Wellness is a personal experience. I know this might sound like an obvious statement, but, until this class, it's not something I can say I completely understood. Moreover, I'm certain that there is more for me to learn and delve into that statement, but for now I'm getting it in a way that I hadn't quite before this.
Health care providers (HCP's) - including (and maybe especially) massage therapists - should be acutely aware of this statement. In order to heal the body, one must consider the aspects of the present condition, the mindset of the client, as well as their connection between the two. HOW one views themselves and the state that they're in has an incredible impact on the results that one can achieve through modern (or "alternative") medicine.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tu loquerisne Latine? (No, I don't... But I'm learning to.)
Imagine you woke up tomorrow morning and, even though you were still in the same place you went to bed in, everyone was speaking a different language. Moreover, you had to learn this new language and all the underground ways to get to new places you'd never even heard of ... in this new language. That's kind of what it's like when you're trying to learn the names of the places and locations and actions of the human body. Sure, you know the common names. You know the common actions. BUT, now you've got to know what they are in medical jargon and what they do AND what they effect.
Learning a new language is not impossible. Many people do it all the time. The key, I'm learning is immersion. Just as you would in a foreign land, if you immerse yourself in a native language speaking location, and its culture, you begin to slowly but surely understand and make things make sense to yourself.
Learning the human body is not impossible. Again, many people do this all the time (and thank goodness too!). Palpating (also referred to as "examination by touching") is becoming the key to learning for me. I'm still struggling to feel some of the parts and I'm still fumbling my way through some of the names, but doing my book work and then my palpating (and then going back over my book work) is helping with this absorption of knowledge process.
I'm becoming so familiar with some of the landmarks and locations that I can't think of the laymen term for many of the body parts any more. The clavicle, for example, is one of the places I struggle to remember as the collar bone. And I know I'm doing well enough that when I start talking, my friends just smile at me. Even though they have no idea what the medical terms are for what I'm doing to them or where I'm touching they know I know what I'm taking about and what I'm doing. Or maybe they're just smiling because they're rewarded with feeling really good. ;)
So, no, I don't speak Latin... but I'm learning to. :)
Learning a new language is not impossible. Many people do it all the time. The key, I'm learning is immersion. Just as you would in a foreign land, if you immerse yourself in a native language speaking location, and its culture, you begin to slowly but surely understand and make things make sense to yourself.
Learning the human body is not impossible. Again, many people do this all the time (and thank goodness too!). Palpating (also referred to as "examination by touching") is becoming the key to learning for me. I'm still struggling to feel some of the parts and I'm still fumbling my way through some of the names, but doing my book work and then my palpating (and then going back over my book work) is helping with this absorption of knowledge process.
I'm becoming so familiar with some of the landmarks and locations that I can't think of the laymen term for many of the body parts any more. The clavicle, for example, is one of the places I struggle to remember as the collar bone. And I know I'm doing well enough that when I start talking, my friends just smile at me. Even though they have no idea what the medical terms are for what I'm doing to them or where I'm touching they know I know what I'm taking about and what I'm doing. Or maybe they're just smiling because they're rewarded with feeling really good. ;)
So, no, I don't speak Latin... but I'm learning to. :)
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