Physical therapy advice for a newbie

ignatius
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 04:58:00 +0000

MomofWildChild:

You don’t want someone who points you to a machine and tells you to do 20 reps and walks away. Most of the session should be very hands on. There should be a lot of analysis of your range of motion, gait, pelvic and hip alignment, etc.

This!

I have had PT three times over the years - three therapists. The first two therapists were hands on with follow-up exercises to do at home. The last go-round the therapist showed me an exercise and then walked away, came back to show another, etc. I felt I spent an hour paying for something I could have and should have easily done at home. (Some of the exercises were just stretches or done with a ball - no machines involved.) I should have stopped going and looked elsewhere.