As an athletic training student I feel less confident when I am taking a test and having to explain a concept in specific details. However, I feel most confident when I can just go and do something in the clinic. An example would be having to explain in detail how to splint a fracture. It is difficult for me to describe it, but I am very confident in actually doing a splint. This happens with other scenarios too. In general, I am more confident when I am actually doing what I learned than trying to explain what I am doing.
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A therapeutic intervention I had was giving a women's soccer player a sports massage for her tight calves. I did a bit of effleruage then a long period of petrissage until the tightness of the calf was relieved. My intended outcome was for the calves to be less stiff. I know I was effective because when I was done with the fist calf I compared it to the other calf that was still tight. The calf I just worked on was much more pliable and relaxed. Then at the end I always ask if they feel like the treatment was beneficial, or if I need to hit any other spots.
Clinical packets are so weird! I am keeping up with it task wise, but actually taking the time to fill it out is what's getting me. As of now I have 15 documented masters, but TONS of undocumented attempts and masters. I plan to sit down and go through the packet to catch myself up to get a true sense of where I am on my masters check list. Then I will truly get a sense of my progress.
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This is where I do my weekly clinical blog assignment. There is either a prompt I am responding to, or I just talk about something exciting I saw during the week.
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