I meant to post last Thursday but as usual I did not get to it. I had such a great week last week and the two labs on Thursday were particularly superb.
Nothing really big or exciting happened, we didn't discover anything new or come up with a better way of doing something, we didn't cure cancer, or find out the way to abolish all back pain. We just had a normal everyday lab, learning about the cervical spine. What was great was how the students went through the lab. We were working on our palpating skills and assessing the movement of different joints of the cervical spine. These skills while appearing to the onlooker as a simple task, are, indeed, quite difficult. The students very quickly realized that it was more difficult than they thought at first go. I was so impressed with how honest they were about having a difficult time but more so how diligent they were at trying to acquire the skill. They tried and tried and then they would try and try on a different person. It was really great to see struggling and perseverance and the determination and resolve they had at becoming great therapists. If the rest of the semester continues like Thursday did it is going to be an awesome one. Here's hoping everyday is Thursday or as my students call it, PT Friday (they do not have classes on Friday, so Thursday is their Friday).
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