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Being problem-solvers is part of the job description for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. In each edition of Success Story, APTA members share their insights into an issue facing them at work and the creative solution for how they addressed it. This installment features Naisargi Daxesh Shah, PT, MSc, a sports medicine physical therapist in New York. She shares how she worked with a patient to improve his training regimen through evidence-based physiological testing, turning his fatigue into efficiency.

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