Hours 146 – 148

In these hours of the placement, I was back in the clinic for the last time this year. I was meant to have a full day but, on the day, numerous clients cancelled. I was meant to have the American flag player, but they cancelled, I was then meant to have one of Pauls clients, but they also cancelled. In the morning I had a booking replace them but by the afternoon they too had cancelled. So, I only had a new client who I was completing the online triage for. I completed a thorough subjective assessment as well as an objective assessment though it did not include a passive, resisted movements and any special tests.

I was trying to improve the client’s quality of life so that they could carry on with their day to day without feeling any pain. The client was happy with the plan that we came up with I did explain to them as well that when they did come into clinic, I would not be the one who is treating them but another one of my cohort and they were fine with that.

As it was my last day in the clinic, I was a bit annoyed it ended up being a quieter day than I would of like and thought I was going to have. It was a very weird feeling in the end as I was leaving as it all sort of finished quite quickly and it did not seem like it was the last day I was going to be in the clinic. At the end I felt proud of myself I had actually manged it and I had done it my way.

My actions matched my wider beliefs of wanting to help the clients to improve their day-to-day life. I did not act in an uncharacteristic way and acted with the best intentions for my client. Mike was in the clinic and came into the session towards the end to check that everything was okay and to discuss the plan I had come up with and input he believed I might have been missing. I believe in myself enough now to think that if Mike was not to come in I could come up with a plan that would benefit the client and help them.

This event was similar to previous weeks in the clinic even though it was my last week it did not really feel that much different. Now I feel proud of what I achieved in the clinic this year from my very first appointment where I was scared about speaking to members of the public. But with experience of it and gaining confidence as I went on, I feel like I have achieved a lot over the last year. I believe the pandemic helped me a bit too with learning how to communicate more efficiently as I had to complete a lot of online calls whilst still trying to be as thorough as when a client was in the clinic.