In light of the recent post on choosing from American Chronicle Article, we have a concerned patient who wonders “Where’s the care, the concern, the human touch during my evaluation?”
At least it’s nice to know that a “hi-tech” maching mimicking massage of the human hands was used. At least she wasn’t forced to play a Wii.
We do 3 things in PT:
1. We spend time with patients listening to their spoken and unspoken needs.
2. We touch patients.
3. We educate or counsel them on their condition and ways to prevent it in the future.
This is our brand. No medical profession has the ingredients that do all 3 of these. When we violate it like we did for this poor patient in Kennebec, we marginalize the whole profession.
