The problem with cookie-cutter physical therapy | Helene Polatajko | TEDxToronto

[@carolynbrault8090]

On behalf of the occupational therapy profession as a whole, please CHANGE the title of this talk. The speaker is introduced as an Occupational Therapist. Although physical therapy is a valued profession with whom we work closely, WE ARE NOT THE SAME. Occupational Therapy is so much more than fixing the physical problem. We look at how an individual's social, emotional, spiritual and cognitive health affects the ability to do everyday activities. PLEASE correct this so others can know more about what we do as OTs.

[@bradegan1186]

I think the title implies that physical therapy adopts a cookie-cutter approach

[@lindalai9092]

There are too many incompetent therapists out there.

[@Agent0ra4nge]

PTs take social emotional spiritual aspects into account as well (if they’re any good) every DPT program teaches about the ICF model and why it’s necessary to consider when treating.

[@dianedonoghue837]

I can't believe that a Ted Talk would confuse occupational and physical therapy. They are two different practices! Fix this title.

[@christinaharris3259]

They are two different disciplines or approaches, not two different practices.

[@christinaharris3259]

and note it does not say she is a physical therapist -she is highlighting the inadequacies of the approach.

[@ZeeJayBay]

Great talk. I'm going to try this to read more books and meditate everyday. The ability to do just those two things would cause major positive change in my life. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@serenashastri-estrada1051]

Inspirational and attests to the efficacy of how Occupational Therapists can enable occupation - participation in activity - by influencing the dynamic interplay of the Person-Environment-Occupation. This is achievable when approaches are individualized and characterized by collaborating with the person/client; finding what is meaningful to the client; truly understanding the person factors (and sub parts) that make something difficult, and finally the art and science of co-creating with the client a course of treatment that will produce results and will sustain and augment performance ongoing. Thank you Helen for enabling us to explain Occupational Therapy!.

[@spartan876]

love this. there is something to be said about practicing skills, however I believe putting time into skills unneeded can cause problems down the road. Putting large amounts of hours into one thing is all about reinforcing neural pathways, whereas initial "mastery" as she says is about figuring out how all of the neural pathways change with the adoption of a new skill, and assimilating existing new neural pathways into the old and vice versa. Think of the english language as a tree, more specifically the trunk of the tree. When one learns a second language, they basically take the trunk of the english tree and make it a part of a bigger tree whose trunk would be the broader category of language, with branches such as "english" or "french". The "10000 hours" rule is about making a tree as big as possible, however the thing nobody tells you is that bigger the tree grows the harder it is to chop it down and assimilate it into a bigger tree. It is why it is easier for children to learn second languages. It is why learning a third language is easier than the second. Fourth than third, and so on. The power of each of the branches can tap into existing knowledge in order to grow and its why the more skills or knowledge you learn the quicker you can pick new ideas up, and the smarter you become.

[@shabudinjaver4672]

Exactly you got it well explained thankyou

[@DtownChillin]

Thank you Kenny

[@adrianaqueiroz7727]

I am listening this tedx talk in 2020 and the title is still wrong! It is Occupational Therapy not Physical Therapy.

[@lindalai9092]

LMAO

[@stefanospapadopoulos2042]

not physical therapy...……...it's Occupational Therapy Εργοθεραπεια in greek

[@mafkorebwar7169]

Sakaa. Pawa para poorly. Aghapimo

[@josiejarvisOT]

Can this title be changed to Occupational Therapy please????

[@akemi11]

Please please change the title to Occupational Therapist! This is absurd. Helene is an OT.

[@lindalai9092]

OH MY LOL

[@Naturmuslima]

Thanks so much. This Polyglot idea changed my life so much. Language is simply a key to soooo many things. It pushed me to an extend İ couldnt dream of before. And just by the way İ even learnt to love my native language German, which I didnt before.

[@sumitprasad4291]

She is an Occupational Therapist not physical therapist, kindly fix it.

[@dr.betsyhawkins-chernof3565]

PLEASE update the title to reflect the correct profession. Its "Occupational Therapy".

[@helenaauler2041]

thanks for this video. very inspiring. but she is an occupational therapist and not a physical therapist. there is a very big difference. correct the title. please.

[@anupammr]

truly amazing! Now this is truly transformational thinking and research!

[@valeryzimnitskiy1770]

Very useful idea for all teachers and people in general

[@MINUTOTO]

She is not a physical Therapist. She is a great Occupational Therapist, please FIX THIS TITLE.

[@tatianacatini1326]

Please, fix the title: The problem with cookie-cutter OCCUPATIONAL therapy

[@joliepfahler7525]

love this!

[@IntoTheTrees_13]

I could never live in one of those cookie cutter houses that are built right next to each other. Majority of the houses in California are cookie cutter homes. So glad I don't live in that state and that I live in a rural state.

[@MrPapakonstantinou]

I wonna add to the comments already posted: CHANGE THE TITLE PLEASE!!!

[@ArthurIdrisov]

So I see not many people want to master a new skill in a matter of hours. That's weird counting nowadays "live fast, have a lot of stress" social paradigm. XD

[@PenRippyJr]

there was no information, just stories

[@mrgrimm2143]

Cherry Poppins The stories were the information.

[@brainhax6758]

She just told how to learn ; ohk we wouldn't have the therapist eyes to see our performance ; but its about deconstruction of a particular skill

[@mustardseed9969]

Story is a common form of informtion

[@PenRippyJr]

i understand that stories can be a great form of info. im the type that likes the technical details as well as stories

[@estiponab]

Failure to change the title to occupational therapy is a sign of ignorance and a sign of a failure to listen to the video, it's time for Occupational Therapy to be out of the shadow of PT. Shame on you on this incorrect title.

[@rathwije1579]

Thanks.

[@jnfwf6]

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

[@KongLuvs]

Pretty useless talk overall. What exactly are people giving a thumbs-up? The little girl learning to ride a bike? That's wonderful, but the talk itself doesn't convey any useful information. I would expect much more detailed explanation of the process behind discovering what's wrong as opposed to what's different. I'm sure the speaker is very knowledgeable, but 13 minutes is plenty long enough to give a much more informative speech.

[@thecliqueshallsetyoufree8745]

👍...I think the basis of the speech was to do with making one small step or adjustment at a time ,,, but it got smothered with the very complicate story.

[@Misslilleputt123]

How you discover what's wrong is by asking the person themselves what they experience as difficult. For example by giving the person a homework to record their own performance, and bring it to theraphy session. Watch the video together and the therapist guide them to figure out what's not working by themselves (as well as what is working well). This way the person learns a strategy to master a thing by themself, instead of someone else (Golf expert) telling them the "correct way". If you search for CO-OP (Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance) you will get a closer view of the theory behind.

[@katediparradesign]

I agree 100%. If you want a more scientific approach, I recently made a video reviewing 'The Talent Code' by Daniel Coyle, a book that goes over how to become talented at any chosen skill as well as how to build a skillset.

[@renukaroche8989]

Hmmmm...KongLuvs, I think you missed the point of the talk. The point of the talk is that more long term learning happens when you teach the client how to identify one issue at a time, problem solve and choose strategies that are effective for him/her. It is about using cognition to learn motor strategies. It is different from when the therapist is the "expert" and throws the kitchen sink ( of strategies) at the client about the different ways he / she could improve which may be a very cookie cutter approach!

[@conversacionesdeterapiaocu5046]

Wrong title. The correct title should be "The problem with cookie-cutter Occupational Therapy by Helene Polatajko OT."

[@researchview6610]

I am also hard to achieve that.

[@vinayakredekar3879]

While the talk was good, it did not give any useful message to public. I thought TED Talks had these guidelines

[@leahg8168]

I think the message to the public is that different isn’t always bad, different is bad is a very damaging message that is constantly put out into society

[@xarifab]

Just wanna remove these dangerous earings!