@muscle.doctor3: One common trapping of improving our assessment skillset is that we can forget that palpation is an important part of the SOAP protocol 👉🏻 As soft tissue and manual therapists one thing that sets us apart from other therapists is the hands-on nature of our work 💆🏻♀️ This time spent palpating and interacting with the soft tissues can be an invaluable extension of the assessment 🤔 Remember: Stay engaged! ✅ Pay attention to how the tissues feel on one side compared to the other ✅ listen to and encourage feedback from the patient ✅ Stay tuned in to visual indications of trigger points ❌ Don’t just go through the motions and intonation as soon as the treatment begins A strong assessment skillset is essential to help people in pain, referred pain from common trigger points can be a helpful part of that assessment process and sometimes offer validation to a working theory or other objective assessments 💪🏻 #triggerpoint #triggerpointtherapy #massage #massagetherapy #sportsmassage
