Jimmie earlier posted a question from the website: http://welcome.to/occupationaltherapy.com
Here's another interesting question and partial answer from the site: ======================================== question> When a patient is recovering from an injury, what does he question> want to do? answer>> He wants to go back to doing the activities and occupations answer>> that made his life enjoyable. ======================================== Is this true? Not in my experience! What I've found is that when a person is is actively recovering from their injury, that's IS what they want to do. They want to recover! In other words, the person wants their pain to decrease, or their body to work better -- that's what they want to get better. In my opinion, a person with an injury is primarily focusing on just that, the injury (or illness). Not that people don't think about getting back to their "activities and occupations", but in my experience most people see lost "activities and occupations" as a by-product of their injury or illness, not as the problem(s) to be addressed. I know that as a profession, we want to believe that people recovering from injury want to get back to doing their "activities and occupations" but I just don't think that is the way in which our patients generally think. At least not in my experience. If it was the way people think, our profession would be flourishing, both internally and externally. Ron -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com ************************************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************************************