Statistically Studying

There are 20 days left till exams

If each of the 8 neuro handout takes 3 hours to cover = 24 hours
If each of the 6 theory classes take a similar amount of time = 150 hours

150 hours into 20 days = 7.5 hours of studying per day

good luck...you'll need it.

Oh...and don't forget about the practical classes

In your eyeball maaaaan!!!

Don't forget this sweet PIR for the suboccipitals..

Put head into extension
Take slowly to flexion until barrier
Close client eyes and ask to look up for 10 secs
Breathe / Look straight
Repeat

Alexander Technique

If you were at the demo on Wednesday the release that the lady achieved on Tom's neck was no short of remarkable. His neck was like an Ostrich's just kept getting longer and longer.
The day next, he was back to 'normal' but with memories of possibilities.

Go Alex!!

Trendy Bendy Fascia Relaxa

Michael Bard (my neuro prof) talks about the history of science and how there are trends that are all the rage and then fall back into the place where they belong.

For Bodywork, the latest buzzword is fascia. Everything is fascia these days. Peter talks about how for a time the subclavius "was the root of all evil". Interesting how our attentions go from place to place eventhough the human body remains the same.

Therapize me this a-way

So I had a client ask me after I had treated her somewhat unsuccesfully for her adductor pain where she should go next: A physio or a chiro or another RMT. I said I don't know...Do you know how chiro or physio's would handle an adductor problem

So I had a client that I treated for piriformis pain and I said to her: Well, thats something your chiro can't do for you. But then my chiro friend was like" oh yeah, we would just do some ultrasound and maybe some soft tissue manip and some SI adjustment.
So then I wonder what is that we RMT's do that nobody else does? Or do we just do some things better?

So I asked Thao (my chiro pathology teacher) how she would treat a muscle issue and she said "No probs, just use one of the modalities like Electric Stim or Ultrasound, maybe do some soft tissue, and adjust the joint above and below"
So I was like " damn... where can I get one of those... I mean we work so hard to get a release and these 'machines' get the job done prontofast

hmm...

Today I became a better masso

Just one thing from a teacher: 'Bend from the hip'

And there I was already better than the minute before...

But then getting a massage for an hour and a half from another teacher and my body understood what my mind could not.. Tonight in clinic my hands did things that my mind was not even conscious off.. And thus grew Faz.

Funny how we are like ticking time bombs of revelation waiting for just the right trigger.

Intake and consent

This is what I think is the matter...
This is what I think about why this may have happened to you...
This is the treatment that I can offer...
and this is why I think the treatment will help...
You may notice these side effects...
And these benefits...
This is what you can do to help yourself...
Is there anything more you would like to check with me?