It’s important to have a holistic approach to an athlete’s rehab because at the end of the day they are still a human being, not just an ankle sprain. The athlete could be sick, or depressed, or has bad eating habits. All of these can affect the outcome of a rehab. I had an example of this with my rehab patient. She had been telling me about how her roommate had an ear infection and that it is apparently contagious, and eventually she got it too. This caused her to have to miss a few rehabs, but we have to be okay with this. No good will come if I have her do balancing exercises and she can’t balance and is nauseous. For me this means I have a few days of rehab already written up for her, but I also know I might have to be ready to scale it back on the reps and weight because she may lose some strength after being sick. Ultimately it important to have some humanity when doing a rehab. Make sure they are still progressing but if they are not then look into some other personal factors that could be affecting them.
This week I had 8 attempts in my clinical packet.
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