Re: Re: You will be heard... (Advocacy).

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It has to be stated in your practice act. In Florida

PT, physical therapy, physiotherapy etc are specified

and protected. It's not limited to the extreme of

labeling a staff member a " physiotherapist " or listing

PT in your specialties or services offered. These

cannot even be implied. Texas is very similar to

Florida's act regarding this. I reported a physician

who simply referenced physical therapy. His site

stated " ..our personal trainers are taking physical

therapy to a whole new level. " He merely referenced

physical therapy comparing his " trainers " services to

PT and was ordered to remove it from his site.

Bisesi MPT COMT

Winter Haven, Fl

--- bmerchant1 wrote:

> As a current DPT student, I have taken an interest

> in this topic. I

> checked my local phone book and found 1 chiropractor

> listed in the PT

> section and plan on calling tomorrow. I am aware

> that some

> chiropractors (and others) out there advertise

> " physical therapy " and

> the reasoning they use to defend it. I am also aware

> of the Supreme

> Court of Pennsylvania Middle District's ruling

> regarding this issue in

> favor of Physical Therapy. I agree that it is

> important to defend our

> turf as you encourage, but to my knowledge, (and

> research so far), I

> am unaware of any similar ruling in the other states

> on this. Are

> there any? If not, why? I notice that I am only the

> second posting on

> this topic. Is it an issue that just hasn’t

> demanded much attention

> since the ruling?

>

> Ben Merchant Student DPT

> Greenwood, IN

>

>

>

>

> >

> > This is in regards to my promoting of our field

> and

> > challenging other professions at the local level

> who

> > impede on our scope. I just received our 2008

> phone

> > books at the clinic and NO chiropractors are

> listed in

> > the physical therapy section anymore. From over a

> > dozen listed in our section last year to NONE. As

> for

> > massage therapists, one clinic foolishly relisted

> our

> > of 7 last year. Get your phone books out, they are

> > commiting fraud and advertising that they provide

> > physical therapy if they are in our section of

> > listings. We have to fight this battle because

> until

> > APTA does a better job of promoting our field to

> the

> > public, very few consumers would now to say to a

> chiro

> > or massage clinic, " you advertise physical therapy

> but

> > you don't have a physical therapist? " The

> uninformed

> > consumer (in most cases) has no idea that only we

> > provide physical therapy services (other than a

> few

> > exceptions). Defend your turf!

> >

> > Bisesi MPT COMT

> > Winter Haven, FL.

> >

> >

> >

>

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