I must take exception to Joe’s post ” just not a candidate for a Px” where
he stated “I say the doctors are not the best at determining whether a
person can walk.They certainly have information to offer, and so do PTs.
But CPs know what it takes to walk on a prosthesis.”
While I agree that most CP’s know more about prosthetics and are more
invested in amputee outcomes than most physicians, such a generality as
above cannot stand. No one that I have met has devine foreknowledge of who
will be successful in a prosthesis. Nor does any single profession. It is
not helpful to classify all physicians (or all CP’s, or all PT’s). It
depends on the patient, the problem, the prosthesis, and the individual
practitoners. I have always tried to work with my fellow professionals to
provide best patient care. I believe we can learn form each other. I know
that I have profited greatly from being able to ask questions of
prosthetists. I am confident that the prosthetists that have shared clinic
with me have learned a thing or two from me over the years.
Sincerely,
Charles E. Levy, MD
