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 Matt, and Matt is a 17-year-old athlete who experiences chronic muscle weakness,

foot deformities, such as high arches and hammer toes, and sensory deficits in his

legs and feet. These symptoms have progressively worsened over the past

few years without any associated swelling or inflammation, which condition is the most likely

present? So we have A, osteomyelitis, B, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, C, Sever's Disease,

and D is hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or HMSN.

All right. Let's go up to the top of this question, y'all. I am so excited about this one right here.

Your boy loves eval questions. I mean, I really love eval questions. I love to differentially

diagnosed. Look at all the signs and symptoms, and here's the big thing.

This is a big area on the MPTE for my physical therapist listening. So we want to be able to pick out the major signs and symptoms and arrive at that final confident answer, okay? And so what we're going to do, we're going to break down

this question like we do every single week, and then we're going to arrive at that final

answer with confidence, all right? We've got to trust in our judgment. Does that sound good?

Cool, cool. And actually, before we jump into this question, I'm telling you right now,

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