Ron, Defintiely seems like a "stretch" to me. Just another example of where OT's have lost their focus. Why wouldn't OT be letting PT deal with the strengthening and OT could focus on the actual functional use of that arm literally in what they had to do that day and in the weeks to come. If the goal was to achieve personal independence then work on the actual tasks and/or teach safety/compensatory techniques,etc... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: OTlist Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3
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