Assignment
You are assigned a
Brachioradialis muscle
to work on. From here, you will need to create a patient that requires strengthening of that assigned muscle. You will need to create,
i) at least,
three (3)
different exercises for the assigned muscle that reflect the characteristics listed. You are to imagine teaching your patient the exercises you have created.
ii) Create a
video
demonstrating/teaching
one
of your chosen exercises.
iii) Create a
home exercise sheet
for the patient using Physiotools
iv) Document your imagined interaction in a
SOAP note
.
Part 1: Summary
1. For your exercise, invent a patient, and choose a ‘condition’ that would result in a need for strengthening. Your patient must state that he or she is not experiencing any pain – you are only addressing the
muscle weakness
.
2. Complete the summary page identifying the joint(s) associated with the muscle, synergists, antagonists and what type of exercise each task represents.
Part 2: Exercise
3. You have been assigned a muscle. It is your job to develop exercises for the muscle you have been assigned. You must choose, at least, three (3) different exercises that can be done to challenge the muscle you are assigned as follows:
a) Isometric work
b) Concentric work
c) Eccentric work
*If one exercise can accomplish more than one type of muscle work, be clear about that in your summary.
You are still required to submit 3 exercises.
4. Use the Physiotools online resource to develop your exercises for a patient. For each exercise include
“custom”
instructions about
correct posture, execution of the exercise and parameters (ie mode, duration, frequency, intensity)
to augment or clarify the instructions provided.
Do NOT submit the directions associated with Physiotools. You MUST add your own text. All exercises can be on the same page.
Part 3: Video of You Demonstrating/Teaching ONE of the chosen Exercises
6. Take a video demonstrating and explaining ONE of the chosen exercises above. Take a video with your phone.
Part 4: Documentation (SOAP note)
7. Document your intervention for your exercises using SOAP notes. Print the documentation pages below. Complete them
IN HANDWRITING
fill in the name of the PTA (you), the Patient (make it up), with their date of birth. HANDWRITE your SOAP documentation for your exercise in the blank lined pages below. Remember to imagine yourself teaching these tasks to the patient.
Please make to arrange, and write your SOAP Note just like the SOAP NOTE BELOW.
Subjective
: : c/o pain below knees, anteriolaterally, R=L. Admits to recently starting walking program doing 1 mile 4/7. This new pain increases with increased speed of walking.
Objective
::
PROM
: Ankles PF 40, pain anterolateral tibia; DF 0 (tested in knee E)
Knees F wnl; E wnl
Resisted Testing:
ankle PF painfree, strong
ankle DF painful, weak
knee E painfree, strong
knee F painfree, strong
Muscle Length:
gastrocnemius tight, 0 degrees DF
soleus tight, 7 degrees DF
Analysis
: Shin Splints due to weak Tibialis Anterior working against tight calf muscles
Plan
:patient to discontinue walking program until pain subsides
PTA to perform autogenic inhibition stretching techniques to bilateral gastronemius and teach client to do static stretching, 2 min hold
