27.05.21 – 24th Day in Clinic

Day 24 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 1.5 hours  Cumulative hours: 185.15 Preparation before clinic I had spoken to my patient via telephone for a triage appointment on 21.05.21.  She had been experiencing inflammation and pain 7 months after total knee replacement (TKR) surgery in her left knee.  This was the second TKR […]

21.05.21 – 23rd Day in Clinic

Day 23 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5 hours  Cumulative hours: 183.45 Preparation before clinic Patient 1 My first patient was scheduled for a triage appointment via telephone.  She contacted the clinic because she has been experiencing pain and inflammation in and around her knee.  She had total knee replacement (TKR) surgery approximately […]

19.05.21 – 22nd Day in Clinic

Day 22 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 1.5 hours  Cumulative hours: 178.45 Preparation before clinic I had been administering mechanical cervical traction on a weekly basis for a patient who had been experiencing cervical radiculopathy, due to intervertebral disk impingement.  The patient had been experiencing aches in her wrist and numbness in her […]

14.05.21 – Day 21 in clinic

Day 20 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5 hours  Cumulative hours: 177.15 Preparation before clinic My appointments for my regular Friday clinic included to mechanical traction patients – one lumbar and the other cervical, and a patient with non-specific lower back pain (LBP).  I have seen all three patients quite regularly in the […]

12.05.21 – Day 20 in Clinic

Day 20 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 3.5 hours  Cumulative hours: 172.15 Preparation before clinic I spent some reading through by first patient’s notes.  He is a long-distance runner who would some help with improving his speed to achieve his goals of achieving PBs at 10K, half marathon and marathon distances. He is […]

07.05.21 – Day 19 in Clinic

Day 19 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5 hours  Cumulative hours: 168.45 Preparation before clinic I spent quite a lot of time during the week looking at information and research literature concerning hemangiomas however there does not appear to be a lot of research available.  There is also inconsistency in terminology and classification […]

20.04.21 – Running Workshop

Running Workshop – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 3 hours  Cumulative hours: 153.15 Preparation before the workshop The objectives of the running workshop were: To gain an understanding of running injuries (presentation and prevalence) Be able to perform clinical assessment relevant to runners To be able to perform a basic analysis of running gait […]

30.04.21- Day 18 in Clinic

Day 18 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5.5 hours  Cumulative hours: 163.45 Preparation before clinic I had a very busy day ahead of me for my Friday clinic.  Since the pandemic began I usually only have a couple of appointments scheduled with patients per week.  This week I had three patients scheduled for […]

23.04.21 – Day 17 in Clinic

Day 17 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5 hours  Cumulative hours: 158.15 I had two patients scheduled for appointments for my regular Friday clinic. My first patient was scheduled for a follow-up mechanical traction.  I re-read her notes from the previous week and familiarised myself with the process of setting up the mechanical […]