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Locus of Control

July 22, 2021

A locus is where something occurs. A person can have an internal locus of control or an external locus of control. This means that if you have an internal locus of control, you base your successes and failures on your own work and that you control your own life. On the other hand, those with an external locus of control believe the outside world and those around you control your successes and failures. While most individuals have characteristics of having both an external and an internal locus of control, a lot of the times they lean to one side. There are pros and cons to each side. As future practitioners, it is important to understand which way we lean and understand that our colleagues and clients may have a different locus of control than us. Some of our clients may blame us or others on their own successes and failures, or they might completely take responsibility for those themselves, even if that is not the case. I think as future occ...

Neuro Note #1: Guillain-Barré Syndrome

July 17, 2020

For this Neuro note I decided to dive deeper into Guillain-Barré Syndrome. I chose this topic because I am not very familiar with it and really wanted to gain further knowledge into GBS. Before watching the Youtube video, Andrew's Story: Guillain-Barré Syndrome, I did further research into what exactly GBS is. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, GBS is an extremely rare neurological disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. GBS can range from mild, to very severe cases like Andrew's story. The good news is that most people, even with the most severe cases, will make a full recovery. Researchers do not know what exactly causes GBS and why the body's immune system starts to mistakenly attack its own body, but it is thought that it may start from the immune system trying to attack an infection. Andrew Franek had just started his new career as a firefighter when he got really sick with...

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Megan Henley: First year occupational therapy student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

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Man from the South

May 07, 2020

In the story, Man from the South, a man makes a bet with a soldier that the soldier's lighter could not light up 10 times in a row. If the lighter didn't light 10 times consecutively, then the man would chop off the soldiers pinky finger. If it does, the man will give him his car. The soldier agrees because he says he does not remember the last time he actually used his litter finger. However, even though you may think you don't use it often, you do. As a soldier one of the main things you do is shooting a gun. Without your little finger it would be difficult to hold the gun steady and also fire the gun. After the lighter has lit up 8 times in a row and the soldiers hand is tied on the table and the man is holding the knife right above the soldiers little finger, the man's wife walks in. She explains that he has nothing to bet because the car is hers. She reaches her hand out to get the key to the car back and she only has 2 fingers. She tells everyone that she had to ...

NeuroNote #4: Myasthenia Gravis

August 08, 2020

For this Neuro Note I decide to watch the YouTube video, “Sheryl and Myasthenia Gravis: How I Cope!”. I chose this topic because I have heard the name, but I did not know what exactly this diagnosis meant. According to the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that is characterized by fluctuating weakness of the voluntary muscle groups. Sheryl in her video explains that this affects the eyes, mouth, arms, legs, fingers and neck. This can get worse and eventually affect your swallowing or breathing. In Myasthenia Gravis, antibodies block the receptors for acetylcholine at the nerve muscle connection keeping the muscle from working properly. In the US, 20 in 100,000 have MG and is very under-diagnosed . Currently, there is no cure but there are effective treatments to manage a life with MG. Sheryl is a 17-year-old living with Myasthenia Gravis and she was diagnosed at 16. Her symptoms started with weakness in the legs, arm...

Locomotion and Assistive Devices

June 09, 2020

As future OTs, we will be fitting our clients to assistive devices regularly. It is extremely important to fit these correctly to each patient. One reason why this is so important is that we need to give the client the right amount of stability needed. Another reason is that we need to make sure that it is comfortable for the client. They will most likely be using it every day, if not all day, so we need to make sure it correctly fits their body and needs. A cane is the most unstable of assistive devices, however, it might be perfect for one of our clients and their needs. In order to fit a cane correctly, we need to make sure that the hand grips are at the same level as the ulnar styloid process, the wrist crease and/or the greater trochanter of the femur. Their elbows need to be relaxed here and flexed to about 20-30°. It is important to make sure that the clients shoulders are relaxed down and not elevated towards their ears. To fit axillary crutches, you will use the same point...

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