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Peripheral Neuropathy: Nerve Damage Management
Peripheral Neuropathy: More Than Just “Numbness and Tingling” When a patient tells you their feet feel “numb” or “like they’re walking on marshmallows,” your clinical…
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ASIA Impairment Scale: SCI Severity Classification
You’re in the trauma bay, and the team is asking for a quick sensory and motor assessment to determine the severity of a patient’s spinal…
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Autonomic Dysreflexia: SCI Emergency Condition
You’re in the middle of a routine blood pressure check during a patient’s mat program when their BP reads 240/110 and they complain of a…
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Deep Tendon Reflex (DTR): Neurological Assessment
You’re in the middle of a neurological exam, and you’ve just tapped your patient’s patellar tendon with your reflex hammer. The leg kicks out, and…
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Clonus: Repetitive Muscle Spasms on Stretch
You’re in the middle of a neurological exam, and as you dorsiflex the patient’s ankle, you feel a rhythmic, involuntary beating under your hand. That…
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Rigidity: Resistance to Passive Movement
You’re walking into a patient’s room and notice their arm remains stiff and immobile as they walk toward you. When you passively move their elbow,…
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Bell’s Palsy: Facial Nerve Paralysis
You’re evaluating a patient who suddenly can’t smile on one side of their face, and they’re terrified they’ve had a stroke. While stroke is a…
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Acute Ascending Paralysis
You’re a DPT student on your neuro rotation, and your patient—previously healthy and independent—can no longer rise from a chair. They reported tingling in their…
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Muscular Dystrophy: Progressive Muscle Wasting
You’re evaluating a young patient who struggles to stand from a chair, pushing through their arms and “walking up” their own thighs. You’ve just witnessed…
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Myasthenia Gravis: Neuromuscular Fatigue Disorder
You’re treating a patient who nails their first sit-to-stand, then can barely rise from the chair by the fifth repetition. That rapid, fatigue-dependent decline is…
