INTERNATIONAL REHAB MEDICAL OFFICE‚ P.C. Provider: JINGLING TANG‚ M.D. Tel: (718) 259-1636 Fax:718-343-1716 Attn: outpatient physical therapy services. Case #: 03138898 Re: Medical necessity of Physical therapy for patient ALBULENA AMETI ID: 302802744501 DOB: 06/25/1986 To Whom It May Concern: The letter is to state new patient ALBULENA AMETI‚ 27 year-old female is suffering from hand pain and elbow pain‚ she came to our office on Aug. 28 2013.
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like without repercussion. Rather‚ I was once an obese teenager on the verge of developing metabolic conditions. This lead too many frustrating experiences that stemmed from my inability to perform gross motor tasks. Like many Americans who need Physical Therapy this life style led to a life event where I injured myself. I had a choice: I could complete the recovery procedures while continuing to live the way that caused the injury‚ or I could get serious about my health and change my reality. Fortunately
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lifestyle. I found that I could apply all that I have mastered from a Kinesiology degree by pursuing a career in physical therapy. Carl‚ an elderly man that I worked with while volunteering at Fireside Convalescent Home helped me come to my decision. Carl had been in a wheel chair for 15 years and had been seeing a physical therapist for the past 12. When I first began observing Carl’s physical therapist‚ I realized that he was happiest while working with them through treatment. I could see that doing
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Another framework is the Sue (2001) threefold model of cultural competence that integrates five race- and culture specific constituencies who merit such competence (African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Latino Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and European Americans); 31 specific competencies divided into three domains (beliefs/attitudes‚ knowledge‚ and skills); and four ‘‘foci’’ or levels of analysis to which cultural competence should apply (individual‚ professional‚ organizational‚ and societal). There
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musculoskeletal injury lasting longer than three months. Physical therapy is emerging as one of the greatest forms of treatment in the medical world‚ treating more people than ever before with advances in technology and more knowledge improving patient outcome; however patients experiences are worsening with new healthcare‚ more outpatient exercise rather than inpatient therapy‚ and lack of available treatment in rural areas. Physical therapy‚ also known as PT‚ is beneficial for patients in more ways
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Physical therapy is becoming one more scientific work of art impacting our future. As science is revolutionizing and humans are figuring more and more about the body’s mechanisms there has been a sharp increase in injury rehabilitation using physical therapy. Physical therapy is a form of healing performed using alternatives other than medication or surgery. Rehabilitation using physical therapy is most likely the best option one can choose when it comes to healing. It is a full on process that takes
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Physical therapists have used “hydrotherapy” as a passive therapeutic intervention for many years‚ with equipment such as whirlpools.9 “Aquatic Physical Therapy” refers to active interventions performed in the water. The aquatic environment is used to provide weight relief to the body‚ antigravity positioning‚ and increased resistance as therapeutic tools. Aquatic PT also provides multiple sensory stimuli through buoyancy‚ relative density‚ water temperature‚ viscosity‚ resistance‚ and vestibular
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Besides improving inpatient functioning‚ preoperative physical therapy has the potential to decrease post-acute care utilization and the total episode-of-care cost for patients who undergo total joint replacement surgery (57). Snow et al. found in their cohort study that the use of preoperative physical therapy was associated with a 29% decrease in the use of any post-acute care services. This association was sustained after adjusting for comorbidities‚ demographic characteristics‚ and procedural
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Physical Therapy A career I’ve always wanted to pursue was Physical Therapy. I got interested in this career when my brother was paralyzed from the waist down. The doctors said he would never walk again and he would need physical therapy to regain in his muscles. I’ve always took notice in the techniques therapist would use on my brother. I started doing a lot of hands on training with my brother. It gave me great satisfaction to see improvement due to his condition. Being able to help others regain
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the intervention phase with JY‚ he was able to perform bed mobility and sit at the edge of the bed (EOB) with minimal assistance. JY’s goal for therapy was to return home and cook for his family. After the initial evaluation‚ I designed the plan of care so JY would qualify for inpatient rehabilitation. Additionally‚ I recommended outpatient physical therapy once JY achieved stated goals or was discharged from inpatient rehabilitation. JY’s medical team worked to stabilize his medical status; improve
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