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Time
02/10/14
12:00
p.m to
1:00
p.m
02/10/14
1:30
p.m to
2:20
p.m
Patient
ID
100924
Type/ Focus of
Treatment Plan
First Patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on lower back
region, QL and erector
spinae
Second Patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on the erector
spinae, rhomboids,
upper trapezius
Comments
- I was glad I had my mentor
there by my side because she
helped me a lot by showing me
techniques, body mechanics for
those techniques, as well as
how to test the muscle
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1:00
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First Patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on lower back,
QL, erector spinae and
shoulders
9/10/2014
1:30
p.m
to
2:30
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Second Patient:
Wellness
Focused on shoulder
16/10/14
12:00
p.m
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First Patient:
Rehabilitation
to
1:00
p.m
16/10/14
1:30
p.m
to
2:30
Focused on QL,
hamstrings, lower back
and gluteus medius.
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Second Patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on scalene,
SCM, levator scapulae,
rhomboids, and upper
traps
23/10/14
23/10/14
12:00
p.m
to
1:00
p.m
1:30
p.m
to
2:30
p.m
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Frist patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on QL and
upper traps
Second patient:
Rehabilitation
Focused on the
brachioradialis, and the
radial ulnar joint.
Description of Experience
This week during the first half of internship my mentor came
to observe me treating my patient. Before my patient arrived
my mentor and I talked about what assessment I should
perform. Since my patient came in with lower back pain I had
thought about testing the gluteus medius as well as the QL
because there could be trigger points associating pain into
the lower back. Before my patient arrived my mentor had
showed me the MMT for the QL so that I could perform it on
my patient. When my patient arrived I had felt more
confidence in myself and built a picture in my head of
everything I wanted my patient to perform before treatment.
Before I performed the assessment of muscle strength, I had
gone through with my patient letting him know exactly what
I was going to do and why, the benefits, risks and that I
would communicate with him the findings. I tested the
gluteus medius and QL bilaterally. I then stepped out of the
cubicle allowing my patient to get on the table as my mentor
held the curtains. During treatment my mentor had showed
me different techniques that I could use to target the QL
muscle, which I found very helpful. I also had made sure to
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keeping the health history updated. I also got consent for the
pain assessment as well as for the rest of the assessment such as
vitals, postural, ROM and I made sure I explained the risk,
benefits and reason to why I was performing postural
assessments, vitals, and ROM such as active, passive and
resisted. I then stepped out the cubicle and allowed the patient
to get in the table, and just started the treatment once he was
ready. I had focused the treatment on his brachioradialis as well
as the whole right arm cause that was his main complaint.