{"id":12169,"date":"2026-06-15T07:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/?page_id=12169"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:30:51","slug":"2-examining-the-patient-dr-gazielly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/en\/2-examining-the-patient-dr-gazielly\/","title":{"rendered":"2. Examining the Patient \u2013 Dr Gazielly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><!-- ===================== PAGE TITLE ===================== --><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<br \/>\n[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2. Examining the Patient&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1700000002{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><!-- ===================== INTRODUCTION ===================== --><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<br \/>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>It is necessary to examine both shoulders, undressed, as well as the cervical and thoracic spine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The patient comes for consultation either because of pain, or because their shoulder is dislocating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><!-- ===================== SECTION I : PAIN ===================== --><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<br \/>\n[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;I. The patient consults for pain&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<br \/>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I say to the patient is: <em>&#8220;Show me where your pain is&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><!-- --- Lateral arm pain --- --><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<br \/>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#0077cc;\"><strong>&#8211; Pain on the lateral side of the arm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is likely a rotator cuff tendon injury. I immediately look, through a comparative examination of both shoulders, for any<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column] [vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2. Examining the Patient&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1700000002{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;] [\/vc_column][\/vc_row] [vc_row][vc_column] [vc_column_text] It is necessary to examine both shoulders, undressed, as well as the cervical and thoracic spine. The patient comes for consultation either because of pain, or because their shoulder is dislocating. [\/vc_column_text] [\/vc_column][\/vc_row] [vc_row][vc_column] [vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;I. The patient consults for pain&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/en\/2-examining-the-patient-dr-gazielly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2. Examining the Patient \u2013 Dr Gazielly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12170,"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12169\/revisions\/12170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgazielly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}