Of the five domains of athletic training I feel that domain three and domain one are my strengths and domain four is my weakness. Domain one is prevention of injuries and domain three is immediate emergency care. I believe I do well in these two domains because I have always been interested and engaged in these topics of health care even when I was in middle school. I believe I just have a natural ability to learn these skills and have them stick. In my mind I almost prioritize these domains because I can practice and come up with rehabs as long as I want, but I do not have time to research the best way to handle an emergency situation. Something I believe helps me in domain one and three is that it is almost common sense and I have to make it a force of habit.
Domain four is about therapeutic rehabilitation. I would not say I am terrible at rehabs, but I do struggle with coming up with exercises. I know in my head what needs to be fixed, but coming up with new and interesting exercises and progressing them at the right time is something I struggle with. That is why this semester I made it my goal to be engaged with a few rehabs and be in control of them, but it seems there was a lack of athletes with long term injuries that I was able to interact with. Maybe I should have been more proactive and asked to be involved with another preceptor’s athlete. Another one of my goals that I geared to helping this domain is practicing manual muscle testing. I think it is important to be able to isolate specific muscles in order to strengthen them. I think my rehab skills will become more developed overtime. I think what I struggle with the most is that I never want the athlete to feel bored or disinterested so I try to come up with exercises that are new, but I do not necessarily know what else to do. In terms of other parts of therapeutic rehab, I believe my knowledge in modalities is very sufficient and my technique in manual therapy is fairly strong. So I do not think I am a lost cause in domain 4, but I need more hands on opportunities to have my own rehabs and be in charge of them from the time of injury all the way through full recovery when possible.
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