Yes another exciting discovery that physio works for musculo patients as well as cardio! I thought I'd fill you in on my elderly lady with the chronic rotator cuff tear of a few weeks ago. Having had the tear for 2 mnths and been in a pretty bad way thus far, she has come to PT for 3 weeks now and is now pain free most of the time, has gained 20 degrees more active flxn and abduction, 60 more a/assist, altogether is much more able to carry out functional tasks and besides which is much happier and pleased with her progress. All of which, although sounding not too exciting to the casual observer, did make me very pleased and I have found this to be very catchy with patients, and she was truly excited by the time she left!! Possibly my genuine surprise that anything I did helped added to the general happiness! I suppose often we think we have to do something very clever to gain progress, but often it is just back to a good assessment and planning, ROM exs, strengthening, correcting faulty movement patterns and some good patient education. To quote an infamous lecturer, although at times it does seem to be more difficult than....it actually isn't rocket science!! On that oversimplified note enjoy your last week !
And thankyou all for the various comments and suggestions - it's great to get your input!
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Hi Claire,
thanks for keeping us posted about this patient of yours. Trully thrilled for you as well as for your patient! Many a times patients do realise that they have made improvements when they notice they are functionally able to do more.
I do realise that often we make things more complicated than they actually are. Totally agree with solid Ax skills, with that then we are able to formulate an accurate analysis & treatment plan. Thus really important to keep working on perfecting our Ax skills isnt it!
Good luck for PCR!
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