Week Three A

Today I did a full subjective and objective assessment of an ankle patient. I was really nervous going into but I thought to myself that I just had to do it and once I had done one completely by myself it has to get easier. I went and collected the patient from the waiting room and sat him down in a room and got started. All seemed well until he had no pain. This confused me a bit as most of our musculoskeletal questioning is based around the patient’s pain. This made me stop talking so I could decide what to ask next. But when I got over the fact there was no pain I just continued the assessment.
This little hiccup made my questioning not very smooth but I know now that I just have to think quicker on my feet and act confident whether I am or not this will make the patient feel confident and feel as if I know what I am doing and that I am able to help them.
I think that I can improve by just keep asking to do as many subjective assessments as possible because I think my confidence will increase with the amount of the patients I see. I want to ask my supervisor for some tips on making a smooth subjective assessment. However overall I think I got all the information I required from the patient to treat him effectively.