I googled...is it Cooper Brannan? Laura Obara, OTR/L Occupational Therapy Chicago Read Mental Health Center 4200 North Oak Park Avenue Chicago, IL 60634 773.794.3759 TTY 773.794.3760voice/tty 773.794.3772 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/15/2007 8:25 AM >>> That is sooo great!! Do you remember his name? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Maloney Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 8:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OTlist] OTlist Digest, Vol 25, Issue 11 Please excuse this rather "random" response, but I live in Dallas and listen to a lot of sports talk radio (I do home health and am in my car a lot). Yesterday, I was listening as a young new baseball pitcher, just signed by the Padres maybe (don't recall exactly which team) who had lost a finger on his non-pitching arm to a hand grenade explosion during a heroic act in the war in Iraq. He was telling his story, and in the midst of talking about why his hand was in such good shape said, "The Occupational Therapists were great." I almost lost control of my car. Made my day. Bill Maloney, OTR ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:00:07 PM Subject: OTlist Digest, Vol 25, Issue 11 Send OTlist mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://otnow.com/mailman/listinfo/otlist_otnow.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of OTlist digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Their Not Working So Why Would OT Deal With Their Therapy (Ron Carson) 2. Help With This Question (Ron Carson) 3. Re: Help With This Question (Jessica R. Gross) 4. Re: Help With This Question (Ron Carson) 5. Re: Help With This Question (Jessica R. Gross) 6. Re: Help With This Question (Ron Carson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:28:54 -0500 From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OTlist] Their Not Working So Why Would OT Deal With Their Therapy To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Recently, I had some e-mail interaction with someone I know. I was explaining some things that are unique about OT and about my company. Here's a brief excerpt of what I typed: ============================================================== The fact that I'm an OT is unique. As far as I know, I'm the ONLY therapy provider in my area offering only OT services. There are a couple of other OT-owner therapy companies, but they offer PT and OT. The profession of OT is in itself a story. Even though OT is older than the profession of PT, we are MUCH less known. OT is unique because of it's focus on patient's occupations. Occupation are not just paid employment, they are the "things" that we do to carry out our lives. Things such as walking to bathroom and using it, brushing our teeth, driving a car, cooking and eating. The list of occupations is endless. Generally, the medical community sees people as diseases or infirmities. As an OT, I see people who want to get back to living their lives. I address this issue by trying to remediate underlying physical/mental problems, next trying to adapt the routines of daily living and finally adapting the environment. ============================================================== My "friend" wrote back: ************************************************************** Ron, . I think you did a pretty good job of explaining why your company is unique. For my benefit, you might give me a general explanation of the basic differences in OT and PT ... I think there are quite a few people who don't understand (me included). For example, I assume a person in an assisted living facility is not working ... so why would an OT deal with their therapy? ************************************************************** What strikes me about the reply is that despite my original message (which granted may not have been fully read) the reply message raises one of OT's biggest problems! "a person is not working so why would OT deal with their therapy". When I talked with Rob Black (Press Officer at AOTA), I stressed the need for AOTA to address the disparity between OT's definition of occupation and the world at large's definition. Seems that that above message highlights this need! Thanks, Ron ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:44:04 -0500 From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OTlist] Help With This Question To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Following up with the previous messages that I just posted, I receive the following message: > I still don't understand the difference in exactly what an OT does > as opposed to a PT. When people I know (kids with shoulder injuries > from swimming) have an injury and go to the therapist, they go to a > PT. Why does someone choose an OT over a PT? I thought I would throw this question out to the list to see what answers we can generate! Ron ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:48:40 -0500 From: "Jessica R. Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Help With This Question To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In this example the child has an athletic injury. A CHT, usually an OT, could be treating the child. The referring MD might be an ortho who deals mostly with PT or in a rural area with fewer OT's who deal with ortho injuries. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Carson Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OTlist] Help With This Question Following up with the previous messages that I just posted, I receive the following message: > I still don't understand the difference in exactly what an OT does > as opposed to a PT. When people I know (kids with shoulder injuries > from swimming) have an injury and go to the therapist, they go to a > PT. Why does someone choose an OT over a PT? I thought I would throw this question out to the list to see what answers we can generate! Ron -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************ ************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn ************************************************************************ ************** ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:08:07 -0500 From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Help With This Question To: "Jessica R. Gross" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii So, why does someone choose an OT over a PT? ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica R. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Help With This Question JRG> In this example the child has an athletic injury. A CHT, usually an JRG> OT, could be treating the child. The referring MD might be an ortho JRG> who deals mostly with PT or in a rural area with fewer OT's who JRG> deal with ortho injuries. JRG> -----Original Message----- JRG> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JRG> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Carson JRG> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:44 PM JRG> To: [email protected] JRG> Subject: [OTlist] Help With This Question JRG> Following up with the previous messages that I just posted, I JRG> receive the following message: >> I still don't understand the difference in exactly what an OT does >> as opposed to a PT. When people I know (kids with shoulder injuries >> from swimming) have an injury and go to the therapist, they go to a >> PT. Why does someone choose an OT over a PT? JRG> I thought I would throw this question out to the list to see JRG> what answers we can generate! JRG> Ron JRG> -- JRG> Options? JRG> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JRG> Archive? JRG> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] JRG> ******************************************************************* JRG> ***** JRG> ************** JRG> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science JRG> for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. JRG> www.otdegree.com/otn JRG> ******************************************************************* JRG> ***** JRG> ************** ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:11:12 -0500 From: "Jessica R. Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Help With This Question To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I think this is a tricky area. Honestly I think it would help if several CHT's launch a national public awareness campaign to demonstrate what they do. Most CHT's are also OT's. Are there any on this list-serv? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Carson Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:08 PM To: Jessica R. Gross Subject: Re: [OTlist] Help With This Question So, why does someone choose an OT over a PT? ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica R. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Help With This Question JRG> In this example the child has an athletic injury. A CHT, usually an JRG> OT, could be treating the child. The referring MD might be an ortho JRG> who deals mostly with PT or in a rural area with fewer OT's who JRG> deal with ortho injuries. JRG> -----Original Message----- JRG> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JRG> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Carson JRG> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:44 PM JRG> To: [email protected] JRG> Subject: [OTlist] Help With This Question JRG> Following up with the previous messages that I just posted, I JRG> receive the following message: >> I still don't understand the difference in exactly what an OT does >> as opposed to a PT. When people I know (kids with shoulder injuries >> from swimming) have an injury and go to the therapist, they go to a >> PT. Why does someone choose an OT over a PT? JRG> I thought I would throw this question out to the list to see JRG> what answers we can generate! JRG> Ron JRG> -- JRG> Options? JRG> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JRG> Archive? JRG> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] JRG> ******************************************************************* JRG> ***** JRG> ************** JRG> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science JRG> for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. JRG> www.otdegree.com/otn JRG> ******************************************************************* JRG> ***** JRG> ************** -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************ ************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn ************************************************************************ ************** ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:21:57 -0500 From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Help With This Question To: "Jessica R. Gross" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ah, but this is NOT a CHT question. <smile>. Being a CHT is sort of independent of being an OT. I agree with you about it being a "tricky" area. That's why I posted it to the list <smile>. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica R. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Help With This Question JRG> I think this is a tricky area. Honestly I think it would help if JRG> several CHT's launch a national public awareness campaign to JRG> demonstrate what they do. Most CHT's are also OT's. Are there any on this list-serv? ------------------------------ -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED] End of OTlist Digest, Vol 25, Issue 11 ************************************** -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************ ************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. 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