Physical Therapy Case Study

Brief description of patient / relevant background (no names please): 25-year-old female pt of Asian (Pakistani) ethnicity reported to outpatient rehabilitation. After initial success with physical therapy in 2015, pt reports to physical therapy once again with low back pain. As a result of the MRI, patient was diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 secondary to loss of disc height and mild degenerative spondylosis at T12-L1, L1-L2 and L4-L5. Pt reports with bilateral numbness and tingling down

weeks post-operative at time of initial evaluation. The study will take place over a 3 month period with in initial data collection at the beginning. Data will then be collected at the 2 week, 1 month, 2 month, and 3 month re-evaluations. Each patient will be seen three times a week for the first month. After the 1 month data collection they will change to being seen in Physical Therapy two times a week for the remaining two months. The study will take place at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

Imagine losing your ability to walk; with help of a Physical Therapist they can help the patient regain mobility. A teenager experienced her first visit at a clinic when she tore ACL during a playoff game last season, not knowing what to expect she felt really nervous because she didn’t know how her therapist was going to be towards her. After meeting her Therapist she realized that she was really nice and that she would get her back onto the field in no time. She showed and explained to her what

did our seat belts tighten, therefore, both sustained whiplash and concussions. I did request to be referred to Dr. Taylor located at Henry County Center for Orthopedics & Sports Med., however he did an x-ray and blood work and referred me to physical therapy 5 x week for 6 weeks.

“I was really lucky, “Mark says. “My surgeon was out of the area. I had to research local physical therapists and found Progressive and Jen. Besides being very experienced and knowledgeable, she really understood how to relate to me. Being athletically inclined, I’m use to pushing myself and sometimes that can be a bad combination in physical therapy. As a result, she spent a lot of time explaining why I had to take it slowly and made sure I wasn’t overdoing anything

the physical therapist and assistant were negligent in their treatment of the patient in this case? Yes, because the patient daughter made many request for the physical therapist not to use to walls near the bathroom, instead they still use the walls they were asked not to use. Also, due to the physical therapist evaluated the patient at her residence and initiated the prescribed for the home based physical therapy treatment, which included wall slide exercises. On the other hand, the physical therapist

Given the prevalence of back injuries within all sectors of the community, the potential roles / opportunities for physical therapists to improve community health is nearly limitlessness. Elementary teachers are at a particularly high risk of a lumbar injury because their work environment requires considerable lumbar flexion as well as prolonged periods of sitting to grade papers or develop lesson plans.26-28 After discussing her work environment with the patient, an educational opportunity was

Introduction and Theoretical Background: In 2015, the average cost of health care services per capita is $6436 with the annual growth rate of 5.1%; moreover, this figure has been increased by 84% since 2001. The physical therapy service’s expenditure accounts for more than 3% of the whole health care industry’s expenditure. By virtue of the increase of the demand and the inflation of the demand on health care services, the emergence and improvement of the telehealth service is essential. Telehealth

The statutes, rules, ethics guide, and policy statements are specific in informing physical therapist what is involved in the legal practice of physical therapy in Arizona (Arizona state board of physical therapy, n.d a.). The approval of licensure is different for a new graduate, a physical therapist with a license in another state, and a foreign educated therapist. In each of the categories, a person has to be of good moral character and complete the application process correctly. For a new graduate

Billy a 68 year- old Parkinson’s patient is coming into physical therapy for the second time. One day Billy noticed that his hand started to shake a little but he and his wife thought nothing of it. When Billy’s shaking got worse and he started to move slower, feel stiff and not have as good balance as he once did, he knew he had to go see a doctor to get an explanation as to why he was feeling the way he did. Imaging tests along with the UPDRS showed that Billy is in stage 2 of Parkinson’s. At quick