RE: [QUAD-L] Occupational Therapist vs Physical Therapist........and ATP

2009-01-22 Thread Christina Michailidou
Hi all, I am a PT living in London. With the time difference I will probably be reading most of your emails in the morning (it is night here -bed time coming). Keen to read on Christina From: wheelch...@aol.com [mailto:wheelch...@aol.com] Sent: Thu 22/01/20

Re: [QUAD-L] Occupational Therapist vs Physical Therapist........

2009-01-22 Thread Dave0c
to send to everyone, send to --> _quad-l...@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) (you will need to join the group) --> Subscribe to QUAD-LIST The list program will only accept submission to the list from the email address you subscribe from. To subscribe, send email to _quad-list-requ..

[QUAD-L] Occupational Therapist vs Physical Therapist........and ATP

2009-01-22 Thread wheelchair
Hi Tara, Geez, before you know there will be more therapist in the room then Quads (tongue in cheek) So it starts with the Rehab MD and then goes to the PT and then the OT and finally the ATP ? This is important information. But here the group is specialized with neuro injuri

Re: [QUAD-L] students more clarification

2009-01-22 Thread Tara Fettes
hello i am an OT student who has been a PTA for the past 15 years. i have to disagree with your comment that a personal trainer may be OK instead of a PT. CAUTION: all you need is a weekend certification program and HS diploma to be considered a personal trainer- some need more depending on who

Re: [QUAD-L] Occupational Therapist vs Physical Therapist........

2009-01-22 Thread Tara Fettes
hi all, my name is tara and i too am a student with the same group. the difference with me is that i've done PT the past 15 years and now am trading sides to OT.  Why you may ask? #1 is the stress to my body, just wont be able to do for 35 more years or more.(since retirement is getting older) s

Re: [QUAD-L] Please look at

2009-01-22 Thread bob quinn
Umm, didn't we just finish a discussion about not being patronizing? Back at ya with a reminder of how easily the 'delete' command works on those annoying duplicates (and Spam, and political msgs, etc). :-) From: Elizabeth Treston To: quad-list@eskimo.com Cc

[QUAD-L] Please look at

2009-01-22 Thread Elizabeth Treston
Just a reminder the To: section of your mail. Replies to all add up to double, triple even four times the same email and some mail going to those groups not intended. Thanks.

Re: [QUAD-L] Clinicians and Technician Chose Quad List.......

2009-01-22 Thread bob quinn
What are ROM and BOFs? thnx, bq From: "wheelch...@aol.com" To: jster...@ithaca.edu Cc: missl...@optonline.net; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:10:19 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Clinicians and Technician Chose Quad List... I just never co

[QUAD-L] Clinicians and Technician Chose Quad List.......

2009-01-22 Thread wheelchair
I just never considered that the Quad List would be required reading in college. But we all continue to learn with each new posting. OT and PT Clinicians work under the orders of Rehab and Medical Doctors. Execution, can happen different with those long term medical conditions vs those who

Re: [QUAD-L] students more clarification

2009-01-22 Thread Dave0c
I'm so glad you girls showed up here. your endless curiosity and cheerful banter are a welcome relief from all the mundane b.p. / spasm treatments / u.t.i. / depression topics we usually deal with. what else do your books say? Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once

Re: [QUAD-L] students more clarification

2009-01-22 Thread Julia Sterman
Hello. I am also an OT student reading the list. Mostly I'm trying to learn what life is like following SCI. I do not assume to have any info that you guys don't already have, as I'm just a student, and you are the ones living with injury for many years. OT teaches us that the client is the expert

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2009-01-22 Thread Matt Wermer
Great Pictures! http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

[QUAD-L] students more clarification

2009-01-22 Thread wheelchair
Life changes by the Day, Hours, Minutes and Seconds. I've always been taught in various training that the closer you get to combat... the more obsolete your equipment gets. I imagine, the same could be said about the OT and PT training. In school, under the best of conditions, students ar

[QUAD-L] students more clarification

2009-01-22 Thread Elizabeth Treston
. Let me be more specific in my haste and response to the new students that have recently subscribed to the quadriplegic list. As a former student in the science educational field and supervisor I felt that it was somewhat patronizing that many of us who have been paralyzed for numerous years n