Case # 69 - Steven Heffner
Case # 69 - Steven Heffner
In case #69 I'm joined by Dr. Steven Heffner presenting a case from a recent McKenzie Part A course he taught. A 23 year old female with unilateral back pain and lateral leg pain. He gives insight after insight and some great guidance related to lateral components and following the system ultimately to a successful patient response. (1hr, 17min, 1sec)
Steve gives a number of further explanation on topics such as:
how to begin thinking through and ruling out one classification then another
common ways the patient describes their symptoms that tends to be characteristic of one mechanical diagnosis versus another
how he goes about testing tension in the lower extremity and how he tests strength manually
a subtle addition he adds to look for relevant lateral lumbar components
3 triggers that indicate you’ll likely have to go lateral for the reductive load, and
his typical progression of testing various lateral loading strategies