Hi, your husband should continue his PT for strengthening on his own at home.

As far as scar tissue goes, look up chinese cupping, scraping, rolfing and graston. You can help do these things to him. Massage will probably help a lot too, so will warm water exercise and/or hot tubs. Heating pads and/or ice should help.

Physical therapists are kind of stupid and often give up on us anyway, so it's not really the end of the world. I had a physical therapist break my 2nd rib after my surgery.

Your husband should consider stopping work and applying for disability. I read somewhere that people without surgery with ATOS have an 85% chance of having a stroke. The fact that he is always in pain and isn't getting any better it is really bad that he keeps pushing himself with regard to work. I was approved for disability, I hired an attorney, it took 1 1/2 years. Actually having a blood clot form ATOS is extremely rare.