that's interesting - mine have all worked on their own. in 2 cases I
got referrals, but the doctors (I ended up switching primary care
doctors) referred me and let the PTs do their thing. I can't remember
if I complained about PT to the first doctor, but I did to the second
doctor. His reaction was to tell me that the PTs were the experts and
that I should complete the course of treatment and then they would
write him a letter and he would review it with me, and if there were
problems, he would discuss at that point. Since I felt it wasn't
helping, I wasn't willing to keep going back for a month.
I guess technically, they were working with my doctors because the
doctors were informed, but in reality, they were independent of
advice/suggestions from my doctors once I was referred. Is that what
you mean about that's how it's supposed to work?
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Subject: Re: got an appointment at Kennedy Krieger on Thursday 10:30
I could be wrong, but I thought PT's were supposed to work with
medical treatments prescribed by a physician, not on their own. At
least that's what I've been told here in NC.
Kat
On 5 Sep 2006, at 20:17, Mary Katherine Powers wrote:
4 PTs have failed so far because I can't do the stretching they
proscribe. It pretty much renders me immobile. Maybe I'm just so out of
shape that I can't stretch much, but I have tried to be very, very
careful and never stretch to the point of pain. The last straw was the
PT last Friday assuring me that the stretches wouldn't hurt, and - well
- although I did a lot less than he said to do, they hurt!
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