I was so nervous to start today and find out what we would be doing. It was so great having Chantelle, Arnika and Kristy there because I think we were all feeling a bit the same way. Our morning consisted of some general orientation... and finding out that Arnika and I would be seeing our very own patients that day! Because it was our first day, Arnie and I were allowed to go in to see our patients together, with one taking the physio role and the other oberserving and suppoorting.
My patient was an elderly lady who was 7 weeks post a Left colles fracture but still experiencing lots of pain. When she came in she was complaining of 12/10 pain with a burning sensation and weakness down both her arms. When we were ruling out any neural integrity problems, it was noticed that she had coarse black hair over her left forearm, which was swollen, warm very dry and with shiny pink skin! Thinking back to 210 (PAIN) we thought about CRPS...and we referred her to her GP and hopefully a pain specialist. It was so interesting...and such an exciting start to our first week. I'm looking forward to seeing her again and am hoping to research some treatment ideas...I've heard that beginning to weight bear through the wrist is a good start...but am hoping to find out a few more.
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