I shadowed at the front desk this morning, and since it was a pretty busy day, they had a lot to do. They had a lot of calls, appointment check-ins/check-outs, and referrals to take care of. After that, I observed treatment on patients with shoulder and knee injuries. The entire staff at BreakThrough Physical Therapy then had a meeting from 1PM-2PM during their lunch break. After the meeting, they were back on a full schedule. I shadowed multiple patients with glute, back and neck injuries. Kenny discussed the reasons behind why his was having pain and tenderness in certain areas, emphasizing that he didn’t have enough blood flow to these muscles that are attached to the rib. I was also able to observe dry needling done in these areas. He explained to me that the longer needles were used in areas around the pelvis, while the shorter needles were used in more shallow muscles such as the neck. Since a woman’s pelvic muscles are convex around the pelvis, they need even longer needles than those used on men in order to reach the deeper muscles.