Shoulder Limitations NPTE Favorite
NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy
Kyle Rice
4.9 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Jimare presents with a rotator cuff injury with limitations into internal rotation passively but has full active external range of motion. Which of the following interventions is the MOST likely to be effective:
A. Stretching of internal rotators
B. Strengthening of internal rotators
C. Stretching of the external rotators
D. Anterior capsule stretching
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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 the life I |
| 0:22.5 | have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to change |
| 0:28.2 | lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple, |
| 0:34.3 | actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions. |
| 0:40.5 | All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream. |
| 0:45.5 | So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life |
| 0:50.8 | you love, you're in the right place. |
| 0:53.1 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:55.8 | For this week's clinical file, we have Jamer, and Jamer presents with a rotator cuff injury with limitations into |
| 1:01.7 | internal rotation passively, but has full active external rotation range of motion. Which |
| 1:09.8 | of the following interventions is the most likely to be effective? |
| 1:13.6 | So we have A, stretching of internal rotators, B, strengthening of internal rotators. |
| 1:21.0 | C, stretching of external rotators. And D is anterior capsule stretching. |
| 1:28.3 | All right, y'all, let's go up to the top of this question. |
| 1:32.4 | We're going to absolutely kill this thing. |
| 1:34.5 | Right now, I am so excited because I've had a ton of my coaching program students |
| 1:38.9 | destroy the NPTE, and now they're licensed PTs. |
| 1:42.4 | Y'all, I'm super freaking excited. It's amazing. |
| 1:46.0 | And actually this year, October 2023, will be the last time that the NPTE is going to be |
| 1:52.6 | offered before they change it. You heard me right. They're changing it in early 2024 to now |
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