The patient is a normally developed, intelligent woman in no distress. She is fully cooperative with the examination. She has a normal gait and is able to toe and heel walk. She is able to squat and return to upright without difficulty. Her spine has a normal configuration with full range of motion, although forward flexion to 80 degrees causes mild low back pain.
Sensation is intact, and straight leg raising produces no complaints of pain.
At this point, review your differential diagnosis and revise as appropriate. The examination is compatible with mild, non-specific back pain. There is nothing to suggest radiculopathy. No other physical examination findings would be particularly helpful with this mild problem. Physical Examination, continued She had no areas of tenderness in the back, or bursa.