For the Love of Occupational Therapy! (Continued)
My experience here at Life in Motion has been heartwarming. As a licensed massage therapist, I always taught my clients how to properly take care of themselves. Coming here for my injury, it was my turn. The staff reminded me how important time and patience is and it goes a long way.The staff is always cheerful and inspiring, even the patients as well!The atmosphere and environment was and always will be positive. My therapist, Adrienne, always put my concerns, injury and issues first. When she asked “What’s new?”, you can tell she asks whole heartedly. Everyone here is such an incredible group that will always make you feel at home. I highly recommend this gem of a clinic to friends and family. Thank you so much Life In Motion for helping me improve on my injury and taking care of me as if I were family.” -Jessica W. “Thank you so much Life In Motion for helping me improve on my injury and taking care of me as if I were family.” How did you get into OT? When I started college at the University of Florida, I pretty much knew that I wanted to go into the medical field, but didn’t exactly know which part. Occupational therapy and physical therapy were the prime contenders, but I also considered physician assistant... and architect for a bit. It turned out that I also had an interest in entrepreneurship, which I didn’t know the significance of until later (wink, wink). I finally decided on occupational therapy and originally wanted to work with children who had autism. How did you turn into a hand therapist? I turned into a hand therapist because my clinical instructor fell and broke both of her arms while I was an intern during my optional specialty rotation. Yes, this really happened. I was interested in hand therapy, so I was assigned to location and a particular clinical instructor. Well, during the first week I was there, the head therapist was working out and fell. She had to have surgery on both arms. She came back to work right away - and it was sink or swim for both of us. I was her hands for everything for a while. In a very short time, I had to become knowledgeable and competent. It turned out that I liked the science of hand therapy just as much as the art. It was a perfect combination for me. So... here I am, 10 years later. What is your favorite food? At the top of my list of classic favorites is... CHOCOLATE! Currently, Patient Success Spotlight
another favorite is the Hawaii roll at Saki in Clearwater. YUM! That could just be pregnancy, though. Don’t worry... it is cooked. No raw sushi for me! Yuck! How do you determine goals for your patients and what do you hope to see when they leave? Many of the goals for a patient are determined at their first visit. The most important thing to focus on is what is most important to them. You may have two people with similar injuries and, yes, you may work on general things such as motion and strength for both, but therapy becomes more tailored after that. Everyone’s goals are different - some want to play with their grandchildren, some want to write and some have to get back to high-intensity jobs. Everything is relative to what the person wants and needs. When they walk out of Life In Motion, I hope to see someone that was able to return to the activities that they love and hold dear, whatever those activities may be. What is the intension/mission of Life In Motion? When we started out, we wanted a place where people could come and have quality care and get back to the things that were important to them with less pain and better function. Simple. As time has passed, this remains true, but we’ve expanded on this. We are now also striving to be educators and ambassadors for our field. We help teach patients how to be advocates for their own health. We teach students/ observers/volunteers more than just the therapy side of things - they
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