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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Lower Extremity Lymphedema

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Margot, a 53-year-old woman, presents to physical therapy with bilateral, symmetrical enlargement of her legs extending from her hips to her ankles, sparing the feet. She reports the condition is painful and has worsened over several years. Skin texture is normal, and there is no pitting edema. Which condition is MOST consistent with these findings?

A) Chronic venous insufficiency

B) Obesity-related lymphedema

C) Primary lymphedema

D) Lipedema

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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

0:21.9

the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that

0:27.2

allows me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast

0:33.0

to give you simple, actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.6

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

0:45.6

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

0:51.1

love, you're in the right place.

0:53.3

Enjoy the show.

0:56.2

For this week's clinical file, we have Margo, and Margo is a 53-year-old woman who presents the physical therapy with

1:02.6

bilateral symmetrical enlargement of her legs, extending from her hips to her ankles, sparing the

1:09.8

feet. She reports the condition is painful and has

1:13.9

worsened over several years. Skin texture is normal and there is no pitting edema, which condition

1:20.7

is most consistent with these findings. So we have A, chronic venous insufficiency, B, obesity-related lymphedema, C, primary lymphedema,

1:30.9

and D is lipidema.

1:32.9

All right.

1:33.6

So let's go up to the top of this question.

1:36.7

First and foremost, I want to say thank you to all my supporters.

1:39.4

For those of you all who are continuing to listen to this podcast and get a lot of value from it,

1:49.9

it is a pleasure to serve you. For those of you who are continuing to listen to this podcast and get a lot of value from it. It is a pleasure to serve you. For those of you who are continuing to get a lot of value here, and you would like to get even more value by having me coach you to make sure that you pass the

1:56.2

MPTE, I dropped my number down in the show notes. So whether you're on Spotify, iTunes, wherever you're at, go into the show notes. My number is there. All you got to do is text me. I would love to talk to you, see what's going on with your situation for absolutely no charge, and then talk to you about what the solution needs to be for you to pass this in PTE. We call it our game plan call. All right. So feel free,

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