See, there's part of the problem (as I perceive it). I haven't been around you when you've actually practiced. I can only base my perception of your characteristics as a physical therapist on our interactions here, and based on that, my perception (and it may be only mine, but I doubt it) is that you're bitter and angry. I understand that you're using this forum to vent, but frankly, given the lack of licensed clinicians on these boards, I think you might find more satisfaction on
RehabEdge or the
Evidence in Motion blog.
My approach to being an advocate and yours are quite different. I can't see how being rude, calling other health care providers "*****s", etc. is going to advance our profession.
Nor do I ever intend to. I am usually glad to see that you have posted or started another thread.
Now, where did I
ever say that was how we should reach the maximum potential for our profession? You are taking my words out of context as an attempt to argue your position. I was citing an example of how I would respond if a patient of mine came into my clinic with the prescription that you posted when you started this thread. And, speaking of the maximum benefit for the patient, how exactly does this achieve the maximum benefit:
I've got to say, that for me, they seem to work fairly well in regards to my daily practice. I just don't get prescriptions from referral sources who know me that look like the example you posted. I agree with you that our profession remains poorly understood by those outside of it, physicians and patients alike. But "raging against the machine, without taking pause to offer sound reasoning, will get us
nowhere. And I rarely hear or see your reasoning process in your posts. Additionally, part of our problem is internal. We've got a lot of PTs who look at themselves like glorified personal trainers, and when they make that phone call to a referral source, they can't talk to them as a peer or even a well educated resource for the physician. That certainly won't help us make the changes that we both want to see for our profession.