Dialectical behavior therapy

Success in the clinical setting can be defined differently by every physical therapist. I will base my success on APTA’s vision statement, “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience”. This vision has been broken down into key principles which include identity, quality, collaboration, value, consumer-centricity, innovation, access/equity, and advocacy. If I can embody this statement with all my patients I feel I am being an effective physical therapist. One of…

Essay Submission Assignment #1 1. Discuss the relationship between distribution of muscle fiber type and performance. How might exercise training modify or change a person’s fiber-type distribution? Muscle fibers can be categorized into two main properties, twitch and metabolic properties. The twitch properties consist of slow and fast twitch and metabolic properties consist of oxidative, oxidative/glycolytic and glycolytic (Beardsley, 2017). Slow twitch and fast twitch muscles fibers are…

In the above conversation, the question ‘when you exactly got the chicken-gunya’ was usually supposed to probe at the time of patient’s assessment by the therapist; however, in this situation, it had been asked to the patient at the time of treatment session. So, the intention of that may be to encourage the patient to share the narrative. In addition to that the act of ‘nodding head like listening’ was also considered as the way of encouraging the patient to share his past medical history.…

get a promotion you get a stripe (Lovato, 2017). You need to have four stripers before moving onto another belt (Lovato, 2017). This gives Demi Lovato a sense of accomplishment and positive reinforcement. Another treatment is cognitive therapy. Cognitive therapy…

John Grogan once quoted, “It is amazing how much love and laughter they(pets) bring into our lives and even how much close we become with each other because of them.” Certain people believe that pet animals play a significant role in a person’s life including the enhancement of his well-being. They provide joy, companionship, and laughter especially to pet owners. Although there may be anecdotal reports claiming that pets have concrete and measurable benefits to man, these are still not enough…

Animals are awe-inspiring. They not only give people the love and care they need, but they do many things that save people's lives every day. Animals have recently been contributing to finding the cure to cancer. According to Emma Ross in “ Dogs able to smell cancer” Exactly 27 years ago two English dermatologists found a case of a woman who had a cancerous mole on her leg. The women described it when her dog sniffed the mole and tried to bite it when she was wearing shorts. The mole ended up…

Physical theatre, according to author Collin Chambers, is an open-ended term that is used to describe theatre pieces that investigate and emphasize the physical aspects of performance (2002: 13). Although the term is applied to a variety of performance styles and forms, Chambers (2002:14), continues to explain that the term often refers performances that are based on physical training. This physicality associated with performances, gained popularity during the 1980s, when many companies began…

The above conversation was an attempt to provide physiotherapy treatment to an older patient. Here, the young male therapist made different attempts to motivated and reassured the patient to do the weight bearing (the treatment). But the patient expressed his resistance throughout the conversation. In the above situation, it was apparent that the patient used the words Karma-phalam while interacting with the physiotherapist. The word Karma phalam is an ideological belief of Indians. The meaning…

Coming Back To College I graduated high school from Maryland. In the Spring of 1998. The class of 98 was full of relief, happiness. We as young adults begin our journey in the world. Some graduates got offered jobs, others joined the military and the remainder of the class went to college pursuing their careers of choice. As for me, I was clueless, everyone around me said I had to go to college. My parents, friends and teachers all adviced me to continue my education, they had high hopes for…

Feedback- Informed Treatment Reflection Feedback-Informed Treatment empowers clients to use their voices to improve treatment. The therapist does not frequently ask how the client is doing or evaluate their own treatment throughout the therapy process. This two-way process provides feedback from the client and therapist’s perspective on the progression of the work done. How is the client benefiting from the services? What steps is the therapist taking to meet the client’s goals? Through…