At the beginning of each semester, we are required to set goals for ourselves to better our AT skills or knowledge. The goals I set for myself were set up for me to improve my evaluation skills in general illnesses, areas of the body that I didn’t feel comfortable with, and my knowledge of testing muscle strength and function. During the men’s soccer season, I saw many hip problems (an area that I wanted to improve on) ranging from chronic to acute. Most acute injuries were just strains that happened in practice or during a game. During the evals I tried to distinguish which muscle was exactly injured by manual muscle testing. I would ask Melissa if I was not confident by explaining how I would test the muscle. She corrected me several times in the position I would have the athlete in. I never really thought of how important the position of the athlete is when testing strength. As the semester went on, I refined the techniques Melissa taught me by performing them during evals and on myself. I would put myself in the positions that I would ask the athletes to in order to get a feel of what it is like. The only goal I feel like I didn’t improve on is general illness evaluation. The only real illnesses that I got to see were with Dr Handy. Being on his rotation was awesome because I saw illnesses and conditions I learned about in class. Although this rotation wasn’t as hands on, I still learned a lot during my time there. Dr Handy explained everything very thorough and what I should look for as an AT and how to treat these illnesses. Of course for most part I would just refer because the treatments are out of my scope, but it was still very interesting to learn. I think being with Melissa and Dr Handy elevated my knowledge of evaluation very much. I know how to differentiate illnesses, conditions, and injuries much better than I ever have. There is still much room for improvement and I am looking forward to it.
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