Congratulations and thanks to both of you and everyone else who has participated along the way to come to this clear articulation in these two points. Now if you spell out what 'it' in these two points actually is we will have a statement that will be useful in the future.
Blessings, Joan 403 652 7928 -----Original Message----- From: otlist-boun...@otnow.com [mailto:otlist-boun...@otnow.com] On Behalf Of cmnahrw...@aol.com Sent: June 14, 2009 8:38 PM To: OTlist@OTnow.com Subject: Re: [OTlist] Dental Hygienst Knows About OT... Ron, I agree with with 95% of what you are saying the only things that I disagree with are: I concede that it is not occupational therapy, but we should not call it PT either. Gray area of practice. 1. It is not UE PT. It is UE therapy. I concede that it is not occupational therapy, but we should not call it PT either. Gray area of practice. 2. It is not always a waste of time, but I agree that most of the time for most clinicians it is a waste of time. It is only meaningful if the therapist knows what they are doing and only does it when there is an impairment, and not to fill time. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Ron Carson <rdcar...@otnow.com> To: cmnahrw...@aol.com <OTlist@OTnow.com> Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 5:41 am Subject: Re: [OTlist] Dental Hygienst Knows About OT... Chris, I do not feel like I'm straddling the fence. When I do lymphedema treatment, that is EXACTLY what I'm doing. I am NOT doing OT. I feel that same about hand therapy, driver training, etc. These specialized roles (especially ones that are discipline independent (e.g. lymphedema, hand therapy) are so far removed from mainstream OT that they should not be referred to as OT. I have NO problem with OT's doing UE therapy, but that is what they should call it. My problem is that the vast majority of OT's that I know practice neither impairment-based nor occupation-based therapy. Instead, they practice an amalgam of both which is really just "mush". I ask my patients if they had OT before seeing me. The majority say "yes". I ask them what the OT did. The VAST majority indicate UE function. I ask them if is was effective in helping reach their goals. The majority just sort of "shrug" and roll their eyes. THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE about OT. It is my opinion that the MAJORITY of people having knowledge and interaction with adult phys dys OT think one of two things: 1. It's UE PT 2. It's a waste of time. Neither of these are acceptable to me. I want people to see OT as the profession that restored their lives. Thanks, Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.364 / Virus Database: 270.12.68/2175 - Release Date: 06/14/09 05:53:00 -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/otlist@otnow.com
