Scenario 1: I had a new client come in, we followed the same rules and procedures as usual. She filled out the medical intake form, which I reviewed once it was given to me. The medical intake form, had listed some potential contraindications. Such as diabetes and high blood pressure. I went to go to introduce myself and took her to the therapy room. Once we were in a private room, I told her that those conditions could possibly prevent her from having the therapy performed. I started to ask her more about her conditions. I discovered that she had appropriate medication for all of her diseases. She mentioned that she had been living with them for several years, even stating that she had asked her doctor about massage therapy. I then decided that since her conditions were under control, I would perform the…
Most people think of massage an indulgence rather than as a complementary, therapeutic treatment. While a massage can be a very enjoyable experience, it can also be a helpful treatment for your chronic joint pain. Depending on the cause of your joint pain and the length of time you’ve been living with the condition, you may find many benefits to adding massage therapy to your treatment plan.…
The type of employment relationship that exists between an employer and employee or independent contractor is majorly based on the type of control exercised over a person and the terms agreed upon. In the case of the massage therapist hired by Dream Massage, for instance, the employee taken on-board qualities of both an employee and an independent contractor. This is based on the terms of contract laid out, where some are opposing to the idea of being an independent contractor while others support it. First of all, the employer dictates the schedule within which the therapist works. An independent contractor would have a flexible schedule where the person is in control of the hours of employment. In this case, the massage therapist is an employee.…
To accomplish my goal I did some refreshment my nursing skill and producers before clinical. I reviewed my nursing skill and procedure to refresh my brain about how to administer parental injection, the right site for IM and S/C, and size and length of needles. I reviewed my health and physical assessment videos and review my nursing skill notes how to assess head to toe and pain scale, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and CIWA Scale which helped me a lot to refresh my skills. Also, I looked up my previous clinical worksheets which reminded me some nursing diagnosis and…
In the course of my life, I have had quite a few scars. One physical scar was when I tripped, and landed on a rock, and cut my forehead. But the most memorable, was when I was eight years old, I was hurt when I accidentally landed on a table after being hit by a pillow. As a result, I had a wide open cut on the top of my head near my forehead from the landing. I was scarred for life. This was my second scar after I had the former at an earlier age.…
Imaging its a beautiful day in December you wake up to the calming cold crisp feelings of the air the snow is like tiny angels falling from the heavens. You walk down stairs to the welcoming aroma of breakfast filling your lungs as you walk into the dining room your mouth water like the Niagara Falls. You look around only to soon realize that you are home alone with a note on the refrigerator from your parents "we're off to the store we'll be back in less than an hour there is breakfast on the table" after she eat she goes back upstairs to wash up she gets dressed and walks down stairs to encounter her parents are home she notices that they are both unhappy and asks what is wrong she her mouth looks at her and tells her to sit down next to…
She is at the gym and as she lifts the weight, she feels a “pop” and her leg buckles, she can’t stand, and she can’t bend her knee. The coach sprints over and helps her up, she can’t bear weight and she can’t straighten her leg, she is afraid, and although there isn’t pain, she comprehends the seriousness of her symptoms.…
Ben is helping his parents move to a new home. He picks up a heavy box and twists his back. He decides to ignore it and save the money, and doesn’t want to go through surgery for it. Ben decides to call his local chiropractor, Dr. Barrett Parker. To become a successful chiropractor, you must have the correct training and a great education.…
Failure was not an option. If I wanted to play quarter back, I knew what I needed to do.…
I bet you have always believed that getting a massage is a luxury to be reserved for the rich. As a juggler of the family budget, you are probably very aware of how you spend your money and are very careful with expenditures. Something that feels so good has got to be more pampering than beneficial. Right?…
Then my mom picked me up and rocked me to sleep. Her robe is soft and warm. It takes about 10 minutes for me to fall asleep. Then my dad comes over to pick me up out of my mom’s arms and I fall asleep in my dad’s arms. Next thing I know I see my dad walking down the hall to my room with me in his arms. From the way I see it, I’m dying.…
While medical care was available growing up, there were financial or situational periods where it was not necessarily accessible. I am from a single parent family. My mother moved in with my grandparents after her divorce and works two full time jobs to help provide for my brother, grandparents, and I. Since my father went to jail and my grandfather passed, we have had to make many adjustments financially. This was the case due to my father not providing payments for child support for the time he was incarcerated nor occasional months prior. There has also been a complication with my mother and I having our identity stolen, which has created additional problems when applying for governmental aid throughout my undergraduate years. I worked…
My mom has a brain tumor. She had it since 2004 and was able to get most of it surgically removed 4 years ago. But in those 11 years where she had it, I felt hopeless. She was my mom and I had to see her be in constant pain due to the seizures she would have. There was nothing I could do. The doctors in America said it was too dangerous to operate so she was forced to receive treatment in Taiwan. Because of it, I was always scared whenever I got a call from my dad. I was scared that he was calling because my mom had passed. I did not go out often because I was worried. Whenever we went on family trip, I had to be by my mom, in case a seizure were to…
Pregnancy is also commonly related with headaches and sinus congestion. However, the therapy helps you combat this problem as well.…
Today I had my mom as my patient. I was very happy to have her as my patient because she was very understandable about having her with me all day, and not cleaning her teeth. She has high blood pressure and takes Metoprorol 50 mg one table a day, to maintain a normal blood pressure. She had breakfast and took her medication prior to the appointment, and her BP reading was 130/81, pulse 54 beats per minute, and respiration was 20. Her pulse was 54 and the normal values are 60 to 100, but taking in consideration her age and fact that she expressed that this was normal for her, I did not consider this as a risk factor. The American Heart Association stays that bradycardia or heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute (BPM) in adults may depend…