Fibromyalgia Support Group
You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.
New diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis was depressing me so I researched the medical literature on PUBMED and found physical therapy exercises to strengthen the knee to be helpful.
So, my insurance didn't cover my last & wonderful physical therapist. Instead, an everyone out in one big noisy room phsycial therapy outfit. My therapist did NOT give me any guidelines to how many reps/how many times a day to do exercises. She said she would give me copies of the exercises but didn't. She made no comment when I said I have fibro. All she did was to try to instill false hope (you can go hiking, etc) that blatantly contradicted the orthopedist's advice---no downhill, no jogging, no impact. She gave me no parameters. It was like going to McDonalds and expecting a gourmet meal.
Also, she gave me one or two exercises ($25.00 co-pay each time). She could have seen me twice and given me written instructions and ask me to come back in a couple of months. She did id my weak thigh muscle. I asked her how many times I would need to see her and she refused to give me an answer.
I'm not blaming her for my 2 recent muscle screaming, wake me up at 2:30 in the morning all day pain episodes: medical marijuana, extra methadone and baclofen doses, hot pack, cold pack, bengay massage, capsaicin, hot bath, did I miss anything---, recurring throughout the day Severe. All due to overdoing the exercises. but how much is overdoing....and it seems to be cummulative, ie, the exercises should not be done every day.
It would have been nice to discuss the potential for my severe pain episodes. I'm going to contact another PT and ask what medicare insurance he accepts and think about changing insurance. This sucks. I am better designing my own program off the internet
So, my insurance didn't cover my last & wonderful physical therapist. Instead, an everyone out in one big noisy room phsycial therapy outfit. My therapist did NOT give me any guidelines to how many reps/how many times a day to do exercises. She said she would give me copies of the exercises but didn't. She made no comment when I said I have fibro. All she did was to try to instill false hope (you can go hiking, etc) that blatantly contradicted the orthopedist's advice---no downhill, no jogging, no impact. She gave me no parameters. It was like going to McDonalds and expecting a gourmet meal.
Also, she gave me one or two exercises ($25.00 co-pay each time). She could have seen me twice and given me written instructions and ask me to come back in a couple of months. She did id my weak thigh muscle. I asked her how many times I would need to see her and she refused to give me an answer.
I'm not blaming her for my 2 recent muscle screaming, wake me up at 2:30 in the morning all day pain episodes: medical marijuana, extra methadone and baclofen doses, hot pack, cold pack, bengay massage, capsaicin, hot bath, did I miss anything---, recurring throughout the day Severe. All due to overdoing the exercises. but how much is overdoing....and it seems to be cummulative, ie, the exercises should not be done every day.
It would have been nice to discuss the potential for my severe pain episodes. I'm going to contact another PT and ask what medicare insurance he accepts and think about changing insurance. This sucks. I am better designing my own program off the internet
Good luck recovering and finding someone better.
We have a very nice very warm water pool in town and I am resisting joining because of the added expense and you can go only at certain times, and it feels so unprivate.....but I think by fall I'll be ready to do it.
Often times I am so overwhelmed by sound, by new people that I am not very tolerant of others and this added to my perception about the PT. She was very flip about the osteoarthritis thing. It's extremely painful and pain inhibits moving and fibro, I'm sure, makes the pain more intense.
That said, I'm doing better. I'm doing the exercises myself, not trying to impress PT by doing too many of them.