Parental involvement: Good/Bad?
Throughout the practice of Physical Therapy a recurring question kept popping up. Is parental involvement in Physical Therapy a good thing or is bad? Naturally, there are two opposing sides to this question. The reasons why people are against parental involvement within a kids physical therapy is because they believe the parent may "interfere" with the child's' therapy. It is also thought that the child will get to distracted with the parent hanging around asking questions and trying to help out. On the opposite end of the spectrum. People have been performing studies that show training with a child's mother present is as effective as the child training with just a Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant. These studies also suggest that working with parents can accomplish the overall goal of physical therapy in a shorter time period. There are many opinions on this controversy, what is yours?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2732325
I think that having your dad as a personal trainer would be good and bad. It would become easier to get frustrated at him, but be more motivation. What is your stand?
ReplyDeleteI reminds me of when I broke my arm and my parents made me work to get it back to normal once the cast was off instead of going to therapy. haha. But I think that there are pro's and cons, it depends on how old the child is, or how comfortable they are around strangers i.e the therapist. Also, if the parent is one of those parents who feels the need to take control of every situation, then it'd probably be best if they stayed out of things.
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