Therapy in a rehabilitation setting is often comprised of a team consisting of physical, occupational and speech therapists. The purpose of these disciplines and rehabilitation teams is to provide care to individuals whose lives have been affected by disease, injury, or disability, or have found themselves having physical challenges with daily life. These therapists help individuals from birth to death with their impairments often including difficulties with pain, movement, mobility, bathing, dressing, cooking, speaking, eating and processing or thinking through a task. Since all of these daily life activities are connected, it is common for the rehabilitation team to have a similar focus or overlapping goals to help the client reach their maximum potential.
There are always benefits when teams work together and that can also be said for the rehabilitation team. Co-treatments are when two clinicians, each from a different discipline, treat one patient at the same time with different treatment techniques or goals. This allows two skilled therapists to both provide high levels of care at the same time and each therapist can bill for the skills and treatment they contributed during the session. Co-treatments on land have been a standard intervention in therapy for as far back as many of us can remember. Now that therapists have access to aquatic therapy, co-treatments in water are creating even greater opportunities for patient success and satisfaction. There are a few reasons why co-treating in an aquatic setting has added benefits:
Co-treatments have certainly created the opportunity for the rehabilitation team to have a patient-centered approach to treating individuals needing therapy services. Therapists and patients alike are reaping the benefits achieved with these team approaches. Continual medical advancements, such as new technology and increased knowledge in treatment options like aquatic therapy, are added benefits that rehab teams are implementing to continue to offer the highest quality of treatments.
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This post was last modified on May 22, 2023 1:10 pm
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