You will be asked to examine the feet
- Standing
- Deformity ++
- Fore foot deformities - Claw toes, hallux valgus, calluses
- Loss of medial arch
- Hindfoot - likely valgus with pes planus (Post tib could be ruptured from synovitis)
- Do not note Rheumatoid nodules at achilles tendon
- Walk - anthalgic, aids
- Standing tests
- Bilateral tip toe -
- to check for correctibility (unlikely)
- Confirm with Jack’s test
- Sit
- Check tendon functions
- Complete
- Evaluate hands, hip, Cervical spine for myelopathy
- Functional history of foot.
- Other Joints involved to plan for surgery. forefoot first → Hip → Knee → hindfoot
