CF 193: Patellofemoral Pain, Sleep For Pain, and Physical Disuse Today we’re going to talk about patellofemoral pain, sleep for pain, and physical disuse But first, here’s that sweet sweet bumper music  

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You have found yourself smack dab in the middle of Episode #193 Now if you missed last week’s episode , we talked about To Do lists, frailty, and we talked about pain and lost work days. Make sure you don’t miss that info. Keep up with the class. 

On the personal end of things…..

This one will be a bit short today. My time will loosen up eventually and I’ll be able to dive deeper into some of the things going on around the office that you may relate to. But today ain’t that day. If you listened last week, you know that I believe in a To Do list and I believe in making it the priority if you’re going to be productive and if you ever hope to complete your epic saga of world domination. I’m stepping on the gas on the AMA Impairment Rating course because the national conference in Chicago is in October. That’s not too far off so it’s time to get down to bidniz. I’m elbows deep researching and generating a medical weight loss protocol for my clinic. Not only that, but I’m researching and creating a protocol for PRP Hair Restoration.

It’s pretty dang cool and the research has shown how effective it is. But, the main reason I need to be a bit brief this morning is that today is our first day and onboarding of our Parker University intern. He’ll be with us through the end of November so he gets plenty of time to find all of my screw-ups.  Admit it. You don’t do everything perfectly. Research tells us that we can’t adjust as precisely as we were taught. Yet, in our documentation, we’re supposed to notate the very specific levels of adjustment. We all must reconcile these things within our way of functioning. 

Academia is one thing. Real-life is quite another.  For example, the college dinged my records when I sent them a sample for auditing purposes. One of their reasons was that on a PI, I didn’t provide a full robust diagnosis on the first visit. Well, what they didn’t ask me was why. The reason being that most PIs have been nowhere prior to showing up at our clinics. They’ve not had x-rays. They had traumatic onset so, with regards to Choosing Wisely, we should be getting x-rays.  What if I did an exam right away without imaging just because academia says I need that dx on day one? I’ve had a fractured neck in my office before. We didn’t have a clue until the Xrays. What if I go pushing, pulling, and tugging on a fractured Cervical vertebra? Nope…..not here academia. Ding those notes all you want but I’m going to put a generalized place keeping dx like cervicalgia on the file until the x-rays come back clear. Then I’ll do the exam safely. Then I’ll assess a more appropriate diagnosis.  So there! Now, how to responsibly teach these things to an intern while still keeping within academic teachings and parameters?  We shall see. Let the adventure begin.

Item #1

This first one this week is called, “Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Versus Exercise Program in Runners With Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Zago et. al. (Zago J 2020) and published in the Journal of Sports Rehabilitation on in December of 2020 and that’s hot because I said it’s hot…

Why They Did It

The authors say that the effects of an exercise program for the treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome are well known. However, the effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) are unclear.

Their objective was to evaluate the effects of OMT versus exercise on knee pain, functionality, plantar pressure in middle foot (PPMF), posterior thigh flexibility (PTF), and range of motion of hip extension in runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome.

How They Did It

• It was a randomized controlled trial


• It was performed in a human performance laboratory


• There was a total of 82 runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome that participated


• The participants were randomized into 3 groups: OMT, EP, and control group. 


• The OMT group received joint manipulation and myofascial release in the lumbar spine, hip, sacroiliac joint, knee, and ankle regions. 


• The EP group performed specific exercises for lower limbs. The control group received no intervention.


• The main evaluations were pain through the VAS, functionality through the Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, dynamic knee valgus through the step-down test, PPMF through static baropodometry, PTF through the sit and reach test, and range of motion through fleximetry. 


• The evaluations were performed before the interventions, after the 6 interventions, and at 30-day follow-up.

What They Found

• There was a s