| Mark Horton 2005-09-23, 7:15 pm |
| Hi Michael,
Thanks for your reply. The article is excellent.
At the moment I am being treated as "piggy in the middle",
as the physiotherapy department is unable/unwilling to
provide the service, stating that percussion is no longer used,
and say that anyway, a personal care agency should be able to provide
the service (I am aware of the contradiction).
The personal care agencies state that they only provide help with
personal care such as washing, dressing and feeding, and that cupped
hand percussion is classed as medical treatment, and as such, beyond
their remit.
I have been back to my GP with yet another chest infection,and he
informed me that I had a referral to the chest consultant, which is on
the 18th October.
I will take a copy of the article you mentioned to the consultant
just in case he tries to feed me the same line as the physios.
Once again thanks for the info.
Best wishes
Mark
> Might want to refer to it as cupped hand percussion
> when you're asking about it.
> Reasonable place to start might be www.indianpediatrics.net
> for the June 2005 issue, in the 'past issues', for the article
> on "Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatric Practice".
> Might also want to ask your question on a respiratory therapy
> newsgroup.
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