11/14/11 Time - 2:10-3:45 Duration - 1.5 hours
Today there were two soccer players Dr. Mullen evaluated.
The first injured girl had already gotten four other opinions from doctors and
an MRI of her knee. Once Dr. Mullen evaluated the injury, he concluded that
because there was no pulling of the right knee inward, there was nothing wrong
with her MCL. But the pain was from her kneecap being stretched too much, which
is why her knee only hurt when she bent it (i.e. walking up and down stairs
because it made her quadriceps contract and stretch the kneecap). The other
injury was an ankle/calf injury where the girl only had a problem because it
hurt due to the fact that it was bruised and only bruised. She was fine.
11/23/11 Time -4-7:30
Duration – 3.5 hours
Today I shadowed Dr. Mullen during a basketball scrimmage. I
was watching the JV while he was watching the Varsity. He told me that if
anyone got hurt, then I should get him. While I was up watching JV, Dr. Mullen
told me to get a bag of ice and bring it to his office. When I got there with
the ice, I saw Dr. Mullen saran wrapping an athlete’s arm against his stomach
so that it would not move. Dr. Mullen then showed me the player’s collarbone
and it was bruised and jutting out a little bit. Dr. Mullen then explained that
he wrapped the player’s arm against his body in order to prevent him from
moving his arm, which would move his collar bone and make it worse. He then
explained that because the player’s collarbone was only slightly bruised, he
could have only sprained a ligament. But the bad news for the player was that
he might still be out 4-8 weeks either way.
12/7/11 Time -2:30-4:15 Duration – 1.75 hours
Today I first showed two girls who play varsity soccer how
to strengthen their hamstring by doing one-legged kettle bell/dumbbell lifts.
After that I watched Dr. Mullen diagnose an athlete who thought that his tooth
went through his lip. The player just got elbowed and had a small cut on which
Dr. Mullen
put a special type of band-aid to tighten it up so it will
not scar. Then Dr. Mullen taught me how to tape an ankle, so I taped his ankle.
He instructed me on how to tape it correctly and told me that if there are
bumps in the tape, it can lead to cuts or blisters on the skin.
12/13/11 Time -2:10-3:30 Duration - 1.25 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen try to figure out what was wrong
with a men’s track athlete who had leg pain by his calf-shin region. I then
practiced taping a player’s ankle so I can try to improve my taping skills. It
was a slow day in the office of Dr. Mullen.
12/14/11 Time -2:10-3:10 Duration – 1 hour
Today I watched Dr. Mullen do an arch taping where he
basically makes and arch in the foot of a basketball player who doesn’t have an
arch. After that I watched Dr. Mullen diagnose a basketball player, who came in
the day before with leg pain from flat feet - meaning the athlete just needed
inserts to create an arch in his foot.
Dr. Mullen then taped a wrestler’s ankle and then he left to go and see
Peter Pan with his family.
12/15/11 Time - 4:00-7:00 Duration – 3 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen during a basketball tournament at
the high school. I then got some water and ice for the teams and then gave a
player a bag of ice for his face because he was elbowed. I then helped Dr.
Mullen tape a player’s ankle. I only did the pre-wrap though.
12/19/11 Time -2:10-4:00 Duration – 1.75 hours
Today I taped Dr. Mullen’s ankle again. Then I saw him tape
an athlete’s head that had dead ringworm on it. He then told basketball coach
Dom that he had ringworm on his elbows. Then I got ice and water for the
basketball game later for Dr. Mullen to have on hand. Dr. Mullen then diagnosed
a player’s elbow pain as possible tendonitis and told him to massage the back
to break up scar tissue to make the tendonitis go away.
12/20/11 Time -2:10-3:30 Duration – 1.25 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen tape a wrestler who was having
problems with his shoulder. I suggested it might be his posterior labrum and
Dr. Mullen said I might be right. He taped his shoulder in a way that
restricted it from coming up all the way. I then taped a basketball player’s
ankle and he said it felt great during practice. Finally I taped Tom Barcia’s
ankle and according to Dr. Mullen I did a “great” job.
12/22/11 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration – 5.25 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen tape a basketball player who was
having problems with his ankle. Dr. Mullen then showed me how to saran wrap an
ice bag to a shoulder. I then set up the ice, water, desks, towels, and garbage
cans for the girl’s basketball game. Afterwards I watched both the JV and
Varsity girl’s basketball games and no injuries occurred.
1/4/12 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration - 5.25 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen tape a basketball player who was
having problems with his ankle. The girl’s basketball coach then came in to get
a bad blister treated so Dr. Mullen put skin lubricant on it and then a
band-aid, which fixed it right up. I
then watched the varsity boy’s basketball game. No injuries occurred during the
game, but I helped set up again by getting ice and putting out the garbage
cans, desks, water, and towels.
1/5/12 Time - 2:30-6:30 Duration - 4 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen tape
a basketball player who was having problems with his ankle. I then watched him
diagnose a basketball player with a sore Achilles tendon, but I found out how
to test for a torn Achilles injury by pressing/squeezing spots and seeing if
the foot moves. Next a wrestler came in who had a heavy object freakishly fall
on his head, resulting in head trauma. Dr. Mullen called his parents and told
them to come and pick him up because his pupils were dilated and he had a
headache and was nauseous. Finally I watched a wrestling match with Dr. Mullen
and a wrestler dislocated his shoulder, so Dr. Mullen saran wrapped it and I
went outside to tell the ambulance where to go and held the door open for the
stretcher to come in and out. Dr. Mullen then explained to me how the injured
wrestler’s bone and muscle were sticking out, even though Dr. Mullen was able
to pop it back in slightly.
1/6/12 Time - 2:30-7:30 Duration - 5 hours
Today I watched Dr. Mullen do a fascial massage on an
athlete’s back to get the knots out. Then I watched the JV and Varsity girl’s
basketball games. The game was uneventful.
Of course, I set up the water, desks, towels, and garbage cans before
the game though.
1/10/12 Time - 2:30-7:45 Duration - 5.25 hours
Today, Dr. Mullen taught me how to fix a clavicle structure
problem where the clavicle isn’t straight. He then taught me again how to
stretch out the shoulder in more detail. I tried it on my brother at home and
he said it felt great. Then I watched the JV and Varsity boy’s basketball games
in addition to a wrestling match. No injuries occurred, but, as always, I set
up the water, desks, towels, and garbage cans before the games again.
1/11/12 Time - 2:10-6:30 Duration - 4.25 hours
I taped an ankle for practice
and Dr. Mullen said I did an amazing job and that I am getting a lot better at
taping ankles. I then told a basketball player to ice his ankle on 20 minutes and
off for 30 minutes because it was swollen. I then shadowed Dr. Mullen during a
varsity wrestling match and a player possibly tore his ACL. He tweaked his knee when getting flipped. I got ice to put on the wrestler’s knee.
1/12/12 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration - 5.25 hours
I set up water and all the other materials such as water,
towels, desk, and cups for the boys’ varsity basketball games. The games were
rather uneventful in terms of injuries, but before the varsity game Dr. Mullen
was taping an ankle and realized the player would be out 4-6 weeks with either
a high ankle sprain or a stress fracture in the ankle.
1/18/12 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration - 5.25 hours
I set up water and all the other materials for the girls’ JV
and varsity basketball games. There were
no injuries at all during these games, so I just sat with Dr. Mullen and
watched our girls lose two basketball games.
1/20/12 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration - 5.25 hours
I set up water and all the other materials for the girls’ JV
and varsity basketball games. Nothing
happened; I just sat with Mullen and watched two basketball games and 2 losses.
It’s a shame the girls could not win as they just didn’t play close to their
potential.
2/6/12 Time - 2:10-7:30 Duration - 5.25 hours
Today was the first day Dr. Mullen had me read my anatomy
book. While I was reading the book a female athlete on the track team came in
complaining about her calves and feet and Dr. Mullen basically said that she
needed new running shoes. I set up water and all the other materials for a
freshman basketball game. There were no injuries, but I sat with Dr. Mullen and
watched a nice basketball game in which Somers won.
2/9/12 Time - 2:15-8:00 Duration - 5.75 hours
Today I taped an ankle almost perfectly. Dr. Mullen said I
was getting really good at taping ankles. We also reviewed anatomy for probably
the final time. While shadowing Dr. Mullen during a JV basketball game, a
player hurt his ankle and I wrapped ice around it. I then watched the Varsity
game with Dr. Mullen and a player twisted his ankle but did not need ice. Dr.
Mullen just taped his ankle so he could keep playing. After the game when I was
done putting the desks and other materials away, Dr. Mullen gave me a present
to thank me for being such a great intern for him. The present was a fanny pack
because trainers use fanny packs a lot.
