Tape saves lives.

Taping is such a basic way to aid in the treatment process of injuries. This treatment however, is also one of the most important factors in stabilizing and preventing an injury. The use of the tape restricts the movement of injured joints while reducing the swelling of the injured area. Injury prevention is also what taping is used for, it acts as a form of reducing impact. Both of these functions of tape have helped me through preventing my wrist from overextending and it has helped compress my sprained wrist.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preparation

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My mentor is Jason Trinidad M.Ed., ATC, CSCS, works as the athletic trainer at Bassett High School.

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

• Where did you go to school and what specific things did you study?
• How did you get this position and what did you go through to get to your position?
• How long have you been a Athletic Trainer and what kind of things have you experienced through your work?
• What is the extent of your education and what are further types of education can you earn?
• Do you ever get tired of your job and what pushes you to keep working?

Blog 5 - Mentorship and Interview Reflection

1. Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

My mentor ship has been very helpful and education. As for my mentor, he is really knowledgeable about his career. In the search for my mentor, it was surprising how open my mentor was to this whole senior project.

2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

My most important article so far is Shin Splints by John Miller. It has helped me significantly because it tells you about diagnosing the injury (shin splints) and the levels of treatment.

Ice Ice Baby

So one day after football practice, my mentor and I stayed a bit later to help ice my teammate's injuries. Basically she taught me what the ice does for injury and how to apply the ice to the correct spot. The ice helps reduce the inflammation of the injury and increase the blood flow around the injured area. The increased blood flow helps in a quicker recovery because too much swelling around the injury inhibits the healing process. One of the key things she told me about icing is that you cannot ice for more than 20 minutes. The reason for that is too much blood flow can cause even more inflammation.

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?
I have two interviewees in mind, the first is the current physical therapist at Southlands Christian (Victoria), and my second option would be the PT at my old high school, Bassett High School, (Jason) who helped me out while I was a freshman. I would want to interview Victoria because she is more available and I see her everyday because of football practice. Jason came to mind because he has a lot of experience in PT because he deal with injuries on the daily.
2.  You have to ask 5 questions.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?  Ask open-ended questions.  
Some open-ended questions I would have for prepared for my interview would be:

1.What got you interested in Physical Therapy and why?

2. What kind of things have you experienced during your career?

3. Have you every gotten tired of your job? If so, why? If not, why not?

Blog 3: Topic Choice and EQ

1.  List your topic here: Physical Therapy

2.  Write a question that helps to focus your research this month.
What is the best way to set up a recovery plan for an injured patient/athlete?

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1. Mentorship log: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xv8_imijJ1SCLYBOvhlZL92uDXhua-JSRVdknUUUIh0/edit#gid=0

2. What is the contact name & number of where you volunteered?

2 Mentors from southlands

Victoria-funesvictoria11@gmail.com, 909-912-2402

Charlotte-626-388-5747      

3. (Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience?  List them.     

What is the best way to treat serious injuries such as ACL or Meniscus injuries?

What is the best way to operate a successful PT business

How much does being nice and welcoming play a role in being a PT

Interpretive

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

hands on experience was the most important because I've always been interested in this job but i didn't really know how to rehab injuries or about different strengthening exercises.

Applied

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.

My senior topic is going to be Physical Therapy, what I did consolidated my interest in the human body and how you can for the most part rehab injuries through a planned recovery.