A clinician's return-to-exercise note specifies weight-bearing restrictions. Which plan best respects the handoff?
- AAsk the clinician to clarify, and meanwhile use the client's pre-injury lower-body program
- BExercises within the limits; clarify anything unclear
- CIncrease weight bearing weekly on a trainer-set schedule
- DUse bodyweight exercises, since they add no external load
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Answer
B
The clinician's weight-bearing restriction defines what the limb may tolerate now. The trainer selects exercises within that restriction and checks with the clinician when anything is unclear; progression of weight bearing is the clinician's decision.
A
Clarifying is right, but the pre-injury program ignores the weight-bearing restriction that already applies.
C
Progressing weight bearing is a clinical decision, not something the trainer schedules.
D
Bodyweight exercises still place full body weight through the limb, which is exactly what the restriction limits.
B
The clinician's weight-bearing restriction defines what the limb may tolerate now. The trainer selects exercises within that restriction and checks with the clinician when anything is unclear; progression of weight bearing is the clinician's decision.