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After shadowing B7 Physiotherapist Niamh at work, I picked up on something that she mentioned after a gym session with a patient. The man had a sprained his ankle and plays 5-a-side football every week with his friends. He would love to go back to playing football as soon as possible.
Niamh said it can sometimes be tricky for Physiotherapists within the NHS to have more time with a patient ( they only have 30 minute appointments). She explained that in this particular case it is harder to rehabilitate him for the 5-a-side football as the once a week Physio session only allows her to demonstrate at least 15 minutes of exercises to strengthen his ankle. Therefore the limited time means that if he is not disciplined with his home exercises to strengthen his ankle, if he goes back to playing football too soon the injury will inevitably reoccur and could potentially be worse.
The general public are not motivated in Niamh's opinion, compared to professionals ( e.g., Athletes/dancers/performers) where the physicality of their work is their livelihood. The general public need a lot of encouragement from the Physiotherapists and therapy assistants to continue their exercises at home.
There seems to be no 'middle ground' for the general public. There are no drills or shuttle runs within a physiotherapy session- the physiotherapist can tell them what to do after their injury, but it is then in their hands in how much work they are willing to put in.
Footballers will have intense circuit training on the field before a match, and dancers will take class before rehearsals or a show. This 'preparation' conditions the professionals so they can endure higher impact activity. If a dancer turns up to rehearsals without taking ballet class in the morning, the dancer is at a higher risk of injuring oneself, almost inevitably.
So it seems that the general public who sustain an injury will more likely become injured again if they do not actively participate in their 'middle ground' training.
I then began thinking about my own experience of being injured- I was injured during my first year at Ballet School, and I personally believe that the psychological effect of my injury had more of an impact on me than the injury itself. I felt that I was totally lost and there was a significant lack of support from the school towards me. I would of really benefitted from therapy during my injury; talking to someone would of allowed me to express any worries and stresses that I would of had, and actually come to terms with my injury.
This led me to thinking along the lines of the psychological impact an injury has on a professional.... and it was the main theme that I mentioned in my inquiry plan. It is understood that an injury affects professionals more deeply because it is their livelihood, however I began to realise that portraying this side of an injury would be going off on a tangent and it is not directly related to my professional practice.
So after more feedback from Paula it was clear to me that I needed to make a definitive separation from the psychological impact of an injury, as this is not what my professional practice is based upon. For my interviews with professionals it would be better to formulate questions that are more open so I am not leading the discussion- This is something that I need to work on! Paula said that the idea of the inquiry is that it is an exploration- you cannot try and shape the way your inquiry will turn out deliberately to get the intended results. I need to learn to be more open and allow my research project to run its course.
Also, as I am not including the emotional responses to injury in my project, the Kubler Ross theory on the 5 stages of grief will not appear as part of my artefact idea. This now paves the way for a completely new plan for my professional artefact........
I intend to base my research project around the Physiological processes a professional goes through during their training. I aim to examine techniques professionals use to condition their bodies, ultimately avoiding injury. I sustained my injury at Ballet School from the effects of a weak technique and a lack of understanding on strength and endurance training to avoid injuries during training and your career. I wish to explore this area, so I can display an insightful project that will hopefully be benificial to myself and other professionals.
After shadowing B7 Physiotherapist Niamh at work, I picked up on something that she mentioned after a gym session with a patient. The man had a sprained his ankle and plays 5-a-side football every week with his friends. He would love to go back to playing football as soon as possible.
Niamh said it can sometimes be tricky for Physiotherapists within the NHS to have more time with a patient ( they only have 30 minute appointments). She explained that in this particular case it is harder to rehabilitate him for the 5-a-side football as the once a week Physio session only allows her to demonstrate at least 15 minutes of exercises to strengthen his ankle. Therefore the limited time means that if he is not disciplined with his home exercises to strengthen his ankle, if he goes back to playing football too soon the injury will inevitably reoccur and could potentially be worse.
The general public are not motivated in Niamh's opinion, compared to professionals ( e.g., Athletes/dancers/performers) where the physicality of their work is their livelihood. The general public need a lot of encouragement from the Physiotherapists and therapy assistants to continue their exercises at home.
There seems to be no 'middle ground' for the general public. There are no drills or shuttle runs within a physiotherapy session- the physiotherapist can tell them what to do after their injury, but it is then in their hands in how much work they are willing to put in.
Footballers will have intense circuit training on the field before a match, and dancers will take class before rehearsals or a show. This 'preparation' conditions the professionals so they can endure higher impact activity. If a dancer turns up to rehearsals without taking ballet class in the morning, the dancer is at a higher risk of injuring oneself, almost inevitably.
So it seems that the general public who sustain an injury will more likely become injured again if they do not actively participate in their 'middle ground' training.
I then began thinking about my own experience of being injured- I was injured during my first year at Ballet School, and I personally believe that the psychological effect of my injury had more of an impact on me than the injury itself. I felt that I was totally lost and there was a significant lack of support from the school towards me. I would of really benefitted from therapy during my injury; talking to someone would of allowed me to express any worries and stresses that I would of had, and actually come to terms with my injury.
This led me to thinking along the lines of the psychological impact an injury has on a professional.... and it was the main theme that I mentioned in my inquiry plan. It is understood that an injury affects professionals more deeply because it is their livelihood, however I began to realise that portraying this side of an injury would be going off on a tangent and it is not directly related to my professional practice.
So after more feedback from Paula it was clear to me that I needed to make a definitive separation from the psychological impact of an injury, as this is not what my professional practice is based upon. For my interviews with professionals it would be better to formulate questions that are more open so I am not leading the discussion- This is something that I need to work on! Paula said that the idea of the inquiry is that it is an exploration- you cannot try and shape the way your inquiry will turn out deliberately to get the intended results. I need to learn to be more open and allow my research project to run its course.
Also, as I am not including the emotional responses to injury in my project, the Kubler Ross theory on the 5 stages of grief will not appear as part of my artefact idea. This now paves the way for a completely new plan for my professional artefact........
I intend to base my research project around the Physiological processes a professional goes through during their training. I aim to examine techniques professionals use to condition their bodies, ultimately avoiding injury. I sustained my injury at Ballet School from the effects of a weak technique and a lack of understanding on strength and endurance training to avoid injuries during training and your career. I wish to explore this area, so I can display an insightful project that will hopefully be benificial to myself and other professionals.
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