[Critical Thinking] Conflicting Emotions

dfbrand86 · 16-08-2011, 11:06 PM

I have been a "lurker" on Soma Simple for about 3 weeks now.

I have gotten the chance to read through several threads and become familiar with some of the recommended readings on pain. I find myself visiting SS multiple times a day when I have time between patients. I am currently on my 3rd clinical and was lucky enough to be introduced to SS by my CI. As a student, I am itching to progress my knowledge base. Personally, I realize that much of the information on here will take time to read through and understand. It will also require numerous re-reading of articles and threads to fully comprehend what is presented. However, I am eager to start the journey and contribute when appropriate.

Aside from all this excitement of being introduced to a dynamic, informative, thought provoking discussion I can't help but wonder if I would have every stumbled across SS or been introduced to SS if it wasn't for my CI. What my CI has introduced me to and what SS has to offer is a bit "different" from what I have learned in school. Is that why I have never heard of it? With these thoughts and feelings in mind, all I want to do is hold a class meeting to share my experience and offer the same introduction of SS to my fellow classmates that my CI gave to me.

Another thought I have is.....How I am going to turn off my new thoughts and present thoughts that my school wants to hear? (Ie. Yes, I would provide PROM to a patient who is s/p TKA with a rating of 5/10 pain to promote an increase in flex/ext ROM. and Yes, I will prescribe prone hang to the HEP.....even though I know the research supports active ROM for facilitation of gains in ROM and has limited evidence supporting PROM.) What about when I take the board exam?

Overall, I am very thankful for my education and the skills I have aquired over the first two years of DPT school. I am even more thankful that I was introduced to the information on here. I now have access to both "trains of thought" and can sift through, comprehend/analyze, and challenge when necessary.

**zimney3pt** · 16-08-2011, 11:26 PM

dfbrand86, Welcome to SS.

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With these thoughts and feelings in mind, all I want to do is hold a class meeting to share my experience and offer the same introduction of SS to my fellow classmates that my CI gave to me.

That would be great

, but realize that because of the cognitive dissonance this creates with many they may not want to do what you stated you are doing:

Quote:

I am itching to progress my knowledge base. Personally, I realize that much of the information on here will take time to read through and understand. It will also require numerous re-reading of articles and threads to fully comprehend what is presented. However, I am eager to start the journey and contribute when appropriate.

Hold on to that itch and keep scratching as some in the profession just choose to ignore it.

**Diane** · 16-08-2011, 11:34 PM

Hi dfbrand86, welcome to SS. A first name would be ever so nice.

dfbrand86 · 17-08-2011, 12:13 AM

Kory,

You are very right. My hopes are that out of 47 students in my class at least some of them will find SS as enlightening as I did.

Diane,

Sorry I should have signed my name.

I introduced myself a couple weeks ago on the welcome thread. My name is Danielle Brand and I am a 3rd year PT student. My current CI Stephanie Mikoliczak introduced me to SS.

-Danielle

**Diane** · 17-08-2011, 12:39 AM

Ah, hi Danielle! Thanks for clearing that up.

smikolic · 17-08-2011, 06:27 AM

Danielle,

Keep that cognative dissonance. Shoot, learn to embrace it and revel in the excitement of that twisted feeling in your guts!!

That is the itch....and it's a brilliant process watching your ideas unravel and reform as you come to understand something a little bit deeper with every new look.

And great job sticking your nose out here girl!

**Bas Asselbergs** · 17-08-2011, 01:00 PM

Hi Danielle!
Yes, the burden of your new-found awareness and knowledge is that you have to keep two goals in sharp focus: passing the boards and being the most informed PT you can be. These can overlap, but alas, very rarely.

dfbrand86 · 17-08-2011, 06:34 PM

Steph,

Thank you for all your encouragement, guidance, and williness to give me chances to succeed and struggle.

Danielle

smikolic · 17-08-2011, 06:40 PM

awe.....ANY time.

It's my passion!

Glad to meet you and have the opportunity to guide you a bit. Hope to maintain contact as you continue to develop, personally and professionally.

dfbrand86 · 17-08-2011, 06:58 PM

Bas Asselbergs,

You captured how I feel perfectly. Thank you for the input and I am glad to know that this feeling is a rarity.

Danielle

dfbrand86 · 23-11-2011, 07:54 PM

I am happy to report that after discussion with my peers about Soma and how it has positively impacted my PT education, as well as, made for great nights of reading, I have some peers that are very interested in becomeing a member. Keep your eyes open for new student physical therapy members of Soma from WI!

smikolic · 23-11-2011, 08:05 PM

Whoo HOOO!!!

Go Dani!

Jon Newman · 24-11-2011, 12:49 AM

It sounds like you're becoming less conflicted. Where in WI are you?

dfbrand86 · 16-04-2012, 02:43 AM

I am in the Milwaukee area. I graduate next month so things are crazy but I have shared positive feeling towards Soma with many of my classmates. We are looking forward for things to calm down so we have more time to read and post!

**John W** · 16-04-2012, 04:39 AM

Welcome, Danielle. Sorry I missed your original introduction.

Someday you'll realize just how far ahead of the curve you are, and you can thank Stephanie for that.

16-08-2011, 11:06 PM	#1
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Conflicting Emotions I have been a "lurker" on Soma Simple for about 3 weeks now. I have gotten the chance to read through several threads and become familiar with some of the recommended readings on pain. I find myself visiting SS multiple times a day when I have time between patients. I am currently on my 3rd clinical and was lucky enough to be introduced to SS by my CI. As a student, I am itching to progress my knowledge base. Personally, I realize that much of the information on here will take time to read through and understand. It will also require numerous re-reading of articles and threads to fully comprehend what is presented. However, I am eager to start the journey and contribute when appropriate. Aside from all this excitement of being introduced to a dynamic, informative, thought provoking discussion I can't help but wonder if I would have every stumbled across SS or been introduced to SS if it wasn't for my CI. What my CI has introduced me to and what SS has to offer is a bit "different" from what I have learned in school. Is that why I have never heard of it? With these thoughts and feelings in mind, all I want to do is hold a class meeting to share my experience and offer the same introduction of SS to my fellow classmates that my CI gave to me. Another thought I have is.....How I am going to turn off my new thoughts and present thoughts that my school wants to hear? (Ie. Yes, I would provide PROM to a patient who is s/p TKA with a rating of 5/10 pain to promote an increase in flex/ext ROM. and Yes, I will prescribe prone hang to the HEP.....even though I know the research supports active ROM for facilitation of gains in ROM and has limited evidence supporting PROM.) What about when I take the board exam? Overall, I am very thankful for my education and the skills I have aquired over the first two years of DPT school. I am even more thankful that I was introduced to the information on here. I now have access to both "trains of thought" and can sift through, comprehend/analyze, and challenge when necessary.

16-08-2011, 11:34 PM	#3
Diane Human Primate Social Groomer and Neuroelastician Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Weyburn Sask. Posts: 19,677 Thanks: 1,492 Thanked 3,198 Times in 1,571 Posts	Hi dfbrand86, welcome to SS. A first name would be ever so nice. __________________ Diane www.dermoneuromodulation.com SensibleSolutionsPhysiotherapy HumanAntiGravitySuit blog Neurotonics PT Teamblog Diane Jacobs.com (personal website) Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division (Archived newsletters) Canadian Physiotherapy Association Pain Science Division Facebook page @PainPhysiosCan WCPT PhysiotherapyPainNetwork on Facebook @WCPTPTPN Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual PTs Facebook page @dfjpt SomaSimple on Facebook @somasimple "Rene Descartes was very very smart, but as it turned out, he was wrong." ~Lorimer Moseley “Comment is free, but the facts are sacred.” ~Charles Prestwich Scott, nephew of founder and editor (1872-1929) of The Guardian , in a 1921 Centenary editorial “If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you, but if you really make them think, they'll hate you." ~Don Marquis "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists" ~Roland Barth "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one."~Voltaire

17-08-2011, 12:13 AM	#4
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	reply Kory, You are very right. My hopes are that out of 47 students in my class at least some of them will find SS as enlightening as I did. Diane, Sorry I should have signed my name. I introduced myself a couple weeks ago on the welcome thread. My name is Danielle Brand and I am a 3rd year PT student. My current CI Stephanie Mikoliczak introduced me to SS. -Danielle

17-08-2011, 12:39 AM	#5
Diane Human Primate Social Groomer and Neuroelastician Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Weyburn Sask. Posts: 19,677 Thanks: 1,492 Thanked 3,198 Times in 1,571 Posts	Ah, hi Danielle! Thanks for clearing that up. __________________ Diane www.dermoneuromodulation.com SensibleSolutionsPhysiotherapy HumanAntiGravitySuit blog Neurotonics PT Teamblog Diane Jacobs.com (personal website) Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division (Archived newsletters) Canadian Physiotherapy Association Pain Science Division Facebook page @PainPhysiosCan WCPT PhysiotherapyPainNetwork on Facebook @WCPTPTPN Neuroscience and Pain Science for Manual PTs Facebook page @dfjpt SomaSimple on Facebook @somasimple "Rene Descartes was very very smart, but as it turned out, he was wrong." ~Lorimer Moseley “Comment is free, but the facts are sacred.” ~Charles Prestwich Scott, nephew of founder and editor (1872-1929) of The Guardian , in a 1921 Centenary editorial “If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you, but if you really make them think, they'll hate you." ~Don Marquis "In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists" ~Roland Barth "Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one."~Voltaire

17-08-2011, 06:27 AM	#6
smikolic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minocqua, WI Age: 34 Posts: 545 Thanks: 18 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Danielle, Keep that cognative dissonance. Shoot, learn to embrace it and revel in the excitement of that twisted feeling in your guts!! *That* is the itch....and it's a brilliant process watching your ideas unravel and reform as you come to understand something a little bit deeper with every new look. And great job sticking your nose out here girl! __________________ Stephanie A. Mikoliczak, DPT And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anaïs Nin

17-08-2011, 01:00 PM	#7
Bas Asselbergs Physiotherapist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 61 Posts: 3,696 Thanks: 841 Thanked 485 Times in 234 Posts	Hi Danielle! Yes, the burden of your new-found awareness and knowledge is that you have to keep two goals in sharp focus: passing the boards and being the most informed PT you can be. These can overlap, but alas, very rarely. __________________ We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are - Anais Nin Pain is a conscious correlate of the implicit perception of threat to body tissue - Lorimer Moseley

17-08-2011, 06:34 PM	#8
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	reply Steph, Thank you for all your encouragement, guidance, and williness to give me chances to succeed and struggle. Danielle

17-08-2011, 06:40 PM	#9
smikolic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minocqua, WI Age: 34 Posts: 545 Thanks: 18 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	awe.....ANY time. It's my passion! Glad to meet you and have the opportunity to guide you a bit. Hope to maintain contact as you continue to develop, personally and professionally. __________________ Stephanie A. Mikoliczak, DPT And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anaïs Nin

17-08-2011, 06:58 PM	#10
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bas Asselbergs, You captured how I feel perfectly. Thank you for the input and I am glad to know that this feeling is a rarity. Danielle

23-11-2011, 07:54 PM	#11
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	a good experience I am happy to report that after discussion with my peers about Soma and how it has positively impacted my PT education, as well as, made for great nights of reading, I have some peers that are very interested in becomeing a member. Keep your eyes open for new student physical therapy members of Soma from WI!

23-11-2011, 08:05 PM	#12
smikolic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minocqua, WI Age: 34 Posts: 545 Thanks: 18 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Whoo HOOO!!! Go Dani! __________________ Stephanie A. Mikoliczak, DPT And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. - Anaïs Nin

24-11-2011, 12:49 AM	#13
Jon Newman Enjoy a moment of whimsy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,024 Thanks: 5 Thanked 55 Times in 41 Posts	It sounds like you're becoming less conflicted. Where in WI are you?

16-04-2012, 02:43 AM	#14
dfbrand86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am in the Milwaukee area. I graduate next month so things are crazy but I have shared positive feeling towards Soma with many of my classmates. We are looking forward for things to calm down so we have more time to read and post!

16-04-2012, 04:39 AM	#15
John W Harmless creampuff Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA Age: 48 Posts: 4,643 Thanks: 620 Thanked 966 Times in 436 Posts	Welcome, Danielle. Sorry I missed your original introduction. Someday you'll realize just how far ahead of the curve you are, and you can thank Stephanie for that. __________________ John Ware, PT Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists "Nothing can bring a man peace but the triumph of principles." -R.W. Emerson “If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.” -The Analects of Confucius, Book 13, Verse 3

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