When I was still a student, our instructors used to tell us that the day we graduate is the day we will know the most about massage therapy, at least as far as applied theory and professional jargon are concerned. Once we graduate, we were warned, we’d start to only use a portion of this knowledge, and the parts we don’t use every day will soon slip away. We were told to keep our books as an excellent reference to look up details for items we can no longer easily remember.
On Monday, I had a client come in with a specific complaint. I had a suspicion as to what had happened to her, based on the location of her pain and a few other factors. After asking her a variety of questions, I did a number of tests on her and found the likely source of her pain and limited range of motion.
When I went to finish my charting after she’d left for the day, I realized I could not remember the name of the tests I had done! I could only remember what the tests were for and why they were useful in this situation.
I think that makes me ‘officially’ an RMT now. Ha!