Hi,
I know at my hospital the mandate for the PT treating the patient is to get them treated and home as fast as possible.....if not on my oncology ward and dying......however......they have it in thier head infact I think they are taught that they have to push people to do their physio as they will be reluctant to feel pain with the process of new muscle growth....

In our TOS case the opposite is true you should NEVER be pushed to do something that hurts it may put you into a flare or like me push u over the edge and not be pain free anymore......so don't ever do anything that hurts is what my vascular surgeon said. He told me that if anything hurts at all I am not to do it and Iam the best judge of that not the PT, OT, Nurse (even though I am one.... ) you know you best and any good PT will listen to your concerns and not push you especially if they know ANYTHING about TOS!!!

good luck,
Victoria