Hi Ron! Me, I'm usually happy when a PT is also observant of occupational stuff - IMO makes their treatment more meaningful for the patient, and helps the cooperation when both PT and OT services are involved/available. But from there, and to advertising their services as such - that's a stretch, I agree!
A recent example of the dangers of PT not being observant of occupational stuff: New PT has first treatment with a patient (quadriplegic) seen by other PTs for years, mostly for PROM. She asks the patient about previous treatment and preferences, but seems very much wanting to change it regarding the paralyzed hands, which she also wants to do PROM to - finding them much "curly" - she even starts stretching one hand while he's looking away. At that point I could not hold myself back anymore:-) - and explained to her how the curliness of the hands was what made it possible for him to hold and use things like eating utensils, cups, typing sticks, and that the hands even had been taped in rehab to get just the right curl/tightness. Or, maybe it's just an example that if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail - anyway, we all ended up agreeing that she'd stick to treating LE:-) Warmly susanne, denmark ---- Original Message ---- From: "Ron Carson" <[email protected]> (snip) ............Shouldn't PT's scope of practice be limited to remediation > of physical dysfunction and OT's scope of practice be > limited to occupational dysfunction? Doesn't this make sense and > sound right? It does to me! > > Thanks, > > Ron > > ~~~ > Ron Carson MHS, OT > www.OTnow.com -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
