Physical Therapy
I was referred for physical therapy when I was diagnosed with a joint hypermobility spectrum disorder in December. Today was my first appt.
It will also be my last. I was not impressed with Select Physical Therapy in Parker, Colorado. Why?
- The lady never introduced herself, I still don't know her name.
- She wanted to work on one or two problem areas. F#@* that! Every joint is a problem, I told her I was referred to get general help in future injury prevention. But obviously that doesn't suit her limited expertise and experience (she wasn't young so her limited range isn't understandable)
- Despite one hour doing exercises specific to two joints (ankle and hip - because she made me choose FFS) I wasn't given any advice on future injury prevention and she still expected me to book twice weekly appointments moving forward.
- She called me Marlene for most of the appointment only realizing in the last ten minutes my name was actually Marianne.
- The exercises I actually did with her took maybe 10 minutes total, but she kept disappearing back to her computer for 5 mins everytime she told me to do 20 reps (which took about 1 min), so she wasted tons of time and billed me and my health insurance for it.
- She never even asked what my regular exercise routine was before assigning me exercises. For all she knew it was stuff I was already doing! And some actually was.
Unfortunately this is exactly what I expected, an utter waste of time.
But I made the most of the rest of my day today and will continue to self manage my joint issues with an at home exercise regimen like I have for many years now.
I did 7 mins Feet Up inversion today:
20 mins yoga, 20 min dog walk, 20 mins of cardio and strength training intervals.
