Just received August 09 edition of "Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation"
magazine. Starting on page 10, the article "Base of Knowledge: Top 10
lessons of Knee Replacement Surgery" gives a brief synopsis of an MD's
experience with having knee replacement surgery. Here's a quote, starting on
page 3:
"Postop rehab is essential. Patients should always engage in
rehabilitation and physical therapy following knee replacement surgery.
... Goals should be determined in concert with the patient and they
should be clear and obtainable. A goal can be as simple as playing with
grandchildren or as complex as playing a competitive sport again."
The obvious lack of OT is sad, but that PT would write a patient goal
similar to "playing with children", is glaring OT'ish.
One thing of interest is that there is a brief discussion box written by a
PT. The therapist never really mentions goals similar to what the article's
author suggests. Maybe PT is running into the same thing as OT: Saying one
thing but doing something else...
Ron
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