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TEAMWork China - Tuesday, November 17, 2015
- Nov 17, 2015
We started off our Tuesday morning with a little therapy ourselves. Julie and Cassie joined in with some seniors who were dancing traditional Chinese dance set to techno music.
We spent most of our Tuesday at the hospital. Bright and early, we met an ex-figure skater with lower back pain. Shannon and Cassie provided him with pain relief via electrical stimulation followed by some exercises for strengthening. Carmen and Cassie then worked with a child with CP teaching the therapists treatment strategies and educating the parents on functional speech and functional play with bilateral hands. He was also taped for wrist extension and forearm supination. Julie and Shannon worked with a patient who lacked range of motion in his shoulder following being hit by a car. They then headed up to the NICU to present to the nurses about positioning and handling techniques. This was a big open door!!! PTL!
Julie then taught on kinesiotaping, building on the knowledge they had gained last year. They really appreciated this teaching session as they utilize kinesiotaping quite a bit!
Lunch in the cafeteria again proved to be equally as tasty. After lunch, Julie and Shannon revisited the 11 year old with a degloving injury and made plans to make a splint as soon as her staples come out. Shannon then went to the NICU, which is a HUGE breakthrough!! Cassie teamed up with one of the therapists making rounds to see patients, including a woman with bone tuberculosis in her wrist, a man with a broken leg, and a woman with a knee prosthetic. Carmen was able to work on oral motor skills with a woman who had a stroke.
Wrapping the day up, we broke off into teams with Julie and Carmen meeting with the entire staff of the international school in this province. They were able to educate teachers and staff on classroom strategies for children with sensory issues, low vision, articulation problems, and fine motor weakness. The teachers were very receptive and encouraged by this session with the teachers sharing their email addresses for further correspondence. Cassie and Shannon taught the therapists about electrical stimulation. They discussed how it works, patients appropriate for use, and logistics/settings for use. They thoroughly enjoyed trying this out on each other!
As if this wasn't a full day already, we then were off to dinner with some of the teachers from the international school at a traditional Chinese restaurant equipped with a lazy susan. We had good conversations and good food to end the day!
Getting back to the hostel, we were greeted at our door with water bowls and the information that we have no water for the next two days. Your prayers are welcome and needed!!
