You had to ask? I usually got them as a matter of course. Never had a problem getting them, but just FYI, most can be found online, complete with diagrams, and/or on Youtube.

Doc

Dr. Smith - yes unfortunately I did have to ask. Not all p/t clinics are made alike. :-)
Thanks for added options! Good info.

I called my neurosurgeon and he said STOP and STOP now. I have severe narrowing on the nerves on both sides of the slipped disk and he feels that she caused swelling to that nerve and thus all the leg issues. It has really scared me and is kind of sobering that my issues with my spine are serious. I couldnt sleep Sunday night due to the pain in my legs and I had run out of Ultram. I called the Neurosurgeon and he put it in for a larger dose of Ultram and said no more PT until surgery in February.

We are super blessed that my hubby is military and this doesn't cost us anything out of pocket for the visits. I do want to go back to the therapist so she knows what happened but am nervous about it. I suck at speaking up but I also know she needs to know so I can maybe help someone else not go through the same thing.

Write a letter. It'll help you organize your thoughts/talking points & practice/refine what you want to get across. Whether you mail it instead of going back in person is up to you, but some people aren't good at confrontation, and don't think fast on their feet ("Dang, I SHOULD have said....")

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I will definitely do that. I will need to go back after surgery to do PT so it is in my best interest to go back in and try another PT that is there. I wish I could just go in now and do the heat therapy they were doing. That felt SO good!!!!

Is that substantially different from using a heating pad?

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[QUOTE=Dr. Smith;840018]Is that substantially different from using a heating pad?

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They use a moist large heating pad that is a bit weighted as well as using STIM (electrical currents) on my back. It is pure heaven and feels sooooo good!!!