Date: 25.07.20 & 27.07.20

Duration: 2.5 hours

Online via Microsoft Teams

Reflective Summary:

I missed the first session on Military rehab but apparently it covered the allocation of case studies to all of the students who attended the session.  I was teamed up with two peers from my cohort.  Our case study focused on the design of a programme for end stage rehab (pain free) for an ankle inversion injury for a Royal Marine Assaulter.

We all went away and did our own bit of research and then added the information to a working document online, via Microsoft Teams.  I felt that this approach worked very well.  Peer 1 amalgamated all of our work and put it into the document.  Peer 2 could not make the session, and as Peer 1 did most of the work amalgamating our ideas into the working document, I presented the case during the session.  I felt that was a fair, natural division of the work load.

At the beginning of the session Peter gave us an insight to military rehab and how it was different from sports rehab.  It was very interesting to see the difference.  Early management of injury is aggressive intervention with early acute management.  Return to combat involves specific functional testing.  Tests are designed to fit the specific role of a member of military personnel and the tasks they have to perform in that role.  Military physio can be fun and creative.

During the rest of the session each group worked through their case study.  It was interesting to look at the different cases and to think about the design of a rehab programme that was purpose built for the military role and the tasks that are performed daily in that role.   The case studies focussed on a Marine Cox’n with LBP, an RAF fast jet pilot with neck pain, an Army infantryman with ACL injury and a Royal Marine Assaulter with an ankle inversion injury.

All of the cases were interesting and the rehab programmes designed by the different groups were helpful to consider for adaptation in the future.  I think we all learned a lot about the things to consider when including specific functional tests for each role in the final stage of rehab e.g. the environment (temperature & terrain), the clothing worn and the tasks required to fulfil each role.

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