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C & P Exams for Range of Motion and Timestamps:
00:23 I am an expert on bones, muscles, joints, nerves, back, hips, and shoulders.
00:38 I want to talk to all the VA claims insiders about goniometry.
00:59 Ailment pertaining to some sort of orthopedic injury.
01:10 Your back, your shoulder, your elbow, your wrists, or your hips.
01:26 Goniometry is simply the measurement of the motion of the joint.
02:22 We do goniometry on your wrists, fingers, shoulders, and neck.
03:02 The C & P examiners need to have measurements on your range of motion.
03:29 Range of motion gives us an indication of function.
04:53 It allows them to quantify what your disabilities are.
05:18 Educate yourself on what the normal values are.
05:48 Google normal range of motion values.
06:28 They are going to get a measurement on both sides.
07:43 A C & P exam is not about pushing through the pain.
08:08 It is about stopping at the point you feel uncomfortable.
12:33 Each person may measure it a little bit different.
14:51 They should do it three times.
15:02 They should not ask you to push beyond the point that it hurts.
15:51 The examiners should not have you push through the pain.
17:40 Educate veterans on what they should know.
17:59 Doing a whole series of videos for VAClaimsinsider.
18:15 Future videos on range of motion, chronic pain, and acute pain.
18:34 You guys comment on the video with questions.
18:59 Veterans who are seeking out assistance.
19:26 What to expect in terms of goniometry in a C & P exam.
19:47 The C & P examiner can test your strengths and reflex
Dr. of Physical Therapy and Veteran Lara Chase is BACK with expert advice on C&P Exams for Orthopedic conditions and explains the practice of Goniometry!
If you are a Veteran that was injured in Service or had an injury that caused another injury and you file for Disability Compensation through the VA YOU WILL have Compensation and Pension exam for those Orthopedic Conditions!
A portion of these Orthopedic C&P Exams will be spent doing Goniometry, or more simply put, Range of Motion Testing.
Orthopedic C&P Exams are for anything Orthopedic related to include, but not limited to the following:
-Neck
-Back
-Shoulders
-Hips
-Wrists
-Knees
-Tibia
-Elbows
-Everything Orthopedic!
The Examiner will use a Goniometer to test the Veterans Range of Motion.
Medical Professionals in these C&P Exams test for Range Of Motion because this gives them an indication of what the Veterans level of Function is.
There is some gray area here because some people are more flexible than others. Some Veterans have the ability to bend over and touch their toes, while others cannot.
What these Examiners are looking for is not how flexible you are, but rather when and where you start to feel pain while going through these ranges of motion.
Veterans should understand what the "normal values are" when it comes to measuring range of motion values on a Goniometer to understand where they stand.
If you are going in for a left ankle C&P Exam, the examiner will test the Range of Motion on both of your feet. They want to see how one foot compares to the other.
These C&P Exams are not in place for you to show how flexible you are. As discussed earlier some people are highly flexible while others are not.
Lets say that you have a C&P Exam for your back. The Examiner is going to ask you to bend over and touch your toes. While you might have the flexibility to do so, this is not the time to do it.
You might think that this is what they want you to do, but really, they want to test your function. More simply put, they want to know when you start to feel pain!
They are never allowed to physically push you past your pain threshold and they should never verbally ask you to either.
YOU MUST STOP WHEN YOU FEEL PAIN...NEVER PUSH THROUGH IT!
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