At The End Of The Day

Mondays are going to be the death of me. Well, possibly Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday too. I am worn out! And it's only week 3. This morning stated with a lecture-ish time with one of the therapists and it was on ROM, edema, sensory, etc. Things we learned in grad school. She even made us demonstrate everything to her. After about an hour and a half of that, we were able to go back to the clinic. I was actually able to do the majority of a new eval by myself which was exciting. But then I ended up helping out with splints. I mainly took the intake information from each patient. It seemed like every time I checked a patient in, another one was coming over for a splint. I thought it would never end. It's even harder when I'm not doing the splints and mainly observing. The quick and easy ROM checks I was able to do on my own, so that was nice. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little more exciting and I can practice my splinting skills. I'm not super confident and just need more practice.

Tonight I had planned on going for a little run (on the treadmill). I seem to have planned that just about everyday I've been in Philadelphia, it just hasn't happened. Walking home tonight I started talking myself out of it. So, I came home, cooked dinner, and have been sitting on my couch/futon/whatever watching a movie. I have been so unproductive it's not even funny. We have another lecture on Wednesday, but luckily there aren't 500 chapters to read like today's lecture. Only 2 this time. Thank goodness!

So, something's gotta give. I've got to figure out my running schedule and find some motivation. I do have a half marathon to run in about a month. I hate working out in the morning, but it just might have to come down to that. I also have to figure out when I'm going to get all my reading in. I am planning on going to Starbucks for about an hour before work in the morning. While it is nice that we typically don't start until 8:30, I end up staying until around 6 or later. It's wearing me out and I can't seem to get in a groove. So, task for week 4: figure all of this out!

5 Things I Learned on Day #11:
1. The lumbricals pass volar to the MP axis of motion and dorsal to the PIP and DIP axis of motion.
2. I learned how to perform 2 point and moving 2 point discrimination.
3. Static 2 point discrimination comes back after moving 2 point discrimination in terms of sensory recovery.
4. Always keep the splint on your left side when you are cutting if you are right handed.
5. I hate Preferred splint material just as much as I hate making a thumb spica splint.