Tag: Medical

Understanding an inherited blood disorder: Thalassaemia . Written in red over 3 male doctors looking at an x-ray.

Understanding an inherited blood disorder: Thalassaemia 

Student PlacementHealth & Disability. EDS & PoTS

This episode 2 of this blog follows on from Episode 1 on sickle cell. Sickle cell and thalassaemia have similar characteristic on individuals’ health and similar pain management with occupational therapy perspective.   Thalassaemia awareness is important because it is one of the most common inherited haemoglobin disorders worldwide. It represents a significant, yet often under‑recognised, global health burden. More than 1 million people…Continue reading Understanding an inherited blood disorder: Thalassaemia 

Understanding inherited blood disorders: Sickle cell disease written in red over a faded image of two women doing lab research at a laptop.

Understanding inherited blood disorders: Sickle Cell Disease  (Post 1) 

Student PlacementOccupational Therapy

This 1st series blog will be followed by thalassaemia in series 2 and their link to occupational therapy. This blog came about sickle cell and thalassaemia are not well talked about and their characteristics can easily be mistaken for extreme exhaustion or laziness to name a few  I have decided to write about sickle cell because it has been a personal challenge, and despite its prevalence, it does not receive…Continue reading Understanding inherited blood disorders: Sickle Cell Disease  (Post 1) 

Enabling participation through positive risk: An OT approach to chronic illness written over a group of people undertaking an exercise class. One uses a cane and another is in a wheelchair.

Enabling Participation through positive risk: An OT Approach to Chronic Illness

Student PlacementOccupational Therapy

Hey everyone, my name is Tegan and I’m currently on a placement with JBOT. I’m studying an MSc apprenticeship in Occupational Therapy. This is my final placement out of three. My first being in adult social care, and my second being in an inpatient intensive care mental health hospital. During my time as a student,…Continue reading Enabling Participation through positive risk: An OT Approach to Chronic Illness

A red stop sigh with the word 'go' spray painted on it is faded into the backgroun. Medical Gaslighting is written over that in bold black font.

Medical gaslighting

Student PlacementCoping Strategies

Medical gaslighting is a term that refers to The dismissal or invalidation of a patients symptoms, concerns or feelings by a medical professional. The patient isn’t taken seriously, and the healthcare professional does not properly investigate. Instead, they usually attribute the symptoms to being psychological. After spending time on placement with Jo I felt a…Continue reading Medical gaslighting

The Problem with Pain Scales

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Throughout my Occupational Therapy training and my short but already meaningful career I’ve heard two key phrases in relation to OT. ‘Holistic’ and ‘Client centred’ .. even as students who struggled to explain exactly what being an OT involved we all knew that we had to practice holistically and be client centred [1]. So, we…Continue reading The Problem with Pain Scales

Using Splinting with Hypermobility Syndromes

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Using splinting is one common strategy for managing the symptoms of Hypermobility Syndromes such as Ehlers Danlos. People with a hypermobility syndromes (HMS) often have very poor proprioception, this basically means we don’t really know where our own arms and legs are so we tend to have a lot of accidents compared to ‘normal’ people.…Continue reading Using Splinting with Hypermobility Syndromes

Accessibility. There’s more to it than you think.

JBOTEveryday Aids & Lifestyle Adaptations

Accessibility is a word that I hear all the time. Accessibility refers to the design of products, services or environments for people with impairments. It’s often though of as a fixed standard, either something is accessible or it isn’t.  When you start looking deeper though you realise that isn’t really true. How can something be yes/no…Continue reading Accessibility. There’s more to it than you think.

Beginners guide to Kinesiology Tape

JBOTAdaptive Sport & Fitness

By popular demand, here’s a quick introduction to using kinesiology tape. I am not officially trained in any way so if you’re unsure about taping please consult your physio or similar. This guide aims to provide a few hints and tips that will get you started with taping and help you decided if its right…Continue reading Beginners guide to Kinesiology Tape

Chronic Pain – What does it actually feel like?

JBOTHealth & Disability. EDS & PoTS

This is something I’ve been meaning to write about for a long time. While doing my dissertation before christmas I repeatedly read that most newly qualified healthcare professionals do not have a modern understanding of pain. I reviewed 9 articles for my dissertation, one common theme was the negative patient experience. Patients not feeling validated,…Continue reading Chronic Pain – What does it actually feel like?

My Top Adaptive Life Apps

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Ok so just a quick post. These are little reviews of my most frequently used or most useful apps. Some of these apps are aimed at anyone and everyone but others are more for people with illnesses or disabilities. If you see something totally irrelevant then please just keep scrolling on to the next one.…Continue reading My Top Adaptive Life Apps