Please keep it on the list... I'm sure a lot of other people would be
interested too!

Pat

At 06:54 AM 2/22/2007, you wrote:
>Rob-
>I am very curious about your experience with SAEBO as I have none.
>Please email me your thoughts:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Thanks
>Jess
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>Behalf Of Rob Koch
>Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:58 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [OTlist] Shoulder Arc
>
>I'm disappointed this enlightened group hasn't mentioned pegs!
>I love to watch veteran therapists use the  shoulder arc and cones - it
>really make me holler out laughing.
>  And it is a great opportunity to roast students when they reach for
>them.
>
>Once a therapist starts to feel guilty because he knows that using the
>shoulder arc really is a PATHETIC activity - he should immediately
>switch to having the patient hang a shower curtain.
>It's the same activity - but then the therapist can claim to be doing
>"FUNCTIONAL" or "OCCUPATIONAL BASED"
>  treatment.  It's just that easy!!
>
>Then start to think of things in life that are just like cones!!  You
>will begin to evolve as a therapist
>- change the whole department - the whole facility - the whole world!!
>
>Rob Koch
>
>P.S.   Don't get me started on those "new, special" -
>SAEBO BALLS - "the revolutionary commercial alternative to cones".  I
>laugh every time I see someone with the SaeboFlex pick up one of those
>balls.
>
>--- Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > In  my  opinion, the shoulder arc is one of the "dumbest" pieces of OT
>
> > equipment  ever  invented.  I've heard more people complain about that
>
> > thing!  It's  childish  looking  and  for  the most part, it's not age
>
> > appropriate.  I could see using it with kids as a game, but to have an
>
> > adult patient push little plastic rings across a plastic hoop is about
>
> > as related to occupation as having a person put little plastic pegs in
>
> > a  board!  These  things  must have been "invented"
> > back in the era of
> > contrived  activity,  because  for the most part that's about all they
>
> > do!
> >
> > I  have  a  very dear friend who is just going to rehab secondary to a
>
> > broken hip. I hope that her OT doesn't have a shoulder arc!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Orli Weisser-Pike
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
> > To:   [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subj: [OTlist] Shoulder Arc
> >
> > OWP> Can  we  stop  complaining about what others
> > are doing and rather
> > OWP> try and set examples ourselves????
> >
> > OWP> I  DO  use  shoulder  arcs, but it depends on
> > what I am trying to
> > OWP> achieve.   I   am  very  annoyed  by  these
> > postings  that  keep
> > OWP> criticizing "those other" OTs out there in the
> > ether. Grumble. It
> > OWP> is  very  easy  to  point fingers at our
> > fellows, but gosh, it is
> > OWP> really so much nicer to hear success stories.
> >
> >
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