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? -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 8:22 PM 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! ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy