Question

A fencer comes into the athletic training clinic complaining of pain in his shoulder that he has had for about a week. He indicates that he first hurt the shoulder when lifting weights but did not think it was a bad injury. During the past week he has not been able to lift because of pain. He has continued to fence during practice, but his shoulder seems to be getting worse instead of better. What is the standard evaluation scheme that the athletic trainer should use?

Answer 1

The athletes performs heavy exercises like weight lifting, long running and jumping. Sometimes, the weightlifting might cause pain or injury in the shoulder.

The standard evaluation that might take in the given case is that the trainer must know about the injury history of the patient. The trainer than performs the motion tests like range of motion. The special tests must also be performed to confirm the type of injury. The proper observation must be done by the trainer and the physical evaluation test should be done.