Thanks LeAnn! When you say focus on the UE, I THINK you are qualifying that by referencing "functional tasks", is that correct? Personally, I feel that PT's are better UE musculo-skeletal professionals that MOST (but not all) OT's. I believe that PT's get more comprehensive and in-depth musculo-skeletal analysis and treatments than MOST (but not all) OT's.
LeAnn, does what you are saying line up with our professional documents, such as the Practice Framework? Thanks, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] OTlist Digest, Vol 31, Issue 8 lso> To state that OT focuses on the UE is a simplistic view However, I lso> do believe that OT's do focus on the UE better than PT. Simply lso> because we look at how a patient is able to use their hand or arm lso> to complete functional tasks i.e. brushing teeth, combing hair, lso> pulling up pants, writing,opening jars etc.. We are also the lso> primary providers of joint protection, splinting, and adaptive lso> utensils and all which require hand and UE functions. Physicians lso> have come to rely on OT's to provide this information and if we are lso> not skilled in evaluating UE function in relationship to strength, lso> sensation, ROM, tone and spasticity we are doing a disservice to lso> our clients by not being able to give their physicians the lso> appropriate information. Payors also want this information because lso> they can understand it better. If giving that simplistic definition lso> gets an OT in the door to providing treatment we can then show them lso> how much more we can offer. Don't get defensive about it. Use it to lso> your advantage! LeAnn Lee, OTR/L Albany General Hospital Albany, OR lso> -----Original Message----- lso> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] lso> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] lso> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 12:00 PM lso> To: [email protected] lso> Subject: OTlist Digest, Vol 31, Issue 8 lso> Send OTlist mailing list submissions to lso> [email protected] lso> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit lso> http://otnow.com/mailman/listinfo/otlist_otnow.com lso> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to lso> [EMAIL PROTECTED] lso> You can reach the person managing the list at lso> [EMAIL PROTECTED] lso> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific lso> than "Re: Contents of OTlist digest..." lso> Today's Topics: lso> 1. OT's and Upper Extremity (Ron Carson) lso> 2. Re: OT's and Upper Extremity (Johnson, Arley) lso> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lso> Message: 1 lso> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 07:34:41 -0400 lso> From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lso> Subject: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity lso> To: [email protected] lso> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lso> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii lso> Why do some therapists think that OT focuses on the upper extremity? lso> I received a brochure from an OT in private practice and it states: lso> "[OT] focuses on treatment of upper extremity injuries, disorders and lso> disease" lso> Where does this come from? It certainly is not our practice framework? lso> Is it from OT/COTA schools? If so, why? lso> This seems like another example of the dichotomy of our profession. In lso> other words, we "say" one thing but then do something totally different! lso> Argh...... lso> Ron lso> -- lso> "In the United States, occupational therapy is ideally suited to meet lso> the health needs of people of all ages." [Fred Somers, AJOT, April, lso> 2005] lso> "The part of convalescence that I found most profoundly humiliating and lso> depressing was [OT]... I was reduced to playing with brightly colored lso> plastic letters ... like a three-year-old..." [AJOT, April, 2005, p. lso> 231] lso> ------------------------------ lso> Message: 2 lso> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:49:04 -0400 lso> From: "Johnson, Arley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lso> Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity lso> To: <[email protected]> lso> Message-ID: lso> lso> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> lso> lso> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" lso> I think I know why. OT things are functionally based. Most of our functional daily activity lso> originates with the use of our hands. Therefore, basic observation of our profession and the lso> medical model's need to simplify everyone's role for the average Joe dictates a simplistic and lso> narrow explanation of our profession. Is it right? Of course not. But it gives our profession lso> relevance to the outsider who may only get a cursory glance of what we do and it may draw them lso> in for the full experience. lso> Let's be honest, OT covers the spectrum of life and it entails a lot of information. Our lso> charge to be the profession that rehabilitates you back into your life roles is not an easy lso> task. Neither is explaining it in a manner that is understood by the public. lso> Arley Johnson MS, OTR/L lso> ? lso> -----Original Message----- lso> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Carson lso> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:35 AM lso> To: [email protected] lso> Subject: [OTlist] OT's and Upper Extremity lso> Why do some therapists think that OT focuses on the upper extremity? lso> I received a brochure from an OT in private practice and it states: lso> "[OT] focuses on treatment of upper extremity injuries, disorders and lso> disease" lso> Where does this come from? It certainly is not our practice framework? lso> Is it from OT/COTA schools? If so, why? lso> This seems like another example of the dichotomy of our profession. In lso> other words, we "say" one thing but then do something totally different! lso> Argh...... lso> Ron lso> -- lso> "In the United States, occupational therapy is ideally suited to meet lso> the health needs of people of all ages." [Fred Somers, AJOT, April, lso> 2005] lso> "The part of convalescence that I found most profoundly humiliating and lso> depressing was [OT]... I was reduced to playing with brightly colored lso> plastic letters ... like a three-year-old..." [AJOT, April, 2005, p. lso> 231] lso> -- lso> Options? lso> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com lso> Archive? lso> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] lso> ************************************************************************************** lso> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. 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