Motion in the spine is restricted in part by the orientation of the facet joints in each part of the spine.  Based on this knowledge, in which plane does most lumbar motion occur?

A thin 16 year-old female complains of knee pain, worsened with climbing stairs or prolonged sitting. She has weakness of the vastus medialis upon manual muscle test, and a negative apprehension test. What problem does she likely have?

Poor (slouched) sitting posture with forward head typically results in shortening of the splenius capitus muscles bilaterally. This is MOST directly related to:

Jennifer twisted her ankle this morning and it became ecchymotic and swollen immediately. She saw a physician who performed an examination to determine the involved tissues. An x-ray was negative for fractures. There was no instability between the distal tibia and fibula. The mechanism of injury was hyperinversion of the ankle with weight-bearing. Pain was severe in the region of the lateral malleolus. A 1st-degree sprain was diagnosed. What can you surmise from this information?

To stretch the biceps brachii after a biceps tenodesis procedure, what positions are required?

You are treating a 44 year-old male with right knee pain.  He has a past history of R Achilles tendon rupture with surgical repair, and limited passive ankle dorsiflexion ROM.  You know that most of the plantarflexion and dorsiflexion at the ankle occurs at the:

A prospective patient with a history of plantar fasciitis sees you at the gym and asks you about the best way to treat the condition.  Of the following, which treatment strategies would you recommend to address pain and tightness of the plantar fascia?

When the spine moves from a position of flexion into a position of extension, the nucleus pulposus tends to displace in what direction?

In what position would the hamstring muscles become actively insufficient?

A patient develops weakness of the trapezius muscles after a biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes in the lateral aspect of the neck.  Which nerve was potentially impacted during the biopsy?