Useful textbooks for 1st time outpatients rotation

[perryowens]

Can anyone recommend an all round textbook to help with my first outpatients rotation that they might have found useful...or one to avoid. If it can include diagnosis and treatment of common problems and pictures if possible.....!! :-) there are so many on sports etc..rehab out there and i cant afford to buy them all!!
Thanks
Perry

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[alophysio]

Hi

Clinical Sports Med (Brukner and Kahn) is good for soft tissue acute injuries

I used Magee's Orthopaedic physical Assessment when i was in your shoes which is good for assessment but left me still asking "now what" - perhaps it has treatment in it now.

Florence Kendall's muscles book is good for muscles and possible exercises

Perhaps you could use some clinical reasoning and ask yourself the following questions:

1. What are all the myofascial (that is muscles and fascial and soft tissue structures) that could be related to this problem

2. What are the articular structures (bone, joint surface, cartilage, ligaments, capsule etc) that could be part of the problem

3. What are the neural aspects (nerve, motor control, CNS/ANS/PNS, etc) that could be involved

4. What are any visceral aspects that could be involved (obviously vital organs, the soft tissue around them (like omentum), lymphatics, arteries, veins, etc)

5. Are there any pyschosocial behaviours (yellow flags)

6. What are their coping strategies like - adaptive (moves away from the pain) or maladaptive (extension of L/S causes pain but has increased lordosis - that is, moves into painful region).

Good luck! If you ask yourself those questions constantly throughout your career and try to expand the possible suspects (be specific), you will become a great physio because you will always be learning!!

[perryowens]

Thanks, also for the vote of of confidence!! Shall have a look at those books.....
Perry

[oscar]

Yep I love Brukner and Khan's 'Clinical Sports Medicine', although it is sports based the same content is perfect for general outpatients, I love it! It got me though my oupatients placements at uni and I plan on using it lots on my outpatients rotation in a few months

[perryowens]

Brilliant, i have gone ahead and ordered it, it has had some fantastic reviews, thanks for the heads up!!!