But in order for you to have that solid understanding, the retention and application that you're looking for, you have to understand what's normal first.

And a lot of us don't understand foot biomechanics from a normal standpoint.

We're so quick to be like, okay, let me get through this so I can get to the pathology.

I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapist 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 learned.

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

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Enjoy the show.

For this week's clinical file,

we have Lucas, and Lucas is a healthy 15-year-old male that presents with a recent onset of lateral forefoot pain during toe-off. And in parentheses, we have pre-swing.wing all right the patient is likely to demonstrate which of the

following compensations during gate and so we have a four foot veris b rear foot eversion c rear foot

inversion and d is four foot valgus all right those are our answer choices so for those of

you on the podcast right now i was just talking to the people live about how it's so important for us

to understand foot biomechanics and compensations especially as it relates to gait because this is a

major area you need to be ready for on the mpTE

and so it'll be my goal today to really break down some of these areas all right as we go along

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