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100% of PT school electrotherapy labs 2 minutes after the instructor leaves the room.
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92% of PTs hope their first patient cancels Monday morning.
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Only 19% of PTs know that in Minnesota & Wisconsin, having a patient shovel snow off the clinic's sidewalk is billed as 1 unit of cryotherapy, 1 unit of therapeutic activities, and if the ground is slippery, 1 unit of neuro re-ed.
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59% of PTs will assess a stranger's gait at Target this weekend.
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67% of PTs want a tuition refund for the multiple hours spent on this in PT school.
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The average PT talks 87% faster during evals scheduled Friday at 4:00.
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The SIJ moves more than the average PT's student loan balance.
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83% of PTs automatically say “3 more” when a patient asks how many more during an exercise. Submitted by
@DaniLiviDPT
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If you're a PT who used one of these, there's a 97% chance you once thought the SI joint moved around like a Rubik's cube.
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81% of PTs immediately get a headache when trying to recall the difference between sensitivity and specificity.
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He's a 10, but thinks one can isolate the VMO.
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Congratulations to underwater ultrasound for winning 2023
#WorstPTMarchMadness
. You are truly the worst of the worst.
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Burnout is 78% more common in PT Departments that play country music.
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The official organizing board for PT clinics with no equipment budget since 1996.
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On average, PTs say "It Depends" 157 times a day.
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7% of PTs are currently performing therapeutic ultrasound with the machine turned off.
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70% of 70 year old patients prefer the term "rotary cup".
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81% of PTs think wearing khakis with running shoes is good fashion.
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77% of DPT students pretend to feel the difference between a Grade I and Grade II joint mobilization.
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This 2000 year old statue documents the first time a physical therapist accidentally started treating the wrong shoulder.
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61% of PTs sometimes check the patellar reflex just for kicks.
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To maintain licensure, PTs are required to own at least 17 polo shirts.
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In a skilled nursing facility, the odds of quickly finding two matching wheelchair leg rests is 7%.
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Billy, this is psoas major. It gets blamed for everything. A lot of people erroneously think it needs to be released and someone on Twitter just said it innervates the diaphragm. I think the A's can sign psoas major for $275,000.
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Once we hit 2000 followers, we'll be giving away a few Fake PT Stats polo shirts. Winners will be randomly drawn from those who like and/or retweet this tweet.
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71% of the time, WNL means "We Never Looked".
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So, you think you're a spinal stabilization expert just by spouting off about Lower Crossed Syndrome? I've read Janda also. Next month you'll be talking about Panjabi's neutral zone, and the month after that, McGill's Big 3. Don't bother bringing up the transverse abdominis...
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73% of PTs have accidentally drawn a questionable stickman situation on a HEP.
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71% of PTs still aren't sure why they needed to take that year of Chemistry.
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Just visited this museum. It was just a room full of kinesiotape.
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87% of patients with a strength deficit would meet all long term goals just by carrying this book around.
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57% of PTs have no idea what the abbreviations are in their coworker's progress note.
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91% of outpatient PTs covering acute care this weekend aren't really sure what that tube is for.
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I'm 97% sure this is the world's heaviest book.
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The most annoying words a patient can say to their PT is "fibia and tibula".
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Only 23% of PTs and PTAs know that yellow TheraBand is lemon flavored.
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86% of PTs will assess a stranger's gait at Target this weekend.
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24% of PTs dream of opening a pub called The Parallel Bar.
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If you know the origin of the extensor digiti minimi, can recite the Ranchos Los Amigos levels, can draw the brachial plexus in under a minute, and are able to list each postural drainage segment, congratulations on your PT school graduation this month.
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75% of physical therapists have assessed a patellar reflex with something other than a reflex hammer.
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Only 7% of PT students know that if you do 50 clamshells in a candlelit room, the ghost of Mary McMillan will appear and teach you how to draw the brachial plexus.
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Breaking: Medicare announces new CPT code for the 15 minutes Midwestern PTs spend during the initial evaluation determining mutual friends and acquaintances.
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#WorstPTMarchMadness
is here! What does worst mean? I don't know. Yes, there are no such things as bad interventions, & this study says this...etc. These are interventions that some joke about, that have gone out of style, or that I just find annoying. Voting starts tomorrow!
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57% of PTs and PTAs have fallen into a deep hypnotic state while performing therapeutic ultrasound.
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92% of PTs are still angry about having to memorize the Krebs Cycle.
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The best return on investment in the history of PT equipment has got to be these bad boys.
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"It depends" is the correct answer for 74% of PT licensure exam questions.
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Back in the day, PTs would frantically search through these for 5 minutes before giving up and just drawing HEP stickmen.
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Video of a PT obtaining insurance approval for 6 more visits.
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If you're a PT who recognizes this apartment, there's a 98% chance your student loans are fully paid off.
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Carpal bones should just be named 1 through 8.
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77% of first time
@APTACSM
attendees made the rookie mistake thinking coffee lines would be short this morning.
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61% of SNF residents think you'd be a great match for their grandson/granddaughter.
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Approximately 50% of PT school is learning right vs. left.
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The Fisher Price Doctor of Physical Therapy kit replaces the syringe and otoscope with a goniometer and $160,000 in student loan debt.
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For those presenting research posters at
@APTACSM
, our fake statiticians will be awarding the following: "Most Level Poster", "Best Font", and "Wow, That's a Long Title". Good luck to all of you!
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Pretty solid hockey player considering his hip & SIJ issues.
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64% of patients have no clue what you want them to do with that theraband.
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It was so cold in Boston today that Medicare automatically reimbursed a unit of cryotherapy for patients walking from their cars to the clinic.
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Those who say time travel isn't possible have never seen a healthcare professional obtain 20 hours of online CEUs in the 4 hours before a license renewal deadline.
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Only 27% of PTs know that Nu-Step is Latvian for "coffee break".
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100% of therapeutic ultrasound units should include this setting.
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The average PT is only 73 required Epic password changes away from retirement.
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Playing country music in a clinical environment automatically decreases job satisfaction by 71.8%.
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89% of PTs who use +/- for MMT grades are living a lie.
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84% of PTs and PTAs find productivity meetings to not be very productive.
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PTs forget 65% of their knowledge when treating themselves after an injury.
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The odds of being hit by a meteor are 10 times greater than the
#APTACSM
Starbucks line being this short again.
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There's a 95% chance this hockey player has wrist pain.
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To the recent DPT grad just spotted sitting by a resort pool in Cancun surrounded by empty margarita glasses reviewing an NPTE review book, we salute you!
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After making their monthly student loan payment, 64% of new grad PTs prefer chicken over shrimp ramen.
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87% of people who refer to DPTs as "Doctor" are their Moms.
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57% of PTs aren't amused when patients ask if their job required going to college.
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We would like to thank all 1,428
@FakePTStats
followers, especially the 714 who have been randomly assigned to the control group.
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Saying "It's a slow day" automatically results in 5 new evals on tomorrow's schedule
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Nothing has caused more PT clinic havoc than 2 lb balls careening off one of these in every direction.
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Your next patient's a 10, but on the Tinetti.
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If there's ever a Hall of Fame for the dorkiest looking physical therapy equipment, I'm nominating the Bodyblade every time.
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On average, physical therapists in 2022 billed 6,200 treatment units, drank 4,000 ounces of coffee, and cried quietly at their desk 83 times.
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Physical therapy math is three more reps.
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Traditionally, October 6th is the National Physical Therapy Month day when your last patient asks if your job requires a college degree.
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I finally found the sacroiliac joint evaluation test with the highest level of sensitivity.
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98% of your PT school classmates who sat in the front row did not appreciate your attempts at humor.
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37% of PT school is learning Right vs Left.
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76% of PTs realize that the real therapeutic activity was the friends they made along the way.
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Costco is having a National Physical Therapy Month sale on ramen for new DPT grads. Must show current license, student loan statement, and verbally state 10 diathermy contraindications for offer to apply.
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47% of PTs have a coworker with a ridiculous amount of abbreviations on their nametag.
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The fidget spinner of choice for 95% of physical therapists.
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78% of new physical therapy patients wonder if they'll get a massage.
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When a patient says "that feels great," but you forgot to push start on the therapeutic ultrasound unit.
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87% of the time, WNL means "We Never Looked".
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56% of PTs have considered which piece of therapy equipment would make the best weapon during a zombie apocalypse.
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72% of PTs coming back from a long weekend just realized it wasn't worth the extra work.
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98% of PTs' family members wish they'd stop talking about high ankle sprains and just watch the damn game.
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