Somewhere in the first ten minutes of the evaluation, it happens. The patient is still explaining the knee, the back or the hip, and the physical therapist has already settled on the answer. This physical therapist sweatshirt simply says it for you.
The verdict sits up top in two rows of tall, heavy capitals: IT'S ALWAYS THE GLUTES. Below it is the case file. Four grumpy little patients stand in a line with their complaints: a knee pressing an ice pack to itself, a stack of lumbar vertebrae wrapped in a bandage, a hip that is mostly pelvis and an ankle strapped into a brace. Every one of them is pointing at the real culprit in the middle, a smug cartoon peach in a sweatband with its arms folded and its side-eye fully engaged. Thick outlines, flat fills and not a word of small type.
Cozy enough for the first treatment slot of a cold morning and the walk to the car after the last one.
It makes a great gift for the PT, PTA or DPT student in your life: the new graduate heading into a first job this spring, the clinic lead who has heard every theory about every knee, or the whole team for October's PT Month.
Squeeze at the top. Hold for three.
