During a PT visit, the PTA is explaining the patient’s diagn…

During a PT visit, the PTA is explaining the patient’s diagnosis.  The PTA describes the diagnosis as a narrowing of the spinal canal, the nerve root or the foramen, which can be congenital or acquired and can be a result of a disc protrusion, soft tissue structures or joint swelling.  The PTA is describing:

A patient rehabilitating from a spinal fusion informs the PT…

A patient rehabilitating from a spinal fusion informs the PTA that his work schedule has prohibited him from performing his HEP as outlined.  The PTA is frustrated with the patient’s admission since it only takes 15 minutes to complete.  The MOST appropriate action for the PTA is to: