Narrative Analysis: The Patient's Aductor Pain

Starting in late November, the patient’s adductor pain episodes began to subside and she began having slight improvements with daily pain, however her strength and activation showed no improvements. She travelled home for winter vacation and returned in January 2017, 3 weeks later, with significant improvement in her pain and pain free quad activation. This was the first significant improvement in pain and pain free function that the patient had seen since August 2016.

With the patient being pain free for multiple weeks rehab incorporated more closed chain exercises with emphasis on knee extensor strength and adductor activation. Eventually, the patient began to have improvement in knee extension strength and activation. This was confirmed