Muhammad N. West

Topic: Physical Therapy

Essential Question: What is the best way for a physical therapist to help an athlete successfully return to basketball?

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Service Learning 10 Hour Progress Check

1) Summary of Services:
-I regularly re-stock linen cabinets with towels, pillow cases, wash clothes, and gowns.
-Prepared therapy beds by wiping the leather surfaces and leg supports, raising the bed, opening privacy curtains, diposing of used linen and ice bags, returning lumbar/thoracic/cervical heat pads to hydrocollators.
-Wipe down used excercise machines and equipment
-Put equipment away
-Clean hydrocollator
-Photocopy papers

2) Days I voulunteered:
    12/20/2010 7.78 hours
    12/22/2010 4.30 hours
    1/4/2011     1.17 hours
    Total Hours  13.24999993

3) Being around so many physical therapists and aides I've come to notice that talking is a very important tool they use. They constantly walk patients through each step of the process to instill confidence and make sure the patients themselves understand how their body is healing. With such clear communication, patients can help identify problems and pains that p.t.s would otherwise have a harder time discovering themselves.

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