This past decade has been very tough on physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs). Managed care, or as some call it, managed competition, has severely truncated the amount of time that PTs and OTs have available to rehabilitate people with injuries and disabilities in hope of getting them to a point where they can function independently or semi-independently when they return home. To the dismay of many therapists, patients are often discharged prematurely, leaving them ill-prepared to handle new and challenging environmental obstacles.

Read the entire column at http://www.ncpad.org/196/1375/2003-04~Issue~~Closing~the~Gap~Between~Rehabilitation~and
~Lifetime~Physical~Activity.