If you have been reading this for a while then you will notice that this is a return to a channel we’ve been to before and if you haven’t then you’ve been missing out and a whole breadth of reading experience awaits.
As usual I will be reviewing some YouTube videos for their ASMR potential and, if they are considered fitting, they get to go into the Procrastination Pen playlist.
Behind the scenes I continue to review that playlist over time, booting out those which are less brilliant than hoped, so that the main list should continue to be full of the best ones I have found so far.
I welcome suggestions. Any video which was not intended to be an ASMR video but which is effective in that respect and, if I agree that it is a good one, it will turn up in a future blog item.
Today’s video is this one:
The Exam for Ankle & Foot Pain – Stanford Medicine 25
It fits with the medical examination theme which has run through quite a number of these blog items (although I do ring the changes occasionally.
At just under seven and a half minutes it isn’t very long but given it is from a medical school it shares with a number of professional videos we’ve seen the provision of a healthy set of notes which are these:
“19 Jul 2018 Stanford Medicine 25: Musculoskeletal Exam
This video is brought to you by the Stanford Medicine 25 to teach you the common causes of foot and ankle pain and how to diagnose them by the physical exam.
The Stanford Medicine 25 program for bedside medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine aims to promote the culture of bedside medicine to make current and future clinicians and other healthcare provides better at the art of physical diagnosis and more confident at the bedside of their patients.
Visit us:
Website: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/
Blog: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.ed…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordMedi…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanfordMed25
Diagnoses covered in this video:
Lateral Ankle Sprain
Talar Dome Osteochondral Defect
5th Metatarsal Fracture
Achilles Tendinopathy
Interdigital (Morton’s) Neuroma
Stress Fracture of 2nd Metatarsal
Plantar Fasciitis
Hallux Valgus (Bunion)”
Bravely this video permits comments, but one outcome of which is that I can tell ASMR fans have been here long before me.
By now we are familiar with the format of videos from this channel. Firstly there is the introductory music; not as loud as some we’ve heard but it would be great if it could be dispensed with altogether.
Dr Brinda Christopher is of course familiar to us.
As is the patient for this video “Chad” as well (hopefully I did not misspell that).
Dr Christopher starts a little loud but settles into her stride pretty swiftly. Sadly there is the ever-present background noise which we’ve heard in other videos and may well be air conditioning.
The channel of course is
Stanford Medicine 25 https://www.youtube.com/@StanfordMedicine25
253K subscribers at the date I am looking at it
Surprisingly just eighty-five videos, when even some university promotional channels have more than that.
However eighty five is a few too many to get into a blog post. There are thirteen playlists and ours is in this one:
Stanford Medicine 25: Musculoskeletal Exam
However, I think for this post we will stick with Dr Christopher. For this purpose, a standard YouTube search is an approach. This brings up three videos, the one we started with and two further videos.
This is the first one:
The Exam for Shoulder Pain – Stanford Medicine 25
Just under ten and a half minutes, so more substantial in terms of length and it is pretty much like the last one (professionally produced videos have the advantage, or possibly the disadvantage, of being consistent).
The notes are:
“19 Jul 2018 Stanford Medicine 25: Musculoskeletal Exam
This video is brought to you by the Stanford Medicine 25 to teach you the common causes of shoulder pain and how to diagnose them by the physical exam.
The Stanford Medicine 25 program for bedside medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine aims to promote the culture of bedside medicine to make current and future clinicians and other healthcare provides better at the art of physical diagnosis and more confident at the bedside of their patients.
Visit us:
Website: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/
Blog: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.ed…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordMedi…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanfordMed25
Diagnoses covered in this video:
Rotator Cuff Pathology
Impingement Syndrome
Biceps Tendinopathy
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder)
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Disease
Shoulder Instability
Labral Tears (SLAP Lesions)”
The same medical professional, the same patient. The same approach, the same background noise, the same music and so on.
Again, ASMR fans are way ahead of me – see the comments. The earliest I can see is over a year ago as at today’s date but of course not every ASMR fan is going to fill in the comments.
As before the video gets quieter and therefore more appealing the more it proceeds. If you feel that the start is a little loud it is worthwhile persisting with it.
This is the second one:
The Exam for Knee Pain – Stanford Medicine 25
Notes again:”19 Jul 2018 Stanford Medicine 25: Musculoskeletal Exam
This video is brought to you by the Stanford Medicine 25 to teach you the common causes of knee pain and how to diagnose them by the physical exam.
The Stanford Medicine 25 program for bedside medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine aims to promote the culture of bedside medicine to make current and future clinicians and other healthcare provides better at the art of physical diagnosis and more confident at the bedside of their patients.
Visit us:
Website: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.edu/
Blog: http://stanfordmedicine25.stanford.ed…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordMedi…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanfordMed25
Knee Diagnoses Covered in Video:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury
Medial & Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury
Medial & Lateral Menisci Injury
Anterior Knee Pain (Patellofemoral Pain)
Bursitis
Inflamed Knee with Effusion
Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease)
Stress Fracture of Tibia”
Yet again, comments from ASMR devotees, so it is consistent with the other two.
Just under eight minutes so not huge. Again with the start music, sigh, and then reacquainting ourselves with the background noise. Same medical professional, same “patient”.
This is the last in this set that I can find and the last in this blog item. The comments as for previous videos in this post apply equally to this one.
There is also a lead out set of music and a statement about copyright, either of which might prove to be distracting over time, if so these may ultimately get weeded out
The Stanford Medicine playlist on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening experience to log on, this interrupts the listening experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
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Until next time.
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