We are not sure if it was something we ate as a group, the water, or degradation but it was a challenging day.
Luckily everyone is on the mends and we should be full strength in the clinic tomorrow
We split into two groups again but mixed it up throughout the day. The students took a much bigger role in the process and did a much better job with flow and communication with interpretation.
Each group saw 6 patients before lunch and another 3-4 after.
We had a few more children and Ena was able to make a huge impact with education, exercises, and orthotics.
The group also saw a lot of patients with lumbar and cervical spine symptoms which I was able to take the lead with the care. The students were ready picking up on patterns with the evaluation and treatment using past patients withsimilar symptoms.
One of the most enjoyable patient interactions I had today was with an 80+ year old female. She was not sure exactly how old she was anymore, she lives alone, and had full body pain. She was not able to tell us much or function well with walking or moving but she did note how she had a lot of upper trapezius pain near her neck besides her back and knees.
Working with the students we decided to do the most supported treatment of functional exercises to tolerance, assistive device for walking and assisted motion for her lacking shoulder mobility.
We also talked about treating with empathy and in asked them to think as if you are treating your grandmother. We talked about the power of human touch and decided to do a gentle massage to her neck region.
We agreed it would not cause any long term tissue changes but hoped that this would cause her to continue to think about our interaction and do the exercises.
It is very hard to only have one or two visits for physical therapy so we are working to do everything we can to increase the chances of a long term impact and success.
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