OPP logs.... Thanks Rachelle and Chris!

One of the joys that we get to experience as future Osteopathic physicians is learning OPP (osteopathic manipulation). In order to become good at this you really have to practice on anyone and everyone. Now I know we may all complain about having to do logs and spend time forcing ourselves to practice these theories, but I find it relaxing and an added bonus because it usually means that my somatic dysfunction gets fixed in the process. Rachelle and Chris, you did a magnificent job on fixing my neck yesterday!!! I felt like I could do a marathon night of studying, although I chose not too:). I still find it amazing that we are able to identify and to some extent treat somatic dysfunction only two months into school.

Now if you could find a way to get rid of my "referred" headache from trying to understand and comprehend all the massive intricacies of public health law and ethics including research study formats for my MPH I would be eternally grateful. I have figured out why I never had the desire to become a lawyer!!! Talk about confusion:)

Musculoskeletal.....oh so many things to learn:)

I have never had the experience of working with cadavers before in anatomy class, in fact in college I learned anatomy on minks which I am not sure how that is a correlation, but that is my progression until now. If you have had a similar experience to me you will be amazed how much easier and interesting it is to learn on the cadavers. This module is filled with an extensive amount of bones, muscles, tendons, and innervations, but each week it is exciting to go to the lab and learn where they all are and what they do. I find myself studying and moving my arms and hands around to figure out what each muscle does, which could be very amusing or scary to someone if you are studying in a public place. I might look a little crazy, but it is so fascinating! There is always an amazement to what you can learn in a short time.