Development Log

Semester #1
Referenc What I need to Develop How will I learn it?
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15.1 Pathology: - Take a class on pathology
Understanding the reactions of the - Read information on
body to injury such as: pathologies
-cellular adaptation/tissue responses out of text books
-Neoplasia / anaplasia - Do research online and
-cellular degeneration/necrosis 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.
20.1 Applying Treatments: - Take a class on massage
Applying appropriate techniques, within therapy
the scope of practice, for the treatment techniques
of: - Read from my outcome
-Inflammation and repair based
-5Nervous system (e.g. flaccidity, massage text book
spasticity, - Read out of pathology
neuritis, upper/lower motor neuron books
lesions) - Talk to other massage
-Muscular conditions (e.g. therapists or
contraction, spasm, even student s in their third
contusion) year
-Cardiovascular conditions (e.g. of massage to ask them
hypertension) how they
-Lymphatic conditions (e.g. edema, treat particular problems
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
 tissue)
-Skeletal conditions (e.g. OA,
scoliosis,
fractures)
-Psychopathology (e.g. stress,
depression)

18.4 Client Assessment: -Take a class on client

I perform special tests including: assessment
-Orthopedic -Read up on how to access
-Neurological various pathologies
-Circulatory - Talk to third year students
-Muscular (e.g. pain at and other health care
rest/stretch/resisted) professionals about how they
-Range of motion access different pathologies,
-Proprioception etc
-Client questionnaires (e.g.
Oswestry, Vernon-
Mior)