PT today

I had my 1st PT appt. today. It took forever to fill out the questionaire. It was alot more questions than I thought it would be. It went okay overall,I guess. He wanted to see if my pelvis was fractured from the fall last August(which I didn't think it was), and if that was what was causing my hip pain. He did several things and said it was all inconclusive. I lied down and bent my knee and brought it to my "chest"(ended up being more like stomach area!lol)holding it with my arms then he leaned on that knee with his weight. It caused the pain in my lower back,just stuff like that. Then I walked from one wall to the door for 6 minutes. My percent was 38%. I could have done better on that I think. I didn't know I was suposed to walk as fast as I could. Then he wanted to test the strength and mobility in my back and had my sit on the piece of equipment and straped my legs,suposed to limit me using legs or hips for help. I held on to these handles and then bent back and then went forward to the point before it caused pain. On that I did 25%. So the numbers show, I am certainly not where I need to be...I knew that. He suggested doing PT in the water. He said it would be easier on me to start with. He wants me to do that for 2 weeks and then be re-evaluated at that time. It is at a different location,actually next door to where I work. So, I agreed to that. And I go Monday for that and then on Wednesday. So that is about it...

He did say that the disc can actually herniate again and I am at risk for that... I do have alot of work to do. And I do want to do it. I am ready to get past all of this. I know I am going to have to push myself. And I will. I just won't do too much so to cause any damage.

I know all this takes time. I am just getting impatient with the whole process. I want to go back to work. God knows we need to money,bad. I am tired of hurting all the time. It is raining/storming outside. And today my pain level is high-about an "8" on the pain scale. Rain always seems to make it worse. I am trying to just let the frustrations and being impatient go and just deal with what the reality is. It is just hard. I sound like a broken record always complaining about how bad I feel... I am almost tired of myself!!! I just have to take it one day at a time...It's all I can do.

Anice

Anice my Little Angel,
Sorry I haven't been around to give you some suppot when you need it! I for one think you will do great with the theropy! You didn' say if you liked your theropist? I think that means alot and the trust has to be there. I've done pt many-many-many times over the years for diferen tarts> parts are parts you know! Oh, you know I'm a silly man when I'm sad, now that I'm happy your going to get silly off the scales! But back to pt, I always did much better when I liked the person helping me. It makes all the difference if the theropist acts like they want to help you and it's not jusrt a job and they can't wait to be finnished w/ you> I've had both types and what a difference. Lesson learned, if you don't care for or are unsure of yor pt, ask for a different one. DON'T worry about hurting their feelings! It's your body! You can DO IT!!!!
Your Big Bro,
Pete!!

anice So they are going to have you do aqua therapy! I was given that, back when I first herniated my T12 disc, over 10 years ago! I went to aqua therapy three times a week, and it was suppose to be for 6 weeks, after a week and a half I flunked out! They came to the conclusion that they were making me worse, and causing me, extreme pain, and muscle spasms and they sent me back to the Doctor, and told him that until he surgically fixed the problem, that PT and Aqua Therapy would not do me any good and actually do more harm! And they were not willing to do the surgery, heck at that time they could not even find anybody in my area to do epidural steroid injections of the Thorasic spine! Things have changed allot since then! Anyway anice I think you will injoy aqua therapy! I know your getting anxious, and want to get back to work! But PLEASE be patient with your self, you will get back to doing your job, but you want to make sure that you do it the right way! Getting your strength built up slowly and properly!

I do wish you all the Best anice! I am rooting for you!   Go anice!!!!
White Beard

Hi Anice,

Glad to hear that you survived your first session of PT! Hopefully the water therapy helps. I did water therapy for a couple months after shoulder surgery #3 & it was great! It is much easier on you overall than the land PT is, although it still gives you quite a work-out during the beginning stages of your recovery (and much more fun, in my opinion). When I was doing the pool PT, there were a lot of people rehabing from back surgeries. I hope it goes well for you!

Skeye

Anice, I also started with aqua therapy after my surgery. It was good but my surgeon is not a big fan of it so he only wanted me to go for 2 weeks then start Real PT. I really hope this works for you and that you get on the other side of healing and get back to work. Don't rush it but I also know with your situation you feel the need to be getting that paycheck.

Its so wonderful to hear you sound so positive. Keep it up Anice, golitho