Your patient has a history of pas planus, and is currently b…
Your patient has a history of pas planus, and is currently being treated for increasing pain at the plantar surface. He states that his doctor told him he had a “fallen arch”. Which of the following would he most likely benefit from?
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As indicated below, list THREE different exercises that can be used to stretch the plantar flexor muscles. One must be with a piece of equipment and one must be done without equipment. (The 3rd may be either with or without.) Do not repeat 1) use of equipment, 2) technique, or 3) patient position (prone, sitting, supine, standing). Include a CLEAR description of the patient’s position, position/location of any equipment, direction of movement, hold time, etc. so that the stretching exercise can easily be carried out by the reader. DO NOT include manual resistance applied by YOU as one of your exercises. a. Exercise #1 to stretch tight plantarflexors: b. Exercise #2 to stretch tight plantarflexors: c. Exercise #3 to stretch tight plantarflexors:
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