Your patient presents to a physical thearpy follow up 4 weeks following an achilles tendon repair. They complain of general fatigue and fever. You check the incision and notice redness and swelling along the incision. What is your concern and next steps for this patient. 

You prescribe a bodyweight squat for a patient on your first visit. One week later, the patient is able to perform a weighted squat. Which neural adaptation best describes the rapid increases in muscular force in the absence of hypertrophy?

Your patient has had foot taping in the past and recently purchased over the counter orthotics with a high arch support. She reports some relief in her symptoms with utilizing them. What is the proposed mechanism that could account for her decreased pain with use of foot taping and orthotics?

Describe one manual therapy techinque you could utilize for this paitent in the clinic. Be specific: include name of technique, grade (if applicable), and dosage (reps, holds, number of oscillations, sets/rounds etc.)

You are treating a patient after a meniscal root repair with the following precautions from the surgeon: nonweightbearing, no resisted hamstring strenghening, no PROM past 90 degrees. Your goal is to minimize the atrophy that is suffered following knee surgery. Which of the following intervention is most appropriate to maintain strength/minimize atrophy of the quadriceps for this patient?

Which of the following is the most appropriate edcuation for this patient given their surgery and post operative precautions?

Match the exercise principle to the definition. 

Calculate the net filtration pressure at a point in a hypothetical capillary assuming a capillary hydrostatic pressure of 23 mmHg, an interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure of 2 mmHg, a capillary osmotic pressure of 35 mmHg, and an interstitial fluid osmotic pressure of 4 mmHg.

Postganglionic sympathetic fibers communicate with the heart using the neurotransmitter __________, while postganglionic parasympathetics use __________.

Most hematopoiesis (production of formed elements) in adults takes place where?