-“Go like this, sir.”
We’ll be testing the biceps with the arms in the mid position, not like this, by the way, in this position, the supine position. You want to stabilize the elbow.
-“Do not let me pull.”
Then you can see the biceps.
-“Don’t let me pull, don't let me pull, don’t let me pull.”
That’s the proper biceps testing. Stabilize the joint that you are testing. Here we’re testing the elbow with the elbow flexor, and we’re not letting him pull. The improper way is like this. Now you are pulling the whole patient, and really not testing an individual muscle. Do one muscle at a time, and go from side one side to one side. We really care about comparing one side to the other. By the way, this, if you turn the hand in the mid position, like that, is not testing the biceps any more. It is actually testing the brachioradialis. So, if you want the biceps, you’ve got to go like this. Brachioradialis would actually be like this.