Hi Everyone!
I started this week purely exhausted... I slept nearly the entire weekend. I joked with a friend of mine the other day that I woke up late Sunday afternoon after a 2 day nap!! And after speaking to a few people in the course, and reading blogs entitled "mental health" and "brain drain" I am comforted by the notion that I am not alone.
I was afraid that by being completely worn out, I would struggle to get through the week, but today, Wednesday, I had a patient who gave me the strength to go foward. My patient is two months post subscap and supraspinatus full thickness tears and has been limited in her AROM due to pain and her arm feeling "heavy". Unfortunately for me she has so much guarding that determining PROM seemed nearly impossible. Today though we had a breakthrough. I set up some slings and did some hold relax and at the end of the session she actively brought herself from her previously ROM of 95 degrees shoulder abduction to FROM! The look on her face was priceless... she couldn't stop saying "wow"! She could hardly believe that she had the range available in her shoulder to do this on her own, especially because up until now she has not been able to get full range. I think today was the breakthrough we needed to help boost her confidence.
After she left, I realized that this session was exactly what I needed also. This patient gave me the energy I needed because I was so happy to see that I had helped to initiate such a big change. I think in the midst of all the chaos of the last two years, I have nearly lost sight of the big picture and why I decided to become a physiotherapist in the first place. Thanks to this patient, I remember.
Megs
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Today a couple of us were talking about having days where you just question your decision to ever become a physio. But we all agreed that there are definitely those times where you do something so right with a patient that you smile and remember why you decided to become a physio.....because you couldn't be a doctor :) Just kidding :) We all became physios because we're the kind of people that love to help others.
Good work Megs. Imagine how good your clinics would be if you could finish each day with one of those patients :)
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