Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All: > > The following is an excerpt from a PT managers list and is > written by a > PT: > > > We used to have a tape called "The Daily Living Back > > School" that was a pretty good educational source for the > > patient. It described some basic anatomy, and then went > > about describing how to perform various ADL's such as > > sweeping, vacuuming, making a bed, brushing teeth, > > entering a car, etc.
Shaking my head in bewilderment - sure that would depend totally upon what was your injury/problem? As someone living with a guy with a spinal cord injury I know there would have to be at least 20 different tapes just to cover SCI somewhat! > To me, this is yet another example of why limiting PT > practice acts to > "functional training related to movement and mobility", > affords OT very > little protection from encroachment. How is the above any > different than > what an OT might do? Depth? As in depth would be my problem if to address a complicated bio-mechanical issue - like a wounded knee - sports-injury etc.... > In my opinion, PT should be limited to addressing > underlying > bio-mechanical issues and the "functional training" should > be left to > OT. It seems to me, that anything else is giving away our > traditional > domains. AND - leaving the patient hanging with not enough, and too general information! In my best imagination - both PT and OT know when we're really both acquired. The question is how we react to the scarcity issue - thinking that the patient is not likely to receive sufficient servicies, and wanting to help as best we can... susanne, denmark -- 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 **************************************************************************************
