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 […]
Day 16 in the Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic
Day 16 – Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Clinic Duration: 5 hours Cumulative hours: 150.15 Reflection in Action (as it happens) I knew that I was seeing a patient first thing in the morning and that she was coming in for her first traction treatment. In preparation for the appointment I went through the patient’s previous […]