The Psychosocial Aspects Of Any Condition

First off, my immediate goal and underlying themes I wish to emanate every day is to put smiles on peoples’ faces. I firmly believe that every person has the right to be happy and being able to rid those with afflictions will make life worth living. Through evaluating all of the shadowing I’ve been able to partake in and the classes I’ve had the privilege of taking, I’ve developed an idea of what the pinnacle would be for me as an Occupational Therapist. I desire to work with those afflicted by strokes or spinal injury. Paralysis and brain injury are two very intriguing matters that can surprisingly be combated and overcome with diligent and adequate work. This ideal has been in my head since I was first exposed to my grandmother’s recovery process from her stroke. Additionally, my other grandmother has also done some work with Occupational Therapists of late. She suffers from Trigeminal Neuralgia which has impaired her in many ways, in fact she has even had to recover from a stroke. Once again I was able to witness the changes in mood and function in a loved one who used occupational therapy after a stroke. In fact, this time I was able to see the impact of occupational therapy on the effects of Trigeminal Neuralgia as well which heightened my interest in the profession and reconfirmed my desire to become an Occupational Therapist and

Science with all its marvels and wonders continues to press forward making extraordinary breakthroughs. Psychology plays a key role in many of sciences steps forward, each branch of psychology focusing on a specific techniques and theories. In the document the center of attention is surrounding the application of clinical psychology, this branch of psychology is unique as it all realms of an individual’s issue. Specifically speaking, anxiety is the psychological disorder that is under review through the processes of a clinical

The manifestations of CRPS can impact the orchestration of occupational therapy services and treatment. It is often dependent on the specific factors of the client which may include their belief that they are powerless to managing their symptoms. They may have a diminished ability to maintain their attention to tasks, and become emotionally overwhelmed during occupational performance due to their increased sensitivity to the continuous pain that they experience (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2014). Their temperament as well as their energy and drive will have likely declined since chronic pain often inhibits a the ability of one to gain restful sleep. Light touch, sensitivity to temperature and pressure, and pain tolerance

The lack of knowledge and self-awareness among individuals is detrimental to their well-being. We like to fool ourselves into believing that we feel great except for the fact that we live our daily lives fighting through aches and pains, soreness and stiffness. It's no wonder why we are in constant discomfort: We don't know how to move correctly. We push our bodies to the brink of disaster until one day, the thread snaps and it can no longer pick up the slack. It's only then that we realize the luxury of, say, being able to put on a t-shirt over our head without pain or going on a bike ride without feeling your knees throb every turn of the peddle. It's our job as physical therapists to make people aware of their bodies and realize they don't have to experience those aches and pains if they take the correct measures and educate

Major functional disability or severe pain may lead to depression and hopelessness, also determine patients' ability to make do with the condition. The patient often has to adjust their aspirations, lifestyle, and their occupation. Clinicians can take on an important role in assisting their patients to maintain healthy coping strategies. It is very essential to diagnose and treat depression in this patient, because even mild depression may reduce a person’s motivation to gain medical care. There is a linkage to adverse physical outcomes to development of depression with the patient having chronic illness. Furthermore, a patient who was depressed with this disorder may make them even think about committing

2. Mean fatigue diminished from 4.9 ( SD =1.86) to 3.44 ( SD 2.11). 3.Additionaly sleep disturbance lowered from 5.05( SD=2.12) to 2.81 ( SD=2.07). Feasibility of the study was assessed based on the post –study evaluations, and indicated that 77% of all participants found the interventions helpful in pain managements. Both the variety of provided strategies and their length were sufficient to get the desired effect.

A recent study conducted by Peiris, Taylor and Shields explores how much the patients value the interactions with physiotherapists or other patients more than the amount or content of treatment they receive (Peiris, Taylor & Shields 2012). The study examines that how inpatients in a rehabilitation explain their experience of physiotherapy and how experiences differ if they receive additional physiotherapy on Saturdays (Peiris, Taylor & Shields 2012). The article states previous studies as background information to orientate the reader to the discussion and there are two specific questions at the end of introduction which tell the reader what the study aims. The article describes how many participants were recruited for the study and their characteristics such as sex, age, types of diseases and length of time for interview. Furthermore, the result of the study is measured by reliable methodology which are in-depth interview and a pre-interview and those are proven methods in other studies to identify the perspectives of the patients. The article has a clear structure to follow from the beginning to the end, therefore this article can be considered well written. Although participants of the study were recruited by purposive sampling to include diversity of population, findings of the study are not necessarily generalizable as the article illustrates in the discussion part (Wiles et al 2002 cited in

During the clinical reasoning process, physiotherapist have to keep in minds two important questions, What I will do? And Why am I doing it?. As a student or even more as a therapist, if we don’t know the reason to apply a technique to the patient and why we will do this technique then we have to stop and go back

This phase is a secondary analysis of an existing dataset that assessed the effectiveness of interdisciplinary intervention and self-management on patient outcomes (pain, depression, function, lifestyle, and HRQL), on primary healthcare practice, and on healthcare utilization. The available study population consisted of both men and women who have visited four Health and Social Services Centers in Quebec because of LBP. Inclusion criteria for the study were diagnosis of chronic LBP (CLBP) and have proficiency in French or English.

This strategy is mostly used for providing patients with the education they need, and is especially appropriate when sensitive or private topics are being discussed to maintain confidentiality. It is considered however to be the most time consuming method in providing patient education, but it allows for a much more comprehensive assessment of patients understanding which tend to be useful in clarifying any form of misconception in so doing addressing the patient’s learning needs in addition to allowing for supervised opportunities to practice self-care skills. (Zeena Engelke, 2016)

Participants in this study are clinicians including physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, and clinical psychologists, who will be recruited from the pain clinics at Montreal General Hospital, Jewish General Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal constance-lethbridge rehabilitation centre, and Centre de Réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau. The inclusion criteria of the clinicians are treating CLBP, ability to speak English or French, and participating in the interdisciplinary intervention program. The head of the pain department at each site will be contacted to identify the potential participants. Then, a customised letter will be sent to potential participants asking them to be a part of

Although it is believe that practically all rehabilitation patient will experience some level of depression as part of the adjustment or adaptation process, it is crucial to recognize the symptoms as it can be treated early and perhaps tailored a more suitable multidisciplinary rehabilitation program according to the patient. Prior study shows that standard rehabilitation program had no effects on patient with depressive symptoms (P.Hampel, 2009). In addition, it has been noted that depression has adverse impacts on the normal course of rehabilitation and recovery of

live in the community. Most of SCI patients are treated from CRP. Most of the patients are male and they are one of the earning members in their family because it is very difficult for the paraplegia person to returning their previous works and activities properly as like as past. For this reason the married person is seen to take care of by their wives in admission period at hospital. It was easy for the researcher to gather information from persons with

While it is effective at treating common problems and returning people to a healthy state, not all health conditions can be cured. It also does not contain any concrete explanation for diseases that are caused without any apparent physiological reason, i.e., psychosomatic disorders. This model of health is too simplistic, over emphasizes impairment and incorrectly assumes a direct causal link between impairment and disability. The patient has little or no responsibility for the presence or cause of the illness1 and its prevention. It generally ignores the psychosocial and environmental dimensions of illness. It also did not take into account how the presence of a disease or disorder an accurate predictor of receipt of disability benefits, work performance, return to work potential or likelihood of social integration.

Health and well-being is a high priority in current health and social care provision. The importance of promoting health and well-being is due to the dramatically increasing trend of morbidity and mortality from health problems, illness and chronic disease. Physiotherapists have potentially a significant role in the multidisciplinary health promotion arena. As physiotherapists can promote health in dynamic of ways and make contribution to the community. The promotion of health to enable individuals suffers from illness or has chronic conditions to improve their potential for healthy living.