Can I take a moment to smile broadly?

[Merrida]

I've been working with a woman who broke her foot quite a while back and I wasn't happy with how she was healing. I knew she was seeing her doctor that day (and please don't get me started on if any of training affected her foot, of course it didn't). So with respect (because I know doctors can be touchy about that sort of thing,.....some PT writing a letter,.....sheesh, and all that!) But I did some testings on her, wrote down my concerns, what I'd like to strengthen and stretch, and questions I had about the break extending or invovling other bones, what did she think, (again, I worded it to protect ego and liability).

She called me last night to tell me that not only was she so impressed with my observations, that she included my notes as a permanent part of my client's records, and out of curiosity is sending me the actual XRay films. (That could be test or BS but I thought it was cool). There were things going on that the client was doing & not telling her doctor (or me), and I broke it down by watching her to guess what they were, and observed there might be another injury. There was.

It just felt so cool to have an orthopedic doctor make your observations a part of her patients' permanent records and actually ask me a few questions about what brought me to notice those observations. To have her agree and not be put off by what I noticed and inquired about was pretty cool.

[Lady C]

This goes with what I said in the other thread - maybe you should switch to more physical therapy type training instead of 'quota' clients.

[Merrida]

Originally Posted by Lady C

This goes with what I said in the other thread - maybe you should switch to more physical therapy type training instead of 'quota' clients.

Lady, you've always been supportive of me moving in that direction across the years, I know this is a sudden thing you feel about me, in terms of a direction I should move in. You also know how to give me a good kick in the ass when I need it.

Thank you for being there, paying attention to the posts, and processing them too. You're wonderful.

I also think my work does tend to, for whatever reason, continually lead me in that direction. I just wonder if I'd give up control by working under bureaucratic red tape. I need to familiarize myself more with it.

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[westside24]

Its just nice to know some doctors are open minded, and are willing to cooperate with other professionals, instead of just having to be right all the time.

This is my favorite story by you so far!

[Merrida]

Originally Posted by westside24

Its just nice to know some doctors are open minded, and are willing to cooperate with other professionals, instead of just having to be right all the time.

This is my favorite story by you so far!

Thank you very much Westy! I appreciate the support,--- and you're right. I think the part that made me smile the most was the doc being open minded and not automatically shutting off my presentation of observations because I'm a personal trainer and not another physician.

You're right, --- that was pretty darn cool.

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