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Physical Therapy First Visit

Author: Dr. Kamal Mody, PT, DPT

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Whether you are a PT student or a new physical therapy practitioner, you may find it difficult to properly assess patients at the first visit, or you may simply want to improve your differential diagnosis capabilities. My name is Kamal Mody, I am a clinical doctor of physical therapy and have been practicing since 2000. I started this podcast to help you with your assessment and formulate a plan of care
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Adaira is a young female coming with symptoms of dizziness. My exam however steers me away from BPPV and I find that her symptoms are more likely related to something cardiopulmonary or her depression/anxiety.
Renee has a previous and old ACF. She works from home. She seems to be having a combination of stress and strain/overuse injury from use of her mouse and also cervical radiculopathy. I'm right handed and I use my mouse on the left side to reduce overuse of my right hand. In Windows settings for mouse, you can switch the primary and secondary buttons for your mouse to make it easier to use on the left side.
Kandy has an ACF in place and there is an order for mechanical cervical traction. It seems that her pain is due to postural strain at home.
Danny presents with a diagnosis of lumbar spondylosis but it seems that most of his pain symptoms are related to hip flexor dysfunction and less from his lumbar spine.
Nancy comes to us for a first-time treatment of her BPPV. I was able to manage her symptoms well on the first visit and we set up a low-visit frequency plan of care to get her back on track.
Ken comes to us with a complex medical history involving his low back. He provocated pain while moving furniture and then falling. Based on his report, it seems that his pain is coming from 3 sources, which we will address.
Dave was rear ended and reports having neck and left shoulder pains. The assessment reveals he has dysfunctions of his spine as well as his shoulder.
This is a patient who initially presents with what appears to be neck and shoulder dysfunction, but after thorough testing, his RTC did not appear to be involved, and it was more related just to his c spine.
This is a 62 y/o male being referred for dizziness. He denies dizziness and instead states that he walks uncontrollably fast and becomes unsteady and starts to run into walls and doorways.
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