Personal Narrative: Wellspan Orthopedics

Page’s patient, P, suffers from back pain and he is determined to find the cause of the pain. To rule of the most lethal causes of back pain, some of the questions Page asks include “Did the pain wake him up at night? Was it worse when he was lying down? Had he recently lost weight?” (Page).

In the article, “Sometimes Pain Is a Puzzle That Can’t Be Solved”, Abigail Zuger, the author, describes her own experiences with pain along with some examples and generalizations about the feeling. She claims that she is “ruled by (her) elbow” and “it is (her) constant companion, whimpering, and tugging at (her) sleeve.” She goes on to say that many people have the same problems, especially when drugs, “like naproxen and ibuprofen” are unhelpful and “might as well be cornflakes.” Finally, she explains how far we have advanced in the medical field, but “ none of (the) knowledge has translated into new treatments,” to help people such as herself.

Summary sentence 7: In the final paragraph of the article, it mainly talks about how osteopathy is becoming more serious and how they are coming into New York faster and stronger. Before reading this essay I had many thoughts on osteopathy. After graduating from Concord University I plan to attend to the Osteopathic School of Medicine in Lewisburg West Virginia. I was very curious about how patients perceive osteopathic doctors because they have different initials than actual Doctors. The article opened my eyes to how DO doctors are treated compared to MD doctors.

Mildred Pasek, my friend and colleague died on August 8th 2017 following an anterior approached back surgery on July 28th at the New England Baptist Hospital. Before you read on, my goal is not to criticize the orthopedic or vascular surgeon’s professionalism, immense skill or personal care of Mildred as these cases affects all providers on a deep emotional and professional level. My concern is for the post-operative care of patients, like Mildred, who have comorbidities, are not necessarily in the ideal condition going into surgery, or at a critical time can advocate for themselves. As well as the debilitating arthritis, she had hypertension required three antihypertensive medications to control. Those meds were held pre surgery, and never resumed.

Inversion Table for Hip Pain - Does it Really Work? All of us like staying healthy and fit but it can be disturbing when pain checks in, more especially hip pain; this inevitably calls for attention in so many ways. One of the popular ways to treat hip pain today is using an inversion table through inversion therapy.

I made it to the locker room, my trainer Chris gave me the shot. As he set it down I saw the label it said, “Cortisone.” And I knew what it was I instantly knew that my knee was bad, because this was high medical grade medicine. As I put on my equipment I looked around me.

As the summer wore on, I began to experience hip pain. It was only minor and I thought nothing of it. I had aches and pains all the time, and they had always gone away on their own before. This pain was different though, it didn’t go away. Cross country season rolled around and the pain was still there.

Montag, while in pain, says “’Get up!’ he told himself. ‘Dammit, get up!’ he said to the leg, and stood. The pains were spikes driven in the kneecap and then only darning needles and then only common ordinary safety pins and after he had shagged along fifty more hops and jumps” (Bradbury 123).

I believe each patient should be treated individually regardless of how similar the symptoms are, and in order to do so a physician needs to understand both the science behind physiology and the behaviors. As I progressed through my academic journey, I shadowed numerous osteopathic specialists, such as Dr. Zinaida Pelkey, Dr. Celia Liang and Dr. Syed Qadri. Observing these physicians utilize the interdependencies of the body’s systems to formulate a comprehensive treatment further fueled my inquisition and enthusiasm about becoming an osteopathic

Since a child I was always held responsible for attending doctor 's appointments with my parents due to their language barrier. Surprisingly, I never felt that responsibility as a burden because hospitals intrigued me. The polar emotions of safety and fear simultaneously, fascinated me. With this awareness when I began taking science courses at North Shore Community College, I found that the subject also fascinated me. The components of liking the hospital and material, had led me to the realization that I had a calling for the medical field.

The lady then looked at the paper and realized it was wrong and started to laugh and said “ I am so sorry I wrote the wrong one down.” I knew that if I didn 't notice the papers they would have done surgery on my right knee instead of the left knee. I was moved to another room where other people were surrounded by nurses getting prepared for surgery. The moment I was stationed in my room I was surrounded by different nurses. There was the anesthetic nurse, the head nurse, the assistant nurses and even the nurses that are in training.

Mrs Jones physical shows she had a hip operation thereby causing her pain, reducing her mobility and access to her occupation and engagement. Additionally she has difficulty in weight bearing on her right leg due to her operation and experiencing muscle weakness causing her limited endurance and strength when walking and transferring. Cognition: It was documented the patient experienced post-operative confusion, memory loss, difficulty following and understanding post hip surgery caution. Affective (mood): Patient experienced low mood and lacks confidence walking due to her illness, this has impacted on her emotion.

Every class, injury, and experience has been in pursuit of my goal to help others live their healthiest lives. My personal characteristics, goals, and experiences will greatly contribute to my performance in the field of Kinesiology and will help me journey towards success and fulfillment in my chosen field of physical therapy. Biographical Questionnaire Name: Eleanor Jansen Student ID: 9071484258 Date: 1/28/18 Birthplace (city/state): Appleton, WI Pre-college education. List all schools attended, elementary through high school.

As I crossed that threshold, the point of no return, which was really just a door, I grew to be more and more scared. Eventually we came to the room. It was just as I had imagined. A blank, plain white room, illuminated by only one fluorescent light.

Before I could change my mind, I pushed open a door on the side of the hospital. I was greeted by the city air and a view of the rolling, steep, never ending streets of my home: San Francisco. I found a hospital wall that had no windows. “This is it,” I thought.