A harsh reality threatens an Olympic dream.

Helping patients advocate for their own health by providing them with vital information is as important a part of physical therapists' (PTs) role as the treatment aspect of their work. But what might happen when an assertive parent and a legal document present barriers to the PT-patient educational relationship?

Unbalanced

Terry has owned Premier Physical Therapy for 16 years and has provided physical therapist services to a young woman named Danica for most of that time. Now 18, Danica has been a competitive gymnast since age 4. Through the years she has sustained a variety of injuries to her shoulders, knees, hips, and ankles, and she has had frequent instances of back pain.