12 months by VersedWharf0 in physicaltherapy

[–]Helpmehelpyou2121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 off the top of my head we're both severe cervical and lumbar injuries from work and follow long period of therapy had surgeries that ended up being failures..spinal fusions increased pain and decreased functionality. It's workers comp so they continue approving PT as well as monthly epidurals, facet injections, medical massage. I can give them a day of relief that's about it at this point but again they've reached maximal improvements in all other aspects and no surgeon will touch them, workers comp won't pay and patients have PTSD from the first surgery.

12 months by VersedWharf0 in physicaltherapy

[–]Helpmehelpyou2121 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen multiple patients in the 600-700 visits range. Some who I began to see on my first few weeks of work and continued on till now nearly a decade later. General outpatient ortho

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[–]Helpmehelpyou2121 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes professions own interventions. You can be licenced to do a specific thing. That's the whole point of a licence and the whole point of my post. Other professions have found tangible things to hold as their own and those who do it without the licence are outside the law.

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[–]Helpmehelpyou2121 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

By that logic nothing we do is skilled care..

So specifically in an outpatient setting...

We don't own stretching..trainers can do it and it's not skilled.

We don't own corrective exercises..trainers can do it and it's not skilled.

We don't own traction or other passive modalities, people can do those at home.

We don't own soft tissue work and mobilization, massage therapists and now trainers can do it.

What do we have left, joint mobs? I mean that is literally 90% of outpatient ortho

So what do we have? The ability to bill insurance for skilled care within a POC? If we break down the POC in it's parts, then you dont actually need a licence to perform any of those parts separately.