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    help!Pain of insidious onset, lateral 5th metacarpal.

    i've encountered a patient working as timber grader (repetitive supination/pronation type activities) with pain at lat. 5th metacarpal. AROM, PROM, resisted tests are negative. only tender to palpate ?????....HELP!!

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    re: help!Pain of insidious onset, lateral 5th metacarpal.

    considered a stress #?


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    re: help!Pain of insidious onset, lateral 5th metacarpal.

    Taping
    where at the 5th metatarsal? The base or more distal? You can get a nerve irritation distal to the base such as that if you tape an ankle is the slightly incorrect position. Stress # is also a good suggestion.



 
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