Merry Christmas Everyone, and Happy New Year!
This is a reprise episode from Season 1. However, if you are not implementing this diagnostic technique—or you are a patient suffering from drop foot, you will want to hear this one over and over.
Here is your holiday gift! Give someone this life-changing gift while at the same time supercharging your diagnostic acumen? If that sounds like a great idea, then listen to this week’s episode of the Pod of Inquiry. This definitive diagnostic block removes any guess work about what is causing a patient’s drop foot. Put the Phoenix Sign to work now.

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Show Notes from this episode

Dr. Barrett 02:47 What is the Phoenix Sign?
It is so much more than a local anesthetic block!!! Watch this Video! Seeing is Believing
Dr. Barrett 03:39 An Incredibly Powerful Diagnostic Tool
Dr. Barrett 06:18 Can Determine the True Site of Nerve Compression. Serendipity?
So, we first observed this phenomenon in 2017.
Dr. Barrett 12:05 Vasodilation and Local Anesthetic Agents. Cocaine?
Dr. Barrett 19:06 Vascularity and Nerve Entrapment
Dr. Barrett 29:17 Open Journal of Orthopedics Paper
Dr. Barrett 32:03 Restless Leg Syndrome and Dr. Jim Anderson