I find the information being shared between Diane and others is helpful. I too am new to the profession and feel that we learn interventions/treatments on the job (my schooling taught me the theory of OT more than hands on!). At my job I learn from the other therapists, and find our afternoon treatments involve dowel, theraband exercises. Morning treatments involve ADL's. (acute and skilled hospital setting). We are also limited on our space for opportunities for more home management or other activities. So was wondering if anyone can provide some examples of treatments they do with their patients. Generally my patients are in the hospital for TKA, THA, CVA (mild-mod), deconditioned due to pneumonia, etc.
Thanks. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:30:41 -0400 > Subject: Re: [OTlist] Why OT's Should NOT Focus on the UE > > > "My concern in this is that you ONLY mention and UE program. If general > conditioning prevented the patient from performing occupation, why limit > it only to the UE?" > > > Being that I am new to this and my employment forces me to live in "UE > therex" land....perhaps you could give me an indication as to what I can do > with this person. Others more experienced than me in the dept go with the > flow. He is 500 pounds...can now walk about 50ft with someone following him > in a W/C and he is able to stand aboout 2-3 min in a RW. > > I have done all ADL's..and although he is able to life weights in all planes > he does not have the arm length to bipass his midsection to do LE dresssing. > He has serious LE PN issues so he cannot use a sock aid. he has refused both > a dressing stick and reacher. > > I have done transfers with him from W/C to bed, W/C to toilet, W/C to shower > I have done standing tolerance...he likes to draw so I have him stand in > front of a white boards and he draws murals for the department. > > He does W/C pushups. > > He lives alone, rarely ever left his home due to his weight, microwaves all > his meals, and lives on disbaility. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Ron Carson > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 22:08 > To: Diane Randall > Subject: Re: [OTlist] Why OT's Should NOT Focus on the UE > > > My concern in this is that you ONLY mention and UE program. If general > conditioning prevented the patient from performing occupation, why limit > it only to the UE? > > For me, general phy-dys practitioner's focus on the UE while > disregarding the rest of the body severely hampers our professional > autonomy. > > We MUST break free from the mold of being UE therapists! > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Diane Randall <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subj: [OTlist] Why OT's Should NOT Focus on the UE > > DR> I see your point...I was mistaken if I implied in my very first post > that I > DR> told the patient that he needed UE program in order to transfer. It was > DR> justified to increase his overall conditioning. My inital reason for the > DR> post was to point out that sometimes our patients assume the things we > do in > DR> the gym are "therapy" and the functional ADL's are just extras we > do...which > DR> of course is the very opposite. > > > -- > Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > -- > Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
