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 Hoseway, and Hoseway recommends a prolonged warmup for a patient with hypertrophic

cardiomyopathy before initiating aerobic exercise. Which of the following is the most likely

rationale for this recommendation? So we have A, to increase left

ventricular filling time, B, to prevent sudden increases in heart rate, C, to increase

myocardial oxygen consumption, and D is to enhance stroke volume during exercise. All right,

let's go to the top of this question. This is a good one.

A major one that comes up on the NPTE in the cardiopulmonary area is tell me the rationale for

why we're doing certain things like cool down, warm up, why do we do that? Why do we have moderate

exercise intensity and not low exercise intensity. So really understanding the rationales

are very key to getting questions right on the MPTE. So let's tackle a question that's all about

that right now. Hustle Nation, let's get it. So we got Hoseway recommends a prolonged warmup for a

patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy before initiating

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