This message had me confused. Are these patients of yours quadriplegics, or paraplegics with other injuries? Are they newly injured or seeing you for a specific problem?
susanne, denmark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy and Kaylene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:42 AM > > I am currently in my second fieldwork II at Texas Tech. In the > clinic I am working in I have been given two spinal cord injury > patients. One has complete function from the waist up. Some feeling > in the right hip joint. She complains of constant pain 7/10 in the > right shoulder. They have me applying heat first for 15 min, then > arm pulley workout for 20 min with breaks, weighted pulleys with 6 > lbs, and arm bike for 6-10 min. > The other patient has full function from waist up, but unable to > flex fingers in the right hand or completely extend fingers. Have > been working with putty, arm bike, and grip exercises. Have been > successful in bringing back partial grip. > Can anyone give me some suggestions on other therapies that I can > use. I feel that these patients can get back much more than I am > seeing, but I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks In Advance, > Guy W. Brown OTS > Texas Tech University > School of Allied Health > Lubbock, Texas > > *********��*********** > > Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist > > ** List messages are archived at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > *********��*********** > *********��*********** Unsubscribe? Send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist ** List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] *********��***********
