Problem
A 32 years old patient presents with low back pain that radiates into his left calf and also right mechanical knee pain. He recently jumped down off of a six-foot high wall to take a shortcut as he was racing a friend down to the lakeside.
A. Tell me the nerves, nerve rots, effects on the DTRs, muscles involved, their potential weaknesses, and potential dermatome findings for either an L4 or L5 disc lesion.
B. Explain to me how to perform a McMurray's test and the implications.
C. Tell me why they sat should be raised or lowered with patella femoral arthralgia.
D. Tell me what is indicated by a 3/5 inch difference between the apparent and the true leg lenght measurements on the right leg.