thOughTs by Jess

The lecture from Professor Flick was full of so much important information to know as a practitioner or even as a student learning about how to interact with potential clients. As therapists, we will see people that come from every socioeconomic status and with several different levels of education. On average, our clients will be able to comprehend and read on a fifth grade reading level. This means as a healthcare provider, it is absolutely imperative to make sure we educate our clients in a way where they understand the situation in it's entirety. They need to fully know their diagnosis as well as the treatment plans available to the. Improving health literacy is one of the first steps we can take in creating a healthier population in our country.

The ratio of movement between the scapula and humerus is known as a mechanism called the scapulohumeral rhythm. The ratio is two to one in relation to humerus to scapula and the motion is distributed among two different joints. In an instance where there is a full range of motion equivalent to one hundred and eighty degrees, there is sixty degrees of movement in the scapulothoracic joint and one hundred and twenty degrees of motion occurring in the glenohumeral joint.  Because of the rhythm, the scapula and humerus remain in sync and the head of the humerus lines up directly with the glenoid fossa ensuring it can not roll off the shoulder. Due to the scapulohumeral rhythm, the subacromial space is also kept and active insufficiency is prevented more frequently in the glenohumeral muscles. For optimal range of motion, the humeral head must be laterally rotated and then full range of motion may be obtained.

There are a number of reasons why palpating bony landmarks on clients are beneficial in practice. When measuring range of motion (ROM) and performing manual muscle testing (MMT), it is absolutely imperative to perform the task. Palpation helps in placing the goniometer to get an accurate read of the angle and degree of motion. If the instrument is not lined up correctly, you can get invalid readings for the results. This task can also help increase interrater and intrarater reliability. It helps when there are multiple therapist because they both should measure the same way and at the same spots, and if they both measure by the bone, they should coincide because the bone will not relocate based on the therapist. In the same way, palpation helps when only one therapist is measuring the ROM and MMT because they will use the boney landmarks to measure from the same place each time. When doing MMT on a client, the test position is crucial in recording the most accurate results. The clini

With new technological advancements and maneuvers, comes new opportunities and advancements for people with disabilities and health barriers. There have been so many challenges and disadvantages for these individuals in the past that have hindered them and in many cases kept them from participating in tasks and activities altogether. However, new developing assistive technology have made things possible in all new and dynamic ways. People who could not converse and thought it never to be a possibility to do so, can now. The TED talk we watched for this session was on this topic and the speaker was a deaf man. He talked about a scenario where a deaf man and blind man were passing one another and trying to communicate. Once the deaf man realized the blind man obviously could not see him and know that he was deaf, he grabbed the man who was blind's hands and put them on his ears while shaking his head no. The man who could not see automatically knew what he meant, the speak then state

Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is brush my teeth. There are several different movements and biomechanics mechanisms that come in to play with even a small activity of daily life that everyone participates in like brushing one's teeth. Once the toothpaste is on the brush, the first movement is flexion of the elbow. The prime mover here is my biceps brachii and the muscle is shortening meaning it is a concentric contraction. This action occurs in the sagittal plane and the medial-lateral or frontal axis. In terms of athrokinematics, there are articulations happening in the humeroulnar joint between the distal convex end of the humorus and the proximal concave side of the ulna. The end of the ulna closest to the trunk is going to glide along the distal end of the humerus towards the front. There are also articulations of the humeroradial joint in elbow flexion, which result in the radial head gliding along the distal humerus anteriorly in a similar way as the ulna.