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Review of Hip Pointer Injury by Chai Rasavong, MPT, MBA
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The lack of soft tissue around the area of the iliac crest and greater trochanter makes this region more susceptible to impact injuries (1, 2). One such injury to this area is a hip pointer. Hip pointers are the result of a direct blow or fall onto the side of the hip resulting in a contusion to the iliac crest and surrounding tissues (1, 2). Participants in contact sports such as football, hockey or rugby often sustain this sort of injury (1,2). An epidemiologic study ..>>read more |
Physical Therapy Management of Guillain-Barre Syndrome by Michelle Kornder, SPT
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In Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), the immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system and causes peripheral neuropathy and weakness (1). Acute lower extremity weakness with areflexia appears rapidly, in some cases over as little as seven days (1). GBS equally affects men and women at an incidence of 1 in 100,000. GBS may be mediated by a response to an infection suffered at most a month prior ..>>read more
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