Billing for Tone Reduction (AFO Cook Off Contest)
John Russell
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Title:
Billing for Tone Reduction (AFO Cook Off Contest)
Creator:
John Russell
Date:
3/2/2001
Text:
Hi All and Randy McFarland, CPO John T. Brinkmann, CPO Wil Haines, CPO
I want to add my two cents to this discussion. I feel that we should not
charge for Tone reduction Mods.
It is my feeling that Tone is a bad word, but I still use it to communicate
to OandP professionals about this problem.
Tone reduction is just controlling muscle imbalance comfortably.
Wil wrote>>Billie stated; Tone reduction is best accomplished by
accommodation
I have never heard that stated from Billie, and I would not start talking
for her. In the courses we have taught together (Step up to Flexible
Stability) she has agreed with me that you cast for maximum correction with
the knee at 90 degrees, R1+ pressure, allowing plantarflexion over rotation
deformities.
I think that another urban myth is that there is anything to tone reducing
mods all I got say about that is Prove It.
I propose that orthotists take charge of the research themselves by
beginning to do comparisons studies, etc. One such effort could include
AFO Cook Off Contest, a fun way and a low cost way to see what designs
really work. I thought that this would be best at a national conference.
If persons are interested I could post my idea to the O&P List
That's all for Now
John Russell
3161 Putnam Blvd.
Pleasant Hill, CA. 94523
V-925-943-1119
F-925-943-2493
<Email Address Redacted>
I want to add my two cents to this discussion. I feel that we should not
charge for Tone reduction Mods.
It is my feeling that Tone is a bad word, but I still use it to communicate
to OandP professionals about this problem.
Tone reduction is just controlling muscle imbalance comfortably.
Wil wrote>>Billie stated; Tone reduction is best accomplished by
accommodation
I have never heard that stated from Billie, and I would not start talking
for her. In the courses we have taught together (Step up to Flexible
Stability) she has agreed with me that you cast for maximum correction with
the knee at 90 degrees, R1+ pressure, allowing plantarflexion over rotation
deformities.
I think that another urban myth is that there is anything to tone reducing
mods all I got say about that is Prove It.
I propose that orthotists take charge of the research themselves by
beginning to do comparisons studies, etc. One such effort could include
AFO Cook Off Contest, a fun way and a low cost way to see what designs
really work. I thought that this would be best at a national conference.
If persons are interested I could post my idea to the O&P List
That's all for Now
John Russell
3161 Putnam Blvd.
Pleasant Hill, CA. 94523
V-925-943-1119
F-925-943-2493
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
John Russell, “Billing for Tone Reduction (AFO Cook Off Contest),” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 26, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216052.
