Was given full reign with one of the young guys in the rehab session today (this is a two hour timeslot where the young patients have run of the gym and its pretty hardcore in terms of physio. Heaps of transfers etc). Thought i had a pretty productive session with this guy-did lots of balance work, chair to bed transfers, lifts and strengthening work.
One thing i really took from the session was to look at the big picture-i was doing four point kneeling with him and then the OT came over and suggested we do this another time because he had cut his knees the other day) but i was so concerned about doing the actual exercise that i hadnt noticed the pressure it was putting on his cuts.
Also realised with this bloke how chatting with a patient can often come at the expense of being productive. Becuse some patients wil talk non stop and even use it as a distraction to get out of doing physio. And you dont want to dismiss them but at the same time you need to keep them on task. Suppose you just have to pretty smart about it and diplomatic. I decided to use the rest times in between exercises for chatting. Anyway nearly week four down. Missing all you guys so much xo
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