Breanna Walker, PTA, is monitoring the respiratory rate of a…

Breanna Walker, PTA, is monitoring the respiratory rate of a pulmonary patient in acute care. She has progressed the patients walking from once around the nurses station to twice. The patient has stopped to rest. Breanna would need to observe all of the following accessory muscles EXCEPT:

A LPTA is treating a patient who was involved in an MVA four…

A LPTA is treating a patient who was involved in an MVA four weeks ago. The patient suffered initially from whiplash and has been improving over therapy with her ROM. She informs the LPTA that she has been waking up with prickling sensations in her hands. This type of sensation is known as