The Monday Shakeout: Physical Therapy Jokes Part II
By Matthew Klein
This week we do something different. Most people who view, listen to and read our content have been spared from Matt's constant joking. While we understand he is a father, it is often a bit much. So in the name of equality, he has decided to bother all of you with this too.
Almost a decade ago during the early life of this website (known then as KleinRunsDPT), I put up a post with all the physical therapy jokes I had come with while in DPT school. I am fortunate to have a fairly creative mind and am known to make jokes to hopefully help cheer up those around me. My wife says this is attention seeking behavior but I would like to think otherwise. Anyway, I forgot about that post until a few years ago when I was looking up "Physical Therapy Jokes" and found that it consistently came up on the first page of Google. To this day, it continues to have a larger viewing in an area that is quite different from what we normally talk about and discuss. So to continue that series (and give my wife, students, co-workers, patients and everyone else around me a break), here is another round of them for your reading pleasure.
HERE WE GO
I had a flexible patient with foot pain. So I gave them the toe yoga exercise.
A patient said he brewed beer for a living and needed to improve his lower leg power. So I gave him plyometric hops.
A vertically challenged patient had weak arches. So I gave them the short foot exercise.
My tax agent said he was behind on my taxes and was having patellar pain. So I gave him knee extensions.
My tax agent returned and said he was still behind on my taxes because he was having spine pain. So I gave him back extensions.
A patient said he loved collecting $2 bills (US). So I gave him Jefferson curls.
My patient from Zurich said he was having pelvic floor pain. So I gave him Swiss ball exercises.
A patient said he kept hearing ringing. So I gave him kettlebell exercises.
A patient said they like reading. So I gave them open books.
A patient told me they loved traveling. So I gave them suitcase carries.
A patient with a knee pathology told me they liked firearms. So I gave them pistol squats.
A patient with anterior thorax pain told me they liked insects. So I gave them chest flys.
A patient came to therapy really sick but still needing to work on their strength. So I had them lift a medicine ball.
A patient with arm pain told me they had a masters degree in theology. So I gave them preacher curls.
A patient told me they had back pain only when waking up. So I gave them good mornings.
A patient told me he was a carpenter with wrist pain. So I gave him hammer curls.
A large harry man told me he was having low back pain from core weakness. So I gave him bear crawls.
A patient from Iceland told me they raised pigs. So I gave them Nordic hamstring curls.
A patient told me they were concerned about the amount of quackery in healthcare. So I gave them duckwalks.
A patient said he was being bullied and wanted to work on his power. So I gave him push jerks.
A patient told me he was a baker but felt like he was really stiff. So I gave him the pretzel stretch.
A patient told me they had recently had breast augmentation. So I gave them front rack lunges.
A patient told me they were Danish and injured their thigh muscles playing soccer. So I gave them the Copenhagen Side Planks.
A patient told me they drink too much soda. So I gave them burpees.
A patient told me they were a veterinarian but they had back pain. So I gave them bird dogs.
A patient told me they loved being at altitude but had weak abdominals. So I gave them mountain climbers.
A patient told me he was a healthcare worker scamming patients. So I gave them hack squats.
My patient broke their arm at a comedy show. They said it wasn't bad because at least it was humerus.
Conclusion
Please be aware these are all jokes, none of things have happened and they are not meant to be offensive. Hopefully they make you laugh... at least a little.
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