WEEK 5 POST 2

Today i treated a young patient who had dislocated his patella 7/52 ago.
I had seen my supivisor treat this patient before; and was quiet confident that i could perform this treatment session on my own.

I applied a medial glide to the patella.I then performed DTM on the boys ITB, and lastly finished the treatment with a dose of interferential therapy, that was aimed at stimulating the VMO muscle. i then gave the boy a exercise that aimed at switching on VMO.

Reflecting on my performance (:) there you go Jo!) i think i performed well; i was confident that what i was doing was correct and i continued to ask the patient whether they were in pain, or they felt an ''adequate'' stretch. I probably think that my exercise i prescribed to the kid was maybee a bit to hard for his stage of rehab, so i asked my supivisor who had a look at the child and decided that yes maybee it was a bit difficult. My supivisor then showed me a more effective stregthening exercise for VMO at this stage of the boys rehab. I feel confident now that i could presctribe some good exercises for switching on VMO! :). Overall my supivisor said i did well and i feel as though compared to the begining of my placement i am alot more confident in treating patients.