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Development Log Semester #1 Referenc e# 15.1

What I need to Develop

How will I learn it?

Pathology: Understanding the reactions of the body to injury such as: -cellular adaptation/tissue responses -Neoplasia / anaplasia -cellular degeneration/necrosis

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Applying Treatments: Applying appropriate techniques, within the scope of practice, for the treatment of: -Inflammation and repair -5Nervous system (e.g. flaccidity, spasticity, neuritis, upper/lower motor neuron lesions) -Muscular conditions (e.g. contraction, spasm, contusion) -Cardiovascular conditions (e.g. hypertension) -Lymphatic conditions (e.g. edema, drainage) -Immune conditions (e.g. RA, SLE) -Respiratory conditions (e.g. asthma, emphysema) -Gastrointestinal conditions (e.g. constipation, spastic colon) -Reproductive conditions (e.g. secondary treatment of symptoms) -Skin conditions (e.g. skin adhesions, scar

- Take a class on pathology - Read information on pathologies out of text books - Do research online and gather more books on pathologies - Talk to teachers and ask questions to further understand popular pathologies - Have friends/ peers quiz me on various pathologies especially the three in the previous column. - Take a class on massage therapy techniques - Read from my outcome based massage text book - Read out of pathology books - Talk to other massage therapists or even student s in their third year of massage to ask them how they treat particular problems

tissue) -Skeletal conditions (e.g. OA, scoliosis, fractures) -Psychopathology (e.g. stress, depression)

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Client Assessment: I perform special tests including: -Orthopedic -Neurological -Circulatory -Muscular (e.g. pain at rest/stretch/resisted) -Range of motion -Proprioception -Client questionnaires (e.g. Oswestry, VernonMior)

-Take a class on client assessment -Read up on how to access various pathologies - Talk to third year students and other health care professionals about how they access different pathologies, etc