Hello!
My sincere apologies to everyone who has written to me this past year. I had not been aware I received so many responses!
Thank you!
To answer some questions: a
As far as good reading materials- especially those of you involved with orthopedics such as hand, wrist, shoulder, elbow injuries: I highly recommend “Travell & Simons “Myofacial Pain and Dyfunction: The Trigger Point Manaul- Volume I – upper hapf of the Body”. This is like a bible to me in OT in regards to treatment and symptoms of every UE muscle!
Splinting: I completely agree with all of you out there looking for good splinting course and the typical scary moments when you are actually making the splint! I took a course with Robert Schneider – the name of the course is “An Introduction ot Hand Therapy”- he is an EXCELLENT presenter and teacher…I highly recommend this course for all OTs lookint o brush up on hand rehab and splinting. He also provides some hand spint patterns in the back of his course book- it’s fantastic!
I am all by myself as an OT with 6 other PTs- so as far as splinting goes…it’s all me. I have become very good friends with the books I received in school: “intro to splinting” by Brenda Coppard and Helene Lohman as well as “Splint the hand and upper extremity” by Marylnn Jacobs and Noelle Austin. These two books have gotten me through all the splints I have made. In just about 2 years I have probably made 15-20 splints. I feel much more comfortable with making them than I did when I first started. The dynamic ones especially were scary at first. For those- I referenced the second book I listed.
Thank you to all who have responded- and again, I apologize for taking so long to get back to some of you. I will be away for the next week- but please post any comments or questions- and when I return- I will answer as best I can.
I wish the best of luck to all of you who are just beginning school or just getting your first jobs as OTs. It’s really a wonderful profession.
If you have any questions about courses you should take…please ask me! I can tell you which ones are definitely worth it and at the same time…entertaining! (really great speakers)
Cheers!
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