Blushing...

Definitely my most awkward moment in clinic thus far....

Pt profile: 27 yr old male, neck pain. MD dx: myofascial pain syndrome. Onset of injury: 1 yr.

Pt is a 27 year old very hot and attractive male presenting with neck pain. Patient presents in waiting area with profoundly slumped posture and apathetic look on his face. With introduction pt responds appropriately, smiles, is friendly, accepts treatment from SPT initiating session. Upon further examination, SPT determines that beyond being extremely attractive, the patient has a gorgeous body. hmmm....SPT does not recall a chapter in Magee or Dutton referring to patients who appear extremely sexy. Never mind. on with the exam.

Pt history taken, no other significant comorbidities. Pt is in excellent health other than persistent neck pain, insidious onset, complaints of muscle tightness, decreased ROM.

SPT must perform posture and spinal exam.  "Danger Will Robinson"...SPT is professional. She can do this.

"Can you please...take off..your shirt...so I can take a look at you shoulders and neck?"

SPT starts blushing and suddenly forgets how to speech English which means medical language and the practicing of phrasology in lab is definitely gone! Ah- don't look he's your patient, but dang he's built. No transference, no transference...but...dang, it's not everyday a young, healthy, built, male comes in for PT. Yikes. Professionalism.

Initial Eval. Complete. Clean room.  Breath. It's your job. Weird. He's hot. Weird. It's your job. Weird. I just asked a 27 year old sexy man to take off his shirt. Weird. Dang. English, English. I couldn't speak. Flustered. Haha. Thank goodness it's the END of the rotation and not the beginning. CI observing the flustered blushing SPT=not goodness.  Whew. Wow. Glad that one's over.

Two days later. SPT walks into clinic. Approached by coworker, PTA, young female (slightly younger than SPT).
PTA: " Nicole D_____ ________" (name withheld for legal purposes).
SPT: "Oh, yes. I remember him."
PTA: "He was on my schedule this morning at 7 am. Oh-My-Gosh"
SPT: "Yeah, he's kind of attractive huh?"
PTA: "Uh....yeah. Like, really hot."
sigh of relief. phew. I'm not the only one who gets like this.
PTA: "I had no idea. He was my 7am. I walked in first thing this morning, walked out into the waiting room and had to walk to the back to pull myself together. He's so hot. WHY DID YOU PUT HIM ON MY SCHEDULE??? SO EMBARRASSING!"
Hahahaha....oh so glad we could commiserate. The joys of PT.