I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn, and you'll see the life

I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to

change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

you love, you're in the right place.

Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file, we have Sahila, and Sahila is a clinical instructor

testing her student on the physiological effects of cryotherapy. Which of the following

is not an effect of cryotherapy. So we have A, pain reduction, B, decrease in spasticity, C, reduction in

joint stiffness, and D is decrease in nerve conduction velocity. All right, let's go up to the top of

this question. This one is all about really the modalities area, right? Cryotherapy. And so let's take a

specific look at this one. It says, So Hila is a clinical instructor testing her student on the

physiological effects of cryotherapy. Now, this is an area I definitely would know for the NPTE, you know, whether you're talking about

using a hot pack or a cold pack, like you need to know the physiological effects of those.

So that's where I want your mind right now as we go to really this final part of the question.

It says, which of the following is not an effect

of cryotherapy? So really, in order for us to get this question correct, we really need to know

what are the physiological effects of cryotherapy, all right, and be ready to pick out what

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