Mayson’s senior project

 May 23, 2022 Today was my last day at Ragged Mountain Physical Therapy. First off want to say thank you for the opportunity to work there and meet so many amazing people. Diane, Ben, and Tom were amazing mentors and have truly sparked my interest in PT in the future. Overall, this experience has been fascinating and I was very lucky to have chosen this as my senior project. Although the senior project has come to an end, I will be continuing some work this summer with Diane on her research project which I am very excited about! Today I did the finishing touches on my paper and my presentation for express fest! Daily hours: 5 hours 10 mins  Total hours: 55 hours 45 mins 

 May 22, 2022 The second week of senior project has ended! This week, I worked with some new patients, tested my PT  knowledge, and read some fascinating articles on ACL injuries in adolescent ski racers. I checked off my  goal for this week which was to give my blogs more visual content. I was able to take a few pictures of an  ACL and meniscus reconstruction, a fractured spiral tibia, and a fractured fibula. I have also been  observing how PT professionals deal with patients who come in with an injury that has been ongoing and  has gone from acute to chronic because they didn't think that their condition/conditions were that bad  until it came to that point. It can be very frustrating for PTs to do their job when patients come in with  multiple issues before healing from one. Although their job is to fix people, they are not fairy godmothers.  The physical therapists at Ragged Mountain Physical Therapy, do their job to the finest and they d...

 May 21, 2022 Today I continued to work on my presentation and paper. RMPT was closed today so along with doing some work, I had a cookout with my tennis team and spent some time with my friends on my last weekend at Proctor. I am going to continue working on my presentation and paper this weekend for the express fest on Wednesday. Diane has given me some posters that show the muscles and bones of the shoulder and back muscles that I am going to use as props for the presentation to show what I focused on during my senior project.  Daily hours: 2 hours  Total hours: 47 hours 5 mins 

 May 20, 2022  Day 12! Started work at 9 this morning and saw a few usual patients. Today I was able to feel my one patient's patella, where he is currently working on decreasing the tightness below his knee. It was actually very interesting to see how the PT handled the knee after a 4-week post-op ACL and meniscus surgery. You have to be a little aggressive with massaging the area to make sure the knee doesn't get too tight and you are able to start using those muscles again. I also took a small shoulder quiz that Diane had given me since we have been focusing a lot on the shoulder and shoulder exercises. I was able to give many of my patients today specific exercises that would benefit them so it was a good test to see how much I know based off of what the PT was asking of me. I have also figured out what props I will be able to bring to express fest to show what I have learned and what I focused on in PT along with my slideshow. I ended off my day with playing tennis with m...

 May 19, 2022  Day 11! This morning I got into work around 9 and saw a regular patient who I hadn't seen since last week and was progressing very well. I was able to give him an exercise to help with elbow flexion and to start working the muscles of the biceps since he had injured the shoulder and bicep muscles. It was really awesome to see him crush the exercises that last week he was not able to perform. There was also a husband and wife couple who came in who I always love to see and always make me laugh! Another patient came in today who suffered from a tibia spiral fracture and fibula fracture. His x-ray photos are shown down below where the fracture was for the tibia and where the screws were put in for the fibula fracture. He is currently on crutches now but is working hard in PT to hopefully not be able to use the crutches within the next week! Tonight I have some studying to do for a simple shoulder quiz tomorrow that Diane will be giving me. We have focused a lot on ...

 May 18, 2022 Today I had the day off from work so I started my morning off with a workout and then worked on my project for the express fest. Today was my last tennis match with my team and we ended with a great win! I am so happy to have been with this group of girls and to have Mel as our outstanding coach!  Tomorrow I return back into PT and get back to work! I have started a slideshow to use as my presentation and then I will brainstorm what props I can bring in to show what I have been learning. I will also make little pamphlets that lay out each PT exercise that you can do for each part of your body. For example, if you experience back pain, do these exercises (cat/cow, knee to chest).  Daily hours: 2 hours  Total hours: 34 hours 40 mins