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A 29-year-old male presents to clinic with complaints of mid back pain ongoing for 5 days. He states the pain began after lifting weights at the gym. He describes the pain as sharp without radiation and rates the pain a 7/10. He has tried acetaminophen and ibuprofen over the counter with only mild relief of his symptoms. Osteopathic structural examination reveals boggy tissue texture changes over the right thoracic paraspinal musculature ranging from T3-T9. Which of the following statements are true?

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A 32-year-old male presents to clinic with complaints of mid back pain ongoing for 5 days. He states the pain began after lifting weights at the gym. He describes the pain as sharp without radiation and rates the pain a 7/10. He has tried acetaminophen and ibuprofen over the counter with only mild relief of his symptoms. The patient requests something be done today for his pain, if possible. Physical examination reveals increased warmth and spasticity of the paraspinal musculature between T5-T9. In addition, you find that T7 is rotated right and that the rotational asymmetry improves with flexion. Which of the following diagnoses are most consistent with the findings observed?

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A 32-year-old male presents to clinic with complaints of mid back pain ongoing for 5 days. He states the pain began after lifting weights at the gym. He describes the pain as sharp without radiation and rates the pain a 7/10. He has tried acetaminophen and ibuprofen over the counter with only mild relief of his symptoms. The patient requests something be done today for his pain, if possible. Physical examination reveals increased warmth and spasticity of the paraspinal musculature between T5-T9. In addition, you find that T7 is rotated right, and that the rotational asymmetry improves with flexion. You decide to use a high velocity low amplitude (HVLA) technique as a treatment modality. Which of the following statements is true?

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A 68-year-old female presents to clinic with complaints of low back pain ongoing for over three years. She states the pain is constant and rated a 4/10. What findings on osteopathic structural examination of the affected area would be most consistent with this patient’s presentation?

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A 67-year-old male presents to clinic with complaints of left knee pain. He states the pain started after this past weekend which he spent most of his time gardening. Ice and rest have helped ease the pain as well as over the counter acetaminophen. He rates the pain a 6/10. What findings on osteopathic structural examination of the affected area would be most consistent with this patient’s presentation?

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A 22-year-old female presents to the clinic with complaints of low back pain for 3 days. She says she was lifting weights at the gym when she felt like she “pulled a muscle”. She says the pain worsens with activity and that she has limited range of motion due to the pain. What finding on osteopathic structural examination of the affected area would be most consistent with this patient’s presentation?

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