Met a Physiatrist this afternoon...

... granted for about 20 minutes and he was relaxed and on vacation, but I was shocked.

I've always wanted to do an executive MBA after graduating, and that's exactly what this guy did - and started a number of sites in under-served areas within the Midwest...

I love working with OT's, PT's, and ET's. They're real, fun, and really know their stuff. I had a 62yo PT lift me up and almost throw me across the room once when I screwed up the answer to "what is the unhappy triad" once. It was awesome.

The integration of Neuro and concepts from sports medicine, as well as snippets from medicine itself due to its wide array of referrals... makes me not have to sacrifice my stetho or, more importantly, my knowledge of anatomy...

The psych? Of course! The patient, the family... it's a long, tough, tedious process... QOL improvement requires more than just moving your left knee into a certain position x-times a day for x amount of weeks.

Been there, done that, bought a t-shirt, scars, chronic pain, and a whole lotta patience.

Did I mention continuity of care? or lack of night-calls? or the fact that the dude I met look positively ecstatic to be alive?

Gonna head to bed before this becomes overwhelming. Maybe I DO need a hit or two of cocaine... er, methylphenidate :oD