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 faith. And faith is a 65-year-old female recovering from hip replacement surgery

and presents with mild calf swelling and tenderness. Based on Virchal's triad, which of the following

is the least likely contributing factor to her symptoms?

So let's go down to the answer choices.

A, endothelial injury.

B, stasis of blood flow.

C, hypercoagulability.

And D is arterial insufficiency.

All right.

Let's go up to the top of this question. And I just want to let you know. I didn't do the bloopers of this question, but I just want to let you know I took the past like two or three minutes trying to pronounce the word hypercoagulability. I'm not saying that it's the right answer, but that one just was tripping me up. Anyway, let's go ahead and knock down this question. And I don't

know if you've ever heard of this thing called Virtiles Triad, but I'm going to let you into a little

secret. The MPTE loves to use these different names that maybe you're not familiar with. However,

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