WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.230 --> 00:00:01.450 My name is Keenan Brown. 2 00:00:01.450 --> 00:00:03.910 I'm a physical therapist. 3 00:00:03.910 --> 00:00:08.184 line:15% My job is to examine, evaluate, and treat patients 4 00:00:08.184 --> 00:00:11.872 line:15% for either musculoskeletal, neurologic, 5 00:00:11.872 --> 00:00:14.700 line:15% or vestibular disorders. 6 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:16.330 line:15% I work in an outpatient setting 7 00:00:16.330 --> 00:00:19.530 so that would be outside of a hospital 8 00:00:19.530 --> 00:00:22.010 where patients come to me. 9 00:00:22.010 --> 00:00:26.440 I can see anybody from an acute injury 10 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:30.832 line:15% where maybe they fell, they hurt a part of their body, 11 00:00:30.832 --> 00:00:34.113 line:15% in terms of, they strained a muscle, 12 00:00:35.236 --> 00:00:38.820 line:15% they hurt a joint, hurt a bone. 13 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:40.410 They could be post-operative, 14 00:00:40.410 --> 00:00:42.810 where they had a surgery to fix some sort of 15 00:00:42.810 --> 00:00:47.810 injury, be it a back, a shoulder, a neck, you name it. 16 00:00:48.790 --> 00:00:50.890 I can see patients who have 17 00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:55.410 neurologic disorders where maybe they had a stroke, 18 00:00:55.410 --> 00:00:59.550 they have some sort of lifelong 19 00:01:00.787 --> 00:01:03.790 disorder such as Parkinson's disease, 20 00:01:03.790 --> 00:01:07.741 or multiple sclerosis, MS, or ALS. 21 00:01:07.741 --> 00:01:10.150 line:15% And then I can see patients who have 22 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:14.390 line:15% vestibular disorders, which is a disorder of the inner ear. 23 00:01:14.390 --> 00:01:18.050 line:15% I can also see patients who have post-concussive 24 00:01:18.050 --> 00:01:21.140 line:15% symptoms, be it from a sports injury, 25 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:24.070 or from an event such as a fall, 26 00:01:24.070 --> 00:01:26.850 and hitting the head, or a car accident 27 00:01:26.850 --> 00:01:29.180 and whatnot, because they have 28 00:01:31.270 --> 00:01:34.870 a variety of symptoms to which I can help 29 00:01:34.870 --> 00:01:38.590 alleviate and get them back to what they need to do. 30 00:01:38.590 --> 00:01:41.390 So then whenever I am face to face with a patient, 31 00:01:41.390 --> 00:01:42.430 just kind of like how we are, 32 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:45.170 just kind of sit down and talk with them, 33 00:01:45.170 --> 00:01:47.910 and interview them about what brings them in, 34 00:01:47.910 --> 00:01:49.942 what type of ailments they have, 35 00:01:49.942 --> 00:01:54.774 line:15% what limitations they have due to their condition. 36 00:01:54.774 --> 00:01:58.650 line:15% What they're looking to try to get back to doing 37 00:01:58.650 --> 00:02:00.262 line:15% or improve upon, their goals. 38 00:02:00.262 --> 00:02:04.470 I would say after that, I get into the physical exam. 39 00:02:04.470 --> 00:02:08.470 Where, depending on the type of disorder 40 00:02:08.470 --> 00:02:11.150 or condition that I'm treating them for, 41 00:02:11.150 --> 00:02:16.150 involves either one or all of seeing how well 42 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.610 they can move that body part, 43 00:02:18.610 --> 00:02:22.120 seeing how strong muscularly they are. 44 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.610 Seeing you well their joints are moving. 45 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:28.710 Seeing if there are positions that I can put them in 46 00:02:28.710 --> 00:02:30.410 to make things better or worse, 47 00:02:30.410 --> 00:02:35.410 in order to try to tease out what might be going on, 48 00:02:35.422 --> 00:02:40.422 line:15% and then we would start with some basic exercises, 49 00:02:40.570 --> 00:02:43.070 line:15% a few things that I can have them do safely 50 00:02:43.070 --> 00:02:44.800 line:15% at home, and that would be the end 51 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:46.250 line:15% of the first visit, really. 52 00:02:46.250 --> 00:02:49.100 line:15% Get them set up to come in for subsequent appointments, 53 00:02:49.100 --> 00:02:51.483 and then we'd go from there.