis capitis and cervicis
- Splenius capitis and cervicis
- Sternocleidomastoideus
- Temporalis
- Trapezius
Facial neuralgia
Neck
Torticollis
Whiplash
Thoracic outlet sydrome
Shoulder
Winging scapula
Frozen shoulder
Elbow
Lateral epicondylitis
Medial epicondylitis
Olecranon bursitis
Wrist and hand
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Trigger finger
Trigger thumb
Dupytren's
Spine
Scoliosis
Lumbago
Sciatica or pseudo-sciatica
Pelvis
Inequal leg length
Burisitis
Trochanter
Knee and calves
Tendinitis
Bursitis
Shin splints
Posterior compartment syndrome
Ankel and foot
Claw toes or hammer toes
Ankel sprains
Foot drop
Edema
Lung airway related problems
Breathing difficulties
Sore throat
Circulatory
Entrapment blood vessels
Shoulder and arm
Calves
Cardiac arrythmia
Vascular thoracic outlet sydrome
Mimicing cardiac pain
Gastrointestinal
Problems and pain while defecating
Gas, bloating, belching, heartburn
Vomiting, diarrhea
Pseudo-appendicitis
Childhood and adolescence
Growing pains
Energy and sleep
Nocturnal cramps
Problems sleeping on
Shoulder
Hip/pelvis
Bruxism
Sleep disturbed by pain
Knee
Eye
Headache
- Rectus capitis posterior major and minor
- Semispinalis capitis and cervicis
- Splenius capitis and cervicis
- Trapezius