{"id":554,"date":"2026-10-14T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=554"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:28:16","slug":"my-day-as-a-physical-therapist-at-unc-ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/my-day-as-a-physical-therapist-at-unc-ch\/","title":{"rendered":"My Day as a Physical Therapist at UNC-CH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Day as a Physical Therapist at UNC-CH &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day starts with no swelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in my legs and minimal pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in my right low back. But I know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">what is to come. Sitting to write notes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can feel my lower legs swell. Thankfully,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have support hose to lessen the edema.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walking slowly, leaning over to help<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">short Ms. Lovell advance her rolling walker,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">increases my back pain. Have tried various<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">braces to no avail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I yearn to lie down but it is on to Ms. Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">who needs help getting her legs out of bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">after a hip replacement. Lifting her legs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we inch towards the side of the bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my back is as scorched as a used match.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As soon as she is sitting on the bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can stand up, relieve the burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day goes on, next instruct Mr. Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on the stairs. The support hose are doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">their job, at home I can lie down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But today, despite the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and swelling, I have helped patients move<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">towards their goal of returning home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a good day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Code Blue anthology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tales from the Bedside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Day as a Physical Therapist at UNC-CH &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The day starts with no swelling in my legs and minimal pain in my right low back. But I know what is to come. Sitting to write notes, I can feel my lower legs swell. Thankfully, I have support hose to lessen the edema.&nbsp; Walking&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/my-day-as-a-physical-therapist-at-unc-ch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Day as a Physical Therapist at UNC-CH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}