Has formal physical therapy benefitted you for your Lyme Symptoms?
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Yes, it helped, but only short-term. - 25.0% - 1 votes
I'm unsure if it helped. - 0.0% - 0 votes
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Intuition
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Joined : May 2017
Posts : 55
Posted 7/10/2017 3:10 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone,
I was just curious as to experiences people have had with physical therapy in relation to their Lyme recovery treatment. Has it helped at all with some of the muscle and join aches, pains, immobility, etc? Were these results lasting?
I had late stage Lyme with neurological symptoms that has since been treated at the beginning of this year. Most of the neurological symptoms have subsided, but I am still reeling from all of the physical ones.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Caramba
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Joined : Aug 2016
Posts : 626
Posted 7/10/2017 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
short term for me. IMO I'd rather spend the money on treatment.
Girlie
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Posted 7/10/2017 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
Physical therapy doesn't necessarily mean spending money on a PT
I have been seeing one...but for me it has helped greatly because I had frozen shoulder from lyme.
Most of the work is done at home though. - Therabands, free weights, machines.
astroman
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Joined : Mar 2014
Posts : 9786
Posted 7/10/2017 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
PT, chiro, + other related treatments worked much better for me after ABX. Much less noticable before.
I do my own PT now, with triggerpoint release, active release, weights, and rolling before and after. Huge strenght increase now.
Caramba
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Posted 7/11/2017 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
good point Girlie, what I meant is for me (and probably others), self PT isn't an option due to fatigue.
yes, I feel great after going to a chiropractor but I won't exercise on my own, it's very hard.
so, I can't afford to (nor does it make sense) to go to a chiropractor or PT a couple of times a week long term.
I'm hoping now that my energy is at a better threshold to pick that up.
Girlie
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Posted 7/11/2017 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
caramba said...
good point Girlie, what I meant is for me (and probably others), self PT isn't an option due to fatigue.
yes, I feel great after going to a chiropractor but I won't exercise on my own, it's very hard.
so, I can't afford to (nor does it make sense) to go to a chiropractor or PT a couple of times a week long term.
I'm hoping now that my energy is at a better threshold to pick that up.
If your fatigue prevents you from exercising...then a PT would only help so much...because generally you get exercises to do at home...that's when most of the work is done.
But, I have had my PT do some work on me that has helped...she has stretched a few muscles that had tightened (on the frozen shoulder side) so that I now have complete range of motion.