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Page A4Opinion Pilot News • Tuesday, October 1, 2013Maintaing harmonyThe month of October isNational Physical Therapy Month.The American Physical TherapyAssociation (APTA) believes thatconsumers should have access toinformation that could help themmake health care decisions andprepare them for their visit withtheir health care provider.All physical therapists are preparedthrough education and experienceto treat people with a multitudeof different diseases, injuries, orafflictions. As an expert in the way thebody moves a physical therapist helpsrestore and improve mobility, motion,and function.All age groups from 0-110+ can andwill benefit from Physical Therapy services.In many cases therapists providea first choice alternative to surgery orside-effects of long term use of prescriptionmedications.As of July 1, Hoosiers now havedirect access to evaluations and treatmentby a physical therapist withoutphysician or other provider referral.The bill permits patients to be evaluatedand treated for 24 calendar days;however referrals will continue to berequired for spinal manipulation andsharp debridement. After 24 days, theMoving ForwardPhysical Therapy brings motion to lifePilot News(USPS 436-440)HOW TO REACH US:If you do not receive your daily paper by 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,please call the circulation department at 936-3101 up to 5:30 p.m. and wewill deliver your newspaper that day. 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Publisher’s liability for error is limited to theamount paid for advertising.PhysiCalTheraPyrosie regedanzPhysicaL TheraPisTPT must obtain a referral from anotherauthorized provider to continue treatment.You do have a choice of whereyou receive your services. You are NOTobligated to receive physical therapyat any specific facility. When receiving/schedulingyour physical therapyappointments here are a few generaltips to follow:• Make sure when receiving “physicaltherapy”, it is from a licensedphysical therapist. If you are receivingphysical therapy from a physical therapistassistant, be sure that he or she issupervised by a licensed physical therapist.Any treatment such as electricalstimulation, ultrasound, traction, massage,etc. should only be performed bya licensed professional.• Get recommendations for yourtherapist from family, friends, or otherhealth care providers.• When you contact the clinic foran appointment, ask about the physicaltherapist’s experience in regards toyour particular issue.• During your first visit with thetherapist, be prepared to describe yoursymptoms in as much detail as possible,and say what makes your symptomsworse.• Upon completion of your treatmentsession, make sure you have atleast a fair understanding of your issueand that the therapist has providedyou with a written home exercise program.• You and your therapist work asa team. Your success with therapyoutcomes depends on your ability tocomplete your home program withcoaching from your therapist.During the month of October, ApexTherapy Services will be providing aneducational series regarding ailments andwhat physical therapy can do for you. Tosuggest a topic, contact Rosie Regedanz at:Apex Therapy Services 574-936-9600 orstop by the office at 440 W. Jefferson St.,Plymouth.Views Presented By Columnists And Cartoonists On Today’s Opinion Page Do Not Necessarily ReflectThose Of The Staff And Management Of The Pilot News.Test givers have to get it right in future(Columbus) The RepublicIt shouldn’t take a rocket scientist or any other form ofabove average intelligence to acknowledge that the computerglitch fiasco during the most recent ISTEP+ testing periodhad a marked impact on a significant number of students.That is a recognition of the facts that should be kept inmind by state education officials in the next testing periodand motivate them to take whatever steps are required tomake sure similar incidents do not happen again.Based on evaluations by officials in the Department ofEducation, it is not entirely clear that they have acknowledgedthe degree of the problems created this past springwhen a series of computer glitches either knocked thousandsof test takers offline or caused momentary disruptionsin concentration.In an analysis commissioned by the state, for instance,researchers suggested that only 300 students in BartholomewConsolidated School Corp. experienced test-halting disruptions.Local school officials disagreed, and their differenceswith the state findings are significant. According to BCSCadministrators, 1,237 students were directly affected by thecomputer problems.Obviously this is not an apples or oranges comparison.With so much importance attached to the ISTEP+ tests forboth students and schools, any break in concentration isa very serious matter. These are young minds, and whilethey might be resilient, many have not attained the levelof mental discipline to help them deal with such breaks inconcentration.Both John Quick and Kathy Griffey, superintendents ofShoeThere is no way to pigeonhole the people I considermy friends. They are all unique in some way, but it isn’t aproblem to find something to bondus. While we• State Views •The CasualObserverLois Tomaszewskimanaging ediTorshare somesimilaritiesand commoninterests, I dohave friendswhose political,social andcultural viewpointsarefar removedfrom my own.In this highly charged political climate, the ranting canget deafening. Sometimes the common sense that I value isdrowned out by the extremes, coming from both sides of thepolitical spectrum. Don’t misunderstand — I love a gooddebate on the issues. I just get weary of reading my friends’posts on social network, following the links they provideand discovering that their gung ho-ness for their viewpointis clouding their judgement.For example, I have a friend who is an ex-cop. She isconservative, Christian and possesses sound judgementand the ability to see through falsehoods. Some of herposts are vehement against the Affordable Healthcare Act(Obamacare), even claiming that this plan is designed forthose who commit crimes and those who don’t work. Realhard-working, law abiding Americans will not benefit fromthe plan, she says.This is her viewpoint and I respect her right to say it,shout it, rant it and write it. I just wish she would cite reliablesources, not a source whose credibility and impartialityis questionable. This is a woman who has a heart ofgold. She cares deeply about all living things, but mentionObamacare and suddenly half the population are low-lifesand moochers. And the other half - well, according to herare headed to financial ruin because of the “predicted” raisein health insurance costs.I have another friend who has been involved in civilrights work for decades. She often posts about racial issuesfrom the viewpoint of someone who has been discriminatedagainst and who has a very personal perspective on racismin America. This intelligent, accomplished artist often postslinks to articles that, while correct, distort the facts to provea point.A recent example claimed that world maps had gotten “it”wrong all these years, that the continent of Africa was largerthan most people realized. To prove this, several countries,including the United States was transposed onto a map ofAfrica. At first glance it was impressive that this collectionof nations could be fit into the outline of Africa, but then ithit me.Africa is a continent, not a country. I am sure the landmass of several countries could fit into the confines of anycontinent. This manipulation of data was a way to prove apremise that was untrue. Has the history and importance ofthe African continent been ignored? Yes, it has. But, manipulatinginformation is not the way to right a perceived wrong.When journalists write a story, we are trained to seek outreliable sources. Perhaps that is why I get slightly amusedand even annoyed at my friends’ posts. Just like the majorityof people, I want the facts. I want to form my own opinionbased on accurate information.So while I still value and think the world of my friendsmentioned here, I do know that I have to look beyond theirviewpoints and social network postings. I know that theiropinions are just that and as a journalist, I respect everyone’sright to express their point of view.So, I’ll just skip over anything that looks like it might bepolitical in nature and instead enjoy their postings abouttheir everyday lives and the milestones achieved by family.To me, that is a better reflection of our commonality thenthese heated and sometimes erroneous postings.Here’s to a peaceful coexistence, even on Facebook.Lois Tomaszewski is Managing Editor of the Pilot News Group.the Bartholomew Consolidated and Flat Rock-Hawcreekschool corporations, agree test scores for students andschools in their corporations would have been much higherhad it not been for the disruptions.As it is, students and schools in both entities did remarkablywell under the trying circumstances. Schools in the FlatRock-Hawcreek district saw overall improvement in thepercentage of students who had passed the test from theprevious year. Seven of 13 schools in BCSC posted passingscores that were better than the state average.Students and teachers in both systems deserve praise fortheir adaptability in dealing with the problems, but it is notan asset that should be a requisite in taking such importanttests. This exercise should be conducted glitch-free.Responsibility for that rests with the Indiana Department ofEducation and the vendors who provide the testing formats.The system is not broken to the point that students andschools revert to the paper and pencil method of test taking,although some educators maintain that students do betterin such a format. For instance, BCSC got special permissionfrom the state in 2012 to revert to a standardized form oftesting on paper because of another set of computer glitchesthe previous year. Columbus Signature Academy — FodreaCampus, for instance, improved its passing percentage inEnglish and math from 54 percent in 2011 to 84 percent in2012.Education has progressed too far in electronic media togive up the advances that have been achieved. Despite thosetechnological advances, however, one basic rule still holds— the test givers have to get it right.