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 Greg, and Greg presents with burning lateral foot pain that began three days ago. The

therapist would like to assess for irritation of the surrel nerve, which of the following

would maximally stress the surl nerve?

So we have A, knee extension, ankle dorsa flexion, and foot inversion.

B, knee extension, ankle planter flexion, and foot aversion.

C is knee flexion, ankle planter flexion, and foot inversion. And D is knee flexion,

ankle dorsiflection, and foot inversion. All right. So we got a lot here. And for those of you on

the podcast, don't worry, I'll go back and take a look at those answer

choices again. I know it was a mouthful. All right. Now, when we go up to the top of this question,

obviously we see that this is a bit more in the neural department, getting into the specific

nerve tension type thing. And so we have to have that understanding of how the nerves course the lower extremity

in order for us to understand, like, how do I put tension across it? Let's go through the question.

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