Physical Therapy Consultation

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Consultation is the rendering of professional or expert opinion or advice from a physical therapist. The consulting physical therapist applies highly specialized knowledge and skills in identifying problems, recommend solutions or produce a specific outcome or product in a given amount of time on behalf of a patient.

The consultation is classified in two different categories. One is the patient related and another is the client related. The patient related consultation services provided per request of a patient, another practitioner, or an organization to recommend or evaluate the physical therapy services which being provided. Whereas the client related consultation services are performed per request of an individual, business, school, government …show more content…

Brahmbhatt reported, so far, during his physical therapy practice he found the physical therapy consultation is the best source to educate the individual about the role of the physical therapy and their benefits. He works in the small town of the Michigan and focused most of the patients from the countryside. “The factory workers and the farmers are the larger groups who always get benefit with the client related consultation.” said by Mr. Brahmbhatt. As per the request, he frequently goes in the different factories for taking the lecture about the correct body posture mechanism and the work related injuries with the faulty techniques. “The majority of the injuries, classified as the sprain/strain of the trunk, result from lifting, pushing, pulling and caring objects (also known as manual handling).”2 As a therapist you need to identify the proper work environment and safety issues which could help the worker’s performance, said by Mr. Brahmbhatt. He mentioned about the different ergonomics assessment tools which can be used for the assessment of the proper work environment. He mentioned that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is working very hard on implementing the proper ergonomics in each working facilities in order to provide safety to the …show more content…

Brahmbhatt also provides his services to the county schools in order to avoid more sports related injuries in the kids. The kids are more prone to the concussion, ligament sprain/strain, and fracture injuries while participating in the sports like basketball, football, baseball, volleyball, and running. Many schools appoint the physical therapist for the safety sport play lecture once or twice a year. As a therapist we need to be careful with the psychology of the kids with different age group and advice accordingly at the time of the consultation. The best way to provide the consultation is by knowing the kind of sport they play and the need of the players and coach, said by Mr. Brahmbhatt. In behavioral school settings, Mr. Brahmbhatt also consults the teachers and parents in order to educate them more in safety issues during IADL and MRADL of the kids, and improve participation in the different

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