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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Diastasis Recti

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Heather is a 32-year-old who presents two weeks postpartum with low back pain. She has a referral to evaluate and treat her 2.25cm diastasis recti. Which of the following interventions would be the MOST appropriate to treat this condition?   

A. Hooklying abdominal crunches 

B. Hooklying head lifts while hands crossed over midline 

C. Hooklying diagonal trunk curls  

D. Supine pelvic floor repeated contraction

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:09.0

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

0:16.0

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

0:22.4

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

0:27.8

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

0:34.3

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

0:40.5

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

0:45.5

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

0:50.8

you love, you're in the right place.

0:53.1

Enjoy the show.

0:55.9

For this week's clinical file, we have Heather, and Heather is a 32-year-old who presents two weeks postpartum with low back

1:02.6

pain. She has a referral to evaluate and treat her 2.25 centimeter diastasis recti.

1:09.3

Which of the following interventions would be the most appropriate

1:13.2

to treat this condition? So we have A, hook-lying abdominal crunches, B, hook-lying headlifts while

1:20.3

hands crossed over midline, C, hook-line diagonal trunk curls, and D is supine pelvic floor repeated contractions.

1:30.3

All right.

1:31.1

My women's health, men's health people stand up right now.

1:36.4

Y'all, I'm super excited about this content today.

1:39.3

The reason why is I have so many of my students who really want to go into like women's health and work with patients postpartum and all of that stuff.

1:48.4

And I know this is a really growing area right here.

1:50.8

So for all my people that are going into that, let's get this job done.

1:56.1

Now, here's the deal.

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