My Life's Ingredients

I gained my Diploma in Sports Therapy!!! YAY! More info tomorrow ... I am totally knackered, got a stinking headache and my back's killing me (was tense all day and that's what you get). Did a "borderline pass" ... but who the heck cares??? I PASSED!!!!!!  Phew!!! :) (and that was on a joint that I haven't really done lots of studying about and NEVER have been presented with an injury by any players so far ... so ... if I would have picked the envelope with the Knee, Ankle or Shoulder - I would have passed with flying colours, don't you think???? ;) ).

The usual... I want the exam to be over with. And hopefully with a good result. Right now I am looking forward to doing some tidying (would you believe!!) and some gym work out (again... weird, eh?). And some crafting. Kinda missing that. And I know I'll be reading my books, medical notes/websites etc ... it's just the EXAM ... and the thought of an EXAMINER!! Don't have a problem with actually doing the work on our players so far, but that's a different thing, isn't it??? Doesn't help that my body is against me ... keeping me awake with starting to revising after midnight when I want to sleep (brain's somehow going into overdrive!!), having headaches/migraines and cramps. JOY!!! Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to Glasgow on Wednesday ... and hope for the best! Still revising tonight and tomorrow after work (will go in early so I'm home for 4:30pm or so and do some practical on my 2 "models". ;)

Totally shattered, was a very long day today .... :o What are the results? Well.... see below... ;) Part 1 Surface anatomy - Pass (at pass mark of 60%) Written paper of whole course - Pass (76%) Part 2 Clinical - fail (45% - 15% away from the pass mark). So ... In total I'd prefer the following description... I haven't FAILED the exam ... I just haven't QUALIFIED yet. ;) So next step is to get lots of patient handling (no problem, considering the injuries the Wolves players bring along already ... :D) , lots of talking through stuff, more pressure when tissue handling and getting to grips to my Injury pathology/etiology and rehab programs. To be honest... I knew I ran out of time for the clinical part. I had to battle my brain for the whole anatomy & physiology for the WRITTEN exam and that was my main aim. My lecturer actually suggested I should sit the exam (that was at module 12 about 3.5 weeks ago) and if it's only to get part 1 out of the way. Feels better...

Tomorrow is the big day!!! Have I studied hard? YES. Have I done practical E&A? YES. Do I feel as if I have run out of time???? YES!!! But there's not much I can do about time, so let's do the best of it. Tony was here for 2 hours to go over practical stuff with me (mostly tests - like Apprehension test for shoulder dislocation and the Kennedy & Hawkins test) and it was good to go through some things with him and discuss what we expect to appear in the final written paper or the E&A + Clinical question time. Will be reading my sports injuries book and hope that things will stick. Fortunately I'll know by around 4:30pm tomorrow if I have passed the exam or not. No prolonged waiting there... phew!! So - quick check on e-mails and then back hitting the books.