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jdfwood 
2:13am, October 7, 2009
I have almost decided that my physical therapist is either deaf or sadistic. Maybe she is both. I went for my PT evaluation last Friday. The therapist and I talked for an hour about my goals, the doctors goals, the condition of my legs, feet, ankles. I also told her the restrictions that my Rheumy is very firm about. There is to be no long term weight bearing because of my feet and ankles. I am to weight bear only for tranfers. Seems pretty straight forward to me. The first home exercise that this therapist has decided I must do is this.....every two hours I am to go to my kitchen and using the counter I am to stand up and stand there as long as possible!! Do what?? Then in one week I am to do this every hour. What part of no weight bearing does this woman not understand???? Well, me being as stubborn as a mule,decided I would show that therapist she doesn't know muc about arthritis. All day Saturday I did what the good therapist said. I was a model patient. Saturday night my feet and ankles were so swollen that I could no longer walk. Yeah, I showed her alright. Two days later I am to the point I can transfer again with only some difficulty. Guess I am going to have a long talk with the therapist on my next visit!!!!! I guess she just doesn't understand me when I say there is so much destroyed in my feet and ankles that an orthpeadist and a podiatrist have said there is not enough bone left to even fuse together and make them more stable. Oh well, tomorrow is another day with new adventures I'm sure.
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Okay, That's IT!!!! I'm coming to IN and I'm going to smack that PT silly. Now look at the mess you're in. Every time I've ever gone for PT they want to push things too far right from the start. If there's no weight bearing then that's that. Dont let that idiot tell you what to do when you know it's going to cause days or weeks of problems. You know your own body better than anyone else. I'm talking to you like a dutch uncle now, You do what you KNOW is best for you. If they try to tell you to do something you can't do ask them if they're going to come over and take care of your house and family when they've renedered you useless.
Mine tried to make me use the bicycle once and I just said flat no. IF I do that I'm going to have to go to the orthopedist and get a cortisone shot to be able to walk with my hips the way they are. Practice after me..... noooooooooooooo. Don't make me have to come there. LOL I hope you're feeling better soon. That's just such a typical PT thing I really don't understand what they teach them. Talk soon! Sandy
toby1129
Boy O Boy, What the hell was this therapist thinking?????
Over riding the doctors orders, gotta be something wrong with this woman! Just be careful! I totaly agree with Toby's comment. Maybe I'll have to come up there too. Maybe Toby and I together can convince this PT!!!!! LOL
Joey1234
OMG! Stick to your guns Jamie. I am fast coming to the conclusion that we are the expert on our physical condition. Therapists, docters and the like can advise us, but its our own intuition that really sees us in the right direction. Sorry to say but your therapist os a plonker! Time to ditch her too.
MsCowgirl