the posterior drawer test is used to
check for the amount of posterior
translation of the glenohumeral joint to
begin we're going to hold the by
consular access to the humerus and with
my proximal hand I want to get right on
the humeral head it's important that we
get on the humeral head between my thumb
and my fingers because if we're just
blindly doing it on the humerus you
really don't appreciate the amount of
translation so I'm gonna get right up on
that humeral head we're gonna come to 90
degrees and I'm actually gonna
horizontally add a little bit more than
I normally would so that way I'm sure
that when I perform my posterior
translation I'm clearing the glenoid rim
if we're too low and we're just going
posterior I'm going to hit the glenoid
and it's gonna be a hard end feel we
have to come up and translate posterior
lateral to assure that we're following
the scapular plane of the glenoid so
we're gonna get them right there we're
going to perform that posterior
translation and you can see we can see
the amount of posterior laxity that he
has