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Old 08-08-2015, 12:18 AM
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physical therapy helps. But, you have to make sure you do the exercises even when you're not at the physical therapy appointments.

I was doing really well with the PT in 2014 until I got frozen shoulder, and the pain from that kept me from being able to do anything. That's when my walking got really bad, and I've had a really hard time catching up from that. The frozen shoulder wasn't an MS thing. (flu shot in the wrong spot in my arm. Next flu shot goes in my butt)

The last couple of times I asked for PT for the walking issues, the doctor Rx-ed something completely different than what I asked for, so I went a few times because it was helping another issue, but not the one I specifically asked for, and then I decided to just try and deal with the issue on my own.

And the time before that, my insurance had been screwed up by my then-insurance carrier no longer working with my preferred group of hospitals. So, I went to a different PT provider, and got the worst treatment I've ever gotten from a physical therapist ever. That also put me back, because at the time, I didn't quite realize that I could say something. Next time I go to a PT appointment, and I feel like the therapist is either ignoring me, or actively mocking me (both of which happened at that place), I'll be leaving immediately. Asking for their supervisor, and then switching to a different PT place.
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