Bens Everyday Economy

Over the few months I shadowed Jeff, today was the last one I will most likely do.  For awhile.  I really enjoyed the experience as a whole and learned so much.  Jeff is an excellent physical therapist and today I showed him my improvements from the fall of last year and the proof was there.  While shadowing today we had a company of Nursery workers come in asking for work done on the lower back.  I was not familiar with any of the lower back as Jeff is more orientated around throwing sports.  After talking with a few of the workers I learned a lot about their symptoms and it seemed they already had a knowledge of what was wrong and what they need to do for theirselves.  A few blog posts ago I talked about how I was waiting on my showcase stats and they were extremely improved from last time.  Jeff’s excercises really work which is why he was promoted to the Twins lead therapist.

As I am coming to the end of my project, I am extremely excited for the final product.  I have been keeping a lot of statistics that many people don’t know about, anywhere from what kind of occupations have the most issues/pain, what things are people doing at home to try and cure, how much sleep are they getting, progress on the whole issue.  I have been keeping these stats ever since the first time I shadowed so my information is accurate and thorough.  A little sneak peak is that out of the 44 patients I have seen, 8 have been Dentists!  This was the most occurring occupation and they were all for the same problem, lower back!  One patient came in the other day and had the same arm issues I had a few months ago and he recieved the same return to throwing program. 12 Week Return to Throwing - For 13-18 year olds Shoulder Injury

Today we took this test called the Grit Scale.  There was ten questions asking about your determination or also known as Grit.  I received a 4.09 out of 5, which is high.  Over my whole project I have used grit so much.  It’s been extremely hard to find time to meet with my mentor and my physical therapist.  I have had to take off some school in order to make it happen and due to that I have had to grind on assignments.  Another way I have used Grit is when I am actually shadowing Jeff.  He has me act as an assistant and some of the things he has asked me to do or grab I have had no clue so I am trying my best to learn outside of just our time.  Overall my project is coming along great and I have no other issues.