fall internship 2014

Fall Internship 2014Hendricks Sports RehabKatelyn Gillen

Typical Day• Sent Evaluations and updates to Referring Doctors• Was apart of new evaluations of new patients• Set up heat packs• Went through exercises with patients• Learned the way the 2 PT’s wanted exercises done• Ultrasounds• Ice Massage

My Project – CPM Efficiency• Dr. Hansen said a lot of PT’s had stopped using CPM• He wanted to know what the Research says• Found 10 Research articles through the PT database• Needed to find Total Knee Replacements and using Controlled

Passive Motion Machine after surgery• Machine must be on it for hours on a time while sitting still –

up to 20 hours a day• Found that CPM does not work in long-term• Controversy on CPM working for up to 17 days• Based on the research it is an expensive machine and

unnecessary• Aggressive PT works better than the machine

Equipment Pictures

Overall• Internship went great• Learned a lot• Learned new techniques of how different exercises should be

performed• Got to work with a lot of patients ages 16 and under• Always got my questions answered• Received Constructive Criticism when needed• Really enjoyed the project I was given• Great place to Intern at because get more involved with

patients treatment due to fewer patients being seen• I highly recommended Hendricks Sports Rehab