Fairly action packed packed few days at the Quad Centre. We're been given a fair bit of autonomy and getting our knowledge tested regularly, not always with great results. Quad centre is a real eye opener and very confronting. Spend two hours everyday with the young blokes, all about my age, (car accidents, beach accidents etc) who are now in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives, as corny as it sounds it makes you realise how lucky you are.
Anyway, tell you about one of my experiences today. Its not 100% physio related but very relevant. One of the young blokes (19) asked me if id like to go and play basketball with him after lunch, the OT thought this would be a good idea. So after lunch i jumped in one of the spare chairs and set of for the basketball courts. Spent 45min in the chair and arms were pretty spent afterwards. Was a agreat opportunity to build some rapport with this bloke and we got one pretty weel. Hopefully i will be able to use him for my Subjective and objective assessment and treatment plan, which is a requirement of our placemenmt. My communication skills were the key factor in building rapport with him, but i found thus fairly easy as we were in the same demographic. At times i found myself being over sympathetic and probably patronising. Butt think he enjoyed having a "staff member" of a similar age. Found this to be a great experience, however it all kinda hit home when at one stage the basketball rolled out into the grass, there was no way he could of got it so i just got ou of my chair and walked over and grabbed it. Made me realise that i'm in the chair for 45min while he, and the rest of the residents, are going to be in a chair for the rest of their lives.
Anyway thats my story, know it doesnt exactly follow the set out in our manual but just thought it was worth telling. Good chat.
Hope all is going well for everyone.
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