One of the goals i set for myself at the beginning of the term was to get to know about occupational therapy, which I would say is the biggest goal of mine at this point. There are many things i didn't know that I do now. Occupational therapy isn't what I thought it was (PT for wrists and hands), this is something more complex. Occupational therapy deals with fine motor skills so the movements we do naturally that some people might not be able to do, such as getting dressed, brushing our teeth, driving etc... Occupational therapy goes off into so many different directions, the therapist at David Gilboe is a "hand therapist" so at one point in her life she was an occupational therapist, she went back to school and went into specializing and she is now a hand therapist. She is not a physical therapist nor is she an occupational therapist, she is a hand therapist and that basically means that she is dealing with mostly hands and arms. Occupational therapy is also very cool because it deals with mental disorders as well such as schizophrenia, anxiety, PTSD etc... I love those kinds of things as well and i had no idea that they go hand in hand. For example, someone has a stroke and loses their whole left side of their bodies functions whats that person going to do? Probably freak out if they have a mental illness like that. It is the therapists job to do assessments on the patient so they can see if this patient is capable of living on their own and doing things like they used to.
This week I learned how to use an "ultrasound machine" and what it is used for. This machine sends currents that are pulsing and they are made to go deep into a patients muscle which will loosen up the muscle and it will help with swelling for them as well. We were working with a patient who had a tear in her shoulder so we used this machine before she began her workouts for her day. We used a gel to help glide the device smoother and then we rubbed the device on her skin for 10 minutes. This is a protocol from her therapist, so each patient will have a different setting for the intensiveness for the pulsing and different times.
This article is so important because I am a true beliver that this is the "big me" generation we are all trying to be the best and look the best therefor we look for the best things to put on resumes and how to look at a job interviews. These are very important things to have don't get me wrong but "eulogy virtues" are so much more important to me and I hope a lot of other people as well. The difference between eulogy virtues and resume virtues is that eulogy virtues are things that you take with you for the rest of your life resume virtues are just temporary. This week I kept doing what I usually do and stock under the beds which is my picture for this week. Under each bed there is 2 pillows at the head of the bed, there are pillow cases, gowns, tissues, sheets, and towels. My job is to strip and make each of these beds when the therapist is done with a patient. Therapist have a schedule which is set up where they have 45 minutes with each patient until the next is in. Most places do some sort of time increment but here we do 45 minutes. Location is a huge deal to these businesses especially if they are new and they have to get known. I really like the location of my place, they are right down on 9 mile and Greater Mack where there are coffee shops (which are so delicious), a post office, and some other restaurants and small shops. This is a place where there is a lot of foot traffic so this is a great way to get people in. This is from the outside, the inside of the office is great as they like to call it "old fashioned". Unlike most physical therapy (the ones I've been to) don't have a sign in sheet then you go sit and wait in the waiting room and they call you back. Here we do that for every patient and every patient has their own room so they can privately meet with their therapist. I couldn't really say I would change anything about this office. |
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May 2016
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