Tri-7 Wk3, Day 414 - Another Week in the Books!

Well, I made it! The smiles and happiness that got sucked out of me earlier in the week is back in it's proper place :)

Now, to help myself get through Week 4 I'll need to get plenty of work done this weekend. I'm just thinking about all my patients right now. I've got 8 and responded to an email earlier today to take on additional patients. That should put me up to at least 9. There was an email sent out in a previous week asking who would like to care for ladies who are pregnant and children. I'm OK with the pregnant ladies, I know there is a lot we can do to help them out. In fact, we were discussing the round ligament with our Neurology teacher, Dr. Bub, in Geriatrics the other day because he had questioned the voracity of the Webster technique (which stretches the round ligament) but, after some research he learned, to his satisfaction, that the round ligament does contain mechanoreceptors thus, the Webster technique does have evidence to it's effectiveness. What's also interesting is that yesterday Dr. Kettner mentioned that ligamentous injuries could be considered a neurological type of trauma which, merely reinforced what I'd heard from Dr. Bub the previous day. Also, both these doctors hold diplomats and are specialist in Neruology (Dr. Bub) and Radiology (Dr. Kettner).

We had our Class IV Laser exam today and I think I did pretty well. Once passed I'll get an updated picture of my clinic badge posted :)

I'll be going up to school again tomorrow. I already had this thought of going to school on Saturday to get some work done for school but now I've got an appointment set up with my room partner to help ensure I get up there! :)

I really need to look over any previous SOAP notes I have to help get that down when working with my patients. So much of our time is spent with paper work that I need to get as proficient as possible to help maximize my time with my patients.

There's a lot I need to do so I better get to it. On the plus side - only 3 1/2 days of class next week!! Yeehaw! :)

Today's picture is of the K-Laser we use at school. It's a class IV laser which is the same class laser used for surgeries.