Sunday, 2 September 2007
Experience
I am currently treating a pt who has a sore and stiff back which is constantly flairing up. He usually gets it cracked either by a physio or one of his mates on the mines. He is very worried that he will lose his job if they find out about his back so he asked that the treatment session be confidential. He is also very worried about missing work due to post treatment soreness which has happened with another physio. Due to this he asked if my supervisor could do the "cracking" rather than me. This is the first time this year that someone has asked if the supervisor could do it, which this time she could. If next time she is too busy to help how can i convince this pt that i am capable of doing it? I will try explaining to him what and how much time we spent covering this topic at uni and tell him that i have performed it on other pts and students countless times. What i would like from you guys is a back up plan if this doesn't work.
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2 comments:
Hey Dickie, I understand that it would be hard when a pt has these views, especially if you aren't really confident to begin with. I would suggest going ahead with any other treatments you are doing or plan to do. Also does he really need it "cracked"? If he is expreiencing that much post Rx soreness, maybe a different treatment would work better.
Hey Dickie,
I think just give it a shot and see what happens! I think we're all really scared to make patients worse but it happens!! Act confident, assure him you know what your doing and if he comes back sore, apologize and if your supervisor's happy, allow him to be treated by her. There won't be a supervisor around when we're out there and I reckon the less we start thinking like students, the more good it'll do us out there!!
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