In once again reading the original message, one sentence sort of stood out. The therapist stated:
quote> I am amazed of how many doctors will order PT for shoulder quote> injuries. This sentence points out what I think is another "strange thing" about our profession. In many physical dysfunction settings, OT's treat upper extremities and PT's treat lower extremities. I know this has come up before, but WHY does this happen. Honestly, I do not think there is any AOTA publication stating that OT is trained in UE rehab, yet that is the way that many therapists practice. In fact, that is the way many therapists are trained! Again, this just strikes as another example of an OT practice pattern that is neither recognized nor supported at the National level. Hum? Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Disturbing Message, Please Respond RC> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Original Message Follows >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RC> Hi Ron I am a Cota of 10 years practice in LTC. I am in the work of RC> starting the bridge program at [ommited]this year for OTR program. But RC> for the past few months I may be changing my mind. I cannot help but to RC> wonder what makes OT and PT different from each other. AS I do research RC> on scope of practice in each field I read terms of functional, ADL RC> retraining in self care in home, community or work integration repeated RC> over and over again. I find these term in PT scope of practice. Goals as RC> you know are the foundations of OT. ON many occasion as I work in the RC> rehab room I look over in shock as the PT will perform mock kitchen act RC> such as cones in different areas, bathroom transfers. Which make it very RC> hard to explain to the patient the purpose of certain act to achieve RC> function when PT has already address this. I am amazed of how many RC> doctors will order PT for shoulder injuries. So I am trying to figure RC> out what make OT different from PT. I wonder if years from doctors will RC> just order PT service since the scope of practice are pretty much the RC> same. RC> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< End of Message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
