Candlegirl,

What Seahorse said.

Unfortunately, a lot (too many) of patients have bad initial experiences with PT, and it puts them off it for life (if not longer). The real shame is that PT (often the firstline therapy for a lot of things) can resolve many pain issues without medication, surgery, or other more severe (and more expensive) therapies.

Another unfortunate circumstance is that insurance companies will often only foot the bill for one course of PT sessions, so that if a patient has a bad experience (which further underlines the importance of speaking up early), or even if they have a good one and additional PT would prove even more beneficial, the patient must pay for any further sessions out of their own pocket. So milk those therapists for all the information, advice, suggestions, etc. you can while you've got them on the line (so to speak )!

Fortunately we can continue the therapy on our own by continuing the exercises, or obtaining our own (TENS, traction, etc.) equipment.

Doc