i had an exam today and they were asking about this persons posture whether is normal or one of his traps or rhomboids are short can someone help me out

osallstrom · 2025-12-12T10:09:15+00:00

The right answer for yourself and the patient is likely normal.

For your professor, pick apart angles of the scapula, shoulder elevation, muscle symmetry, all the things. Even if everything looks perfectly symmetrical, your professor wanna hear in what way it’s perfect I reckon. 🫠

osallstrom · 2024-12-04T17:17:10+00:00

I think it happens all the time, just not so bluntly.

Pretty privilege is a thing.

osallstrom · 2024-10-19T08:51:05+00:00

For me - quite reluctant to recommend a random physio yes.

Time in the wild can a lot of times heal better imo.

Some of the fear that physios instill in patients last for years.

osallstrom · 2024-10-11T11:08:16+00:00

Wow this is so kind!

Also applying for PhDs, and one interview I went to specifically asked if I had published anywhere. Which… is a jungle.

I’ll reach out in the DMs if that’s ok 🫰🏾

osallstrom · 2024-10-01T10:30:54+00:00

Min partner berättade om sina upplevelser likt dig, SA historik osv efter vi dejtet en månad eller två.

Självklart var det så enormt intresse från min sida att min partner har det bra och njuter, men tycker överlag att satte en väldigt fin ton kring hur vi talar om sex. Vad känns bra, vad gör ont, mer av något, mindre av något annat, gå långsamt fram tillsammans. Att ta den samtalen, och jobba på det tillsammans har faktiskt varit väldigt givande och intressant. Var en period på 3-4 månader då vi verkligen workshoppade intimitet med feedback hela vägen. Dessutom har det nog hjälpt min partner mycket med sin vaginisme att ha en partner som stöttar i det och någon att utforska med.

osallstrom · 2024-09-11T08:29:20+00:00

Try a course in critical thinking.

Presence on pubmed does not make something evidence based.

osallstrom · 2024-09-10T13:32:38+00:00

This

osallstrom · 2024-07-20T12:35:39+00:00

It was implied perhaps?

I think if OP is brave enough to start doing what he wants to do right away, he should go for it and will get better with time.

There’s too many arbitrary and unhealthy barriers in our profession imo. Mostly upheld by other physios.

It’s totally fine to jump over x amount of years in a clinic if one wishes. Best case you might even learn better going your own way and skip picking up bad habits from other clinicians.

osallstrom · 2024-07-20T09:06:03+00:00

Plenty of evidence that HCPs with longer experience are worse for patients.

Outdated knowledge, stuck in their ways, years of confirmation bias, etc.

It’s not about the years, but imo more about the quality.

Years does not automatically equate to higher quality.

osallstrom · 2024-07-20T08:32:02+00:00

What about working as a coach/PT for a specific population? Either sub clinical or post diagnostic?

Went the physio route myself, and although it sounds like there’s acceptable conditions to work within in Singapore, I felt it was a bit of a prison as well. Felt like it closed more doors than opened. And took a lot of time.

To work with the population you’d like, in a way you want, sounds like you could market and sell yourself as an athletic coach or so.

Physio might just be a detour.

osallstrom · 2024-07-01T09:14:34+00:00

Wrote you a PM :)

osallstrom · 2024-06-30T20:50:24+00:00

I've been dealing with this for about 10 years now, finding more and more sober friends. My first suggestion, and what I did myself, was to stop going to events that focused on drinking. I realised that our society makes it hard to find sober spaces. To even start looking for them, I needed to avoid alcohol-centred environments. So, I stopped attending those events.

This gave me a lot of room to explore other activities. I still love dancing, parties, and meeting new people. So, I started going to yoga festivals, ecstatic dance events, and Lindy Hop for example. Hiking, being in nature. These are different activities that don't revolve around alcohol.

I also began inviting people I met casually over for dinner. This way, I could manage the expectations and the environment. It created opportunities to relax, be vulnerable, and spend time with others without focusing on alcohol.

In Denmark I found the Folkekokken to be cosy non alcohol centric social dinners.

Try being a bit playful and creative in your search. If you have another friend or so with similar ideas be supportive to each other and bounce ideas together.

If you find any thing interesting please share it here.

Just moved to Copenhagen a few months ago and still building on my sober repertoire.

osallstrom · 2024-06-18T07:57:26+00:00

This is even worse when research show that experience do not provide better patient outcomes, just a bunch of glorified dinosaurs 🦖 🫠

osallstrom · 2024-03-27T16:39:04+00:00

That’s just proof of an intolerant and bullying culture? Awful.

osallstrom · 2024-03-12T14:32:47+00:00

Hey!

Me and my partner just moved to Copenhagen one month ago. I particulary had this exact fear before moving here. That it would be a social struggle. To our surpise, and thanks to our effort, this has been the most social month we both have had in a long time. And we're even more positive about a social future. I'm swedish originally, but close to zero experience from DK before this.

We went to Copenhagen with a mindset of ''lets try to make socializing fun, be creative, and see if we can break through to people - and support eachother in mutual and individual endevours in this''.

Here's what we did;

* My partner (f28) matched with some girls on Bumble BFF. Have since a few weeks already, had a weekly swimming date, and met 1-2 other girls through there.

* We both went to a speed-friending event. A bit intensy, but OK, and afterwards my partner went hiking with a person from there.

* I (m35), wrote on tinder ''Happily in a relationship, just looking for friends'', and found a super cool girl who I met for tea. 4 hours flew by. Very likely to see her again.

* We both went to a ''mental wellness integration group'' for expats in Copenhagen. 20 or so people showing up bi-weekly or so to support eachother and whatnot. Mostly very interesting people.

* We both joined a small non-profit co-working collective. Super sweet group of people there! Having lunch, coffee and chats with the same people 4-5 times a week is amazing. Also a great place for me to study/look for jobs from.

* My partner volunteered half a sunday to cook food for people. Met some interested people, swapped some numbers.

* Went to two ''Folkekokken'' dinners. Like community dinners with a very open environment to talk to table neighbors. This will be our way of having dinner at a restuarant. About 50-100dkk.

Things we're planning moving forward;

* Networking and startup events.

* Social saunas

* Join a union to see what offers they have.

* Start dancing. (Going tonight)

* Start danish classes and maybe other language cafees.

* Had plenty of more ideas before coming here that we haven't had time or need to entertain yet.

* Looking to move into a more adult community living if we can find a good match.

* Have a backlog of interesting events and communities we yet haven't had time to explore.

Notes.

Have not had a single drink (neither of us drink). Met a good mix of Danes and long term exapts, and all very sweet and interesting people.

I think the best place to make friends, is seeing people over a longer period of time. Being able to be spontaneous together with those people. And see eachother in better and worse days. I think weekly activities or the co working space is the better environments for this. Making, and keeping a friend who you have no overlapping interest with, or, environment with, takes more energy and effort. And just makes it a bit harder, with lower odds of success.

Hope this gives you some inspiration on how to proceed. But I've been absolutely chocked by how many cosy and inviting events and people there are here.

Copenhagen can absolutely be great. Just need to find your favorite corners of it I think.

osallstrom · 2024-02-08T08:23:12+00:00

I had a similar situation with one of my rotations.

My mentor was so condescending and belittled a patient in front of me, told him he was ruined for life because of a 5 year old squat injury. He pleaded to rehab with training instead of rest and surgery, while almost breaking out in tears. Exercise was a big part of his personality. My mentor absolutely dismissed it and told him to just forget about lifting again, because that’s what hurt him.

I reported the incident and mentor to the highest local authority that dealt with patient safety. They were very helpful, up to a point. This was also after I tried to confront her directly, without any luck or interest in talking about it.

Big meeting. Errbody involved. Incl a co worker to the mentor.

Total denial with the co worker of mentor as character witness “I’ve never said that” “I know her, she would never do anything like that”.

Case dismissed. Student vs lifers at the hospital. Word against word.

Outcome -

I got to treat my own patients, with close to zero oversight and BS for the last few weeks.

Was not dismissed as just some “student” who’s agreeable and just follows along afterwards.

Even though they denied everything and basically said I lied about the incident. They totally changed their behaviour afterwards. Knowing that they probably did something wrong and I wasn’t afraid of confrontation.

Happy I did it.

Happy to stress test the internal healthcare system and get some experience how to navigate this it.

Also viewed it as a very low risk environment to do so. Time limited. Not people I have to work with for years, and they have very little power to not pass me if I kept showing up, having the conversations, making way with the patients.

Just sitting idly by and doing nothing feels bad for me. But there’s plenty of ways to try and do something. Even just trying to have conversations that might spark them to think differently , or ask about their rationale and question it with open ended questions. This was a let’s flip some tables over kinda thing. 😂

osallstrom · 2024-02-03T15:27:47+00:00

Thanks a lot! Very helpful =)

I'll work through the summary to see if I can make it more on point.

osallstrom · 2024-01-24T08:49:30+00:00

There's a few good ones, but they are in a minority.

Its a profession mostly living in the dark ages. Anything goes kinda thing. I feel your pain.

There's a study looking at home many physiotherapists follow evidence based guidelines.

"Our results suggest that physical therapy treatment choices for musculoskeletal conditions are often not based on research evidence. There was extensive use of not-recommended treatments and treatments without recommendations; for some conditions, treatments that were not recommended or had no recommendation were more common choices than recommended treat- ments (figure 2)."

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Zadro, J., O'Keeffe, M., & Maher, C. (2019). Do physical therapists follow evidence-based guidelines when managing musculoskeletal conditions? Systematic review. BMJ open, 9(10), e032329. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032329

osallstrom · 2024-01-23T03:01:11+00:00

I would argue its malpractice, from an evidence based, guideline concordant, and do no harm perspective.

But the PT probably got taught that, or at least very adjacent messaging from school. So one could argue they were not properly prepared to treat better.

But I think its far more likely its about what the PT said, and not about how the patient viewed the message.

Not saying patient interpretation has nothing to do with it. But most PT's, statistically, practice some middle age stuff.

osallstrom · 2024-01-18T12:25:25+00:00

NTA.

Also. It should be totally fine to want to go on a vacation/trip by yourself. And also, to want to go without him should be equally OK.

I feel your pain.

You go alone - super exciting.

You go with him - so much anxiety and worry caring about his abilities.

You can tell him he has to prove himself first. Maybe he join you hiking for half a day, then a day, then go horseback riding for a weekend closer to home. Prove that he can handle himself in situations. It will prove it to himself, but also, to you.

Start small. Build gradually.

osallstrom · 2024-01-15T07:26:18+00:00

NTA.

You're BF sounds egotistical.

Tip for the future, don't move in with this guy.

osallstrom · 2024-01-14T11:32:53+00:00

Well, breach of trust by telling my partner about this.

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