Day 8 in the Marjon Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation Clinic – 04.12.20 Duration: 0900 – 1500- 5 hours – cumulative hours: 65.75 I had a very light day in clinic today. I only had one patient booked in for a follow-up appointment at 1100. I had prepared the clinical notes for my patient before the […]
27.11.20 – Day 7 in the Sports Therapy & Rehab Clinic
Date: 27.11.20 Duration: 0900 – 1500- 5 hours Marjon Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation Clinic. Reflective Summary: Reflection in Action (as it happens) I had done some preparation for a follow-up appointment with a patient, who I saw last week, with a Grade 1 quadratus lumborum strain (QL). I researched different exercises to help strengthen the […]
25.07.20 & 27.07.20 – Session 9 – Military Series & Preparatory task
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 […]
22.07.20 – Session 8 – Chronic Pain
Date: 22.07.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: I missed Nic’s session on Chronic Pain via teams because I had other commitments on that day. Because I did not attend the session, I was unable to access the recording on Microsoft Teams. Nic very kindly sent me a copy by email and […]
15.07.20 – Session 7 – presented by Gareth Bale on Clinical Practice in Elite Rugby Tournaments
Date: 15.07.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: Gareth Bales’s background is with the Osprey’s rugby team. During his talk he gave us an overview of delivering clinical practice during elite rugby tournaments. The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges for the 2019 World Cup championship in Japan, where he worked with the Scottish […]
08.07.20 – Session 6 – Objective Assessment of Lower Limb
Date: 08.07.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: During this session with Nic Pearn we went through the objective assessment of the lower quadrant injuries with a clinical reasoning approach. We looked at the common causes of pain, other musculoskeletal causes and other injuries/pathologies not to be missed for the hip, groin, […]
01.07.20 – Session 5 – Objective Assessment & Recap of Lumbar & Thoracic Regions
Date: 01.07.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: During this session we went through the objective assessment of the lumbar and thoracic regions. The format of the assessment involves observation, active movements with overpressure to establish end feel (passive and resisted movements are not applicable), functional movements (special or provacation tests are […]
24.06.20 – Session 4 – Medications
Date: 23.04.20 & 24.06.20 Duration: 2 hours Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: The session was an overview of the medicines commonly used and that are regularly seen clinically in presenting patients. I pre-read the (“World health organization model list of essential medicines,” 2019) before the session which took much longer than I expected. We […]
23.06.20 – Session 3 – Upper and Lower Motor Neuron Lesions
Date: 23.06.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: Date: 10.06.20 Duration: 3 hours Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: The lecture was a bit of revision regarding the upper and lower motor neurons, motor neuron disorders and clinical tests used to establish whether those disorders are present in the patient. There are […]
17.06.20 – Subjective Assessment
Date: 17.06.20 Duration: 1 hour Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: Date: 10.06.20 Duration: 3 hours Online via Microsoft Teams Reflective Summary: This session was an introduction to the summer series for students who have completed year 2 of their degree, in preparation for year 3. At the beginning of the session we were sign-posted […]