What I've learned in clinic: The meaning of touching someone's head
As an anatomist, I know that the head is a Cardinal body part, which consists of a maximal set of diverse subclasses of organ and organ part spatially associated with the skull, it is partially...
View ArticleWhat I've learned in clinic: The meaning of "attend"
James, there is one fundamental rule in our job which transcends all others, and I'll tell you what it is. YOU MUST ATTEND. That is it and it ought to be written on your soul in letters of fire. YOU...
View ArticleHave you ever seen anything like this in clinic? Faun's beard or faun's tail...
Lee Kalpin has kindly submitted a clinical story for discussion, and while I'm working on supplementing it with foundational information about spina bifida, I came across the following unusual sign:...
View ArticleFoundational concepts: How to give a great foot massage (h/t Gloria Joachim)
Touch and caring are often inseparable. --Gloria Joachim This is a sort of review of an article, where I engage with it, and in the process share my experiences in the clinic, both as a practitioner,...
View ArticleNew Facebook site for sharing clinical experience with other MTs and asking...
The metaphor of a three-legged stool is often used to describe the three major components of evidence-based practice (EBP), because a stool with three legs can be steady and supportive, even when the...
View ArticleAre you mandated? (#23/31)
I always looked forward to my trip over the bridge to see my client, Mrs. Ford, in her skilled nursing facility in West Seattle. Mrs. Ford had a long history of smoking before the stroke that took...
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