24/12/09 - Mental block when it comes to feet ... don't like them ... don't want to like them ... don't want to work on them ... don't want to learn about them ... this needs some serious attention from me !!!
06/03/10 - Having worked on feet during technique class I cant believe I still cant recall the joints of the foot and the direction of there planes quickly ... its always still a struggle for me ... this is so wrong for a fourth year osteopathy student.
29/04/10 - Now I should have realised that in Sports Clinic there would be people coming in with ankle and feet problems, so why on earth didn't I read up a bit before hand.
I saw one of the new patients in the sports clinic today. A 29 year old office worker who plays 7 a-side football at the weekend. 4 weeks ago his received a inversion strain of his left ankle. I was amazed at the swelling that remained after 4 weeks. It was at this point that I realised that despite an interest in wanting to work in a sports related field on qualifying I realised I know nothing about it !!!
When presenting my patient to the tutor I realised that I failed to ask lots of appropriate questions ... like was there bruising and where was there bruising.
The tutor thought that he had possible torn some of the cartilage in his ankle due to the severity of the swelling that remained, and a treatment plan was drawn up. It was at this point that I realised actually how important feet are and the implication for biomechanical changes throughout the body.
