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Nurses are now in the physical therapy business

January 20, 2009 • Advocacy • Larry Benz

at least according to this news release. Transitional Physical Therapy-now there’s an interesting term.  How about this gem:

Over the years, OrthoCareRN
has been able to address the deficiencies of In-Home Physical Therapy by
providing a focused approach to Total Joint recipients’ needs.

What does that mean?  

This video is a grave injustice to our profession and I am quite surprised that nobody has gone after them for grand larceny of the term “physical therapy”.

Transitional Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Coaching done by a nurse and apparently the doc in the video.

 

larry@physicaltherapist.com

Larry Benz

Dr. Larry Benz, DPT, OCS, MBA, MAPP, is the Executive Chairman of Confluent Health. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in private practice physical therapy and occupational medicine. Dr. Benz’s current areas of interest include conducting research and integrating empathy, compassion, and positive psychology interventions within physical therapy. He released a book on September...

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