Health Science Fundamentals 2nd Edition by Shirley Badasch,Doreen Chesebro

Exercise 6

Watkins has an exercise program designed by his physical therapist to restore full ROM after his complex leg fracture. The exercises cause some discomfort and he wants to stop exercising, insisting that a limited, shuffling gait is good enough. How would you explain to him the importance of his ROM exercises and the restoration of normal functioning? Find a partner and role-play how you would overcome his objections.