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Good morning everyone !
Please share with us where you are from and some more informations so we can get to know each others.
My name is Evangélia,I work as an occupational therapist in the national rehabilitation center in Luxembourg in the Traumatology/Upper Limb/Splinting department.
I am a CSTP since 2014 and the manager of the rehabilitation department of the Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Neuropathic Pain Network (SRPN) since 2015.
Even if I work in the "Upper Limb department", I do use the method to treat neuropathic pain occuring all over the body, mainly lower and upper limbs, but also on the trunk and sometimes on the face.
Where are you from and what is your professional occupation?
It will be my pleasure to read you!
Evangélia :-)
Please share with us where you are from and some more informations so we can get to know each others.
My name is Evangélia,I work as an occupational therapist in the national rehabilitation center in Luxembourg in the Traumatology/Upper Limb/Splinting department.
I am a CSTP since 2014 and the manager of the rehabilitation department of the Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Neuropathic Pain Network (SRPN) since 2015.
Even if I work in the "Upper Limb department", I do use the method to treat neuropathic pain occuring all over the body, mainly lower and upper limbs, but also on the trunk and sometimes on the face.
Where are you from and what is your professional occupation?
It will be my pleasure to read you!
Evangélia :-)
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I'm Tara, an occupational therapist from Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. I still work clinically a tiny bit in the Hand Program at a regional rehabilitation centre (the primary focus there is trauma/reconstructive surgeries), but these days I am spending more time on my postdoctoral studies at McMaster University focusing on neuropathic pain after breast cancer surgery. I went back to graduate school after almost 20 years as a clinician to study complex regional pain syndrome. Along the way, I met this Claude character at an international conference, and ended up becoming a CSTP, and including work on somatosensory rehabilitation in my PhD thesis. My goal is to become a full-time researcher with funding to run a program of research in the rehabilitation of persons with neuropathic pain, including building the evidence for somatosensory rehabilitation.
I am very interested in assessment, and how therapists use assessment to plan and evaluate treatment. Looking forward to great discussions and resource swapping in this group!
My name Micaël Rodrigues,
I'm occupational therapist since 2016 and my first work place is in the Somatosensory Rehabilitation Centre in Fribourg with Claude Spicher. I'm CSTP since 2017 and I work at 100% with neuropathic pain patient.
I'm also the formation department assistant from the of the Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Neuropathic Pain Network (SRPN).
As you can see, I'm not a natural english writter (and speaker) and I still a young therapist but I am very proud to be a CSPT who can treat patients in six differents languages.
The Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Neuropathic Pain gave me the methodology needed to work as an occupational therapist and I still learning everyday how to menage patients who suffer neuropathic pain.
Many people have checked our forum messages, but only 2 have responded yet...
I know a lot of you read us from the Netherland, Canada, even from the Mideast regions!
Please don't be shy and come to make this new english version community live!!!
It will be my pleasure to read you!
Have a nice day!
Evangélia.
I'm Marie-Claude
I'm an O.T. working in a physio clinic at an hour west of Montreal, Canada. I work with patients who have been injured mostly at work or in a car accident, they sometimes have neuropathic pain that I can explore and treat. I was certified RSDC from June 2015 (until 2018). And I better understand written english than spoken. I used to work in french.
Welcome everybody.
Good morning,
I'm Hester, an occupational therapist, working in Berne, Switzerland. My patients are mostly neurological patients, but the other therapists our practice also treat patients with hand injuries, etc.
I've attended the first course in Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Pain (June 2018, Amsterdam). Great to be here!
Hester
Good morning.
I am Umut from Denizli, Turkey. I am a physical therapist, working as a research assistant in Pamukkale University. In university hospital, I am both working in hand therapy department and studying for my PhD thesis which is about flexor tendon injuries. And I have taken my certificate this year, a new CSTP
In hand therapy department we have patients with neuropathic pain complaints. Thanks to this method, I can treat my patients and results are really good. And because I am new in this method, I think I will need some support about cases. So, I am really happy that such a platform has been created.
Have a nice weekend
I'm Ellen. I work in the Netherlands. I'm an OT working as a handtherapist in a private practice and I did the course in Amsterdam (june 2018). I'm just starting to practice the method to some patients of mine. And so far so good. It's exciting to see the progress.
Thank you for this platform, i will definetly need it.
Greetings,
Ellen
Dear Michael,
Dear Marie-Claude,
Dear Hester,
Dear Umut,
Dear Ellen,
I am so glad to read you and to get to know you a little better!! ?
It is all together, as a team, that we can create a great community and exchange about our experiences with Somatosensory rehabilitation!
Let's make it!
I wish to all of you a great day and a wonderful summer time!
Evangélia
Dear all,
During 17 years people have asked me about this moodle. It seems that it was a necessity. Now, we are 603 therapists, medical doctors, osteopaths, ans so on , who have the opportunity to share about Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Pain.
Don't hesitate to tell us:
Where are you from and what is your professional occupation?
It will be my pleasure to read you!
Claude J :-)
My name is Eileen de Ruiter. I’m a physical therapist (1998)/manual therapist (2004). In 2014 I’ve completed the course Handtherapy. Since 2015 I mainly work as a handtherapist in a little private practice in a little city Zutphen, in the east of the Netherlands. Our hand-patients are coming from a bigger region to our practice. I’ve attended the course SSR june 2018 in Amsterdam. I’ve tried the SSR with a couple of patients so far, but with mixed results. My obstacles so far are lack of materials for testing. And the language barrier sometimes. Greetings!
Some of the equipment companies here in North America (like www.danmicglobal.com) sell individual monofilaments, so more economical to purchase than a full set. Bonus: their design is robust and so I have found the filaments last better than other sets I have used.
If a company in your region does not list them individually, it doesn't hurt to ask if they would consider doing so!
Assessment is so important to inform your treatment plan AND I think the precision of the method is reassuring to the client and helps with adherence to treatment.
Tara
I used to work in rehabilitation centres in France, mostly with neurological patients. I discovered the method with my collegues in 2013, followed the 1st part of the 1st course in 2015 but then stopped practicing O.T. during 1 year. I passed a french diploma of orthopedist technician.
I came back to O.T in 2017 in a rehabilitation centre and recently arrived in Fribourg to work at the Somatosensory Rehabilitation Centre.
I will be at the next courses in Montréal (in french) and Fribourg (in english).
May I meet some of you there ?