Physical Therapy  

I had to take it, because of back problems.
I only had to do them at the office were I
went. I had them for a year, but I still
came out 30 percent disabled in my spine.
Try to do your exercises they are important
for receiving strength back in were ever you
had surgery.
Have a great day.

You mean you are supposed to do them at home too???

I've done a LOT of PT.

Why?

Well, because the medication route most people get to take is off for me because of the corn starch in the pills...

I don't like exercises at the best of times and being sent to DO them and then they want me to do more of them at HOME?

Do them as you remember - sure, you could set a phone (well, my phone I can set every hour or set a timer or something) and set reminders. Or you can do them when you feel like them, or you can forget them like I did - but they don't do you much good if you don't do them...

Got a joke I came up with:

Where did the Spanish Inquisition go after they weren't doing it anymore in Spain? They became Physical Therapists...

I got a lot of exercises after I had back surgery, and they really helped. As I'm a rider, I have quite good control over the muscles there and the exercises were quite easy, but I still did them for half a year. I try to remember to do them every now and then now too, as I don't want the problems to come back.

I had to do therapy after a knee surgery when I was in the fourth grade. I took it for a couple of months, and although it was really painful at times, it did help me get back on my feet faster, and it also showed me how much I could take. LOL

I did have physical therapy after I had back surgery in 2006. I was on the rehab floor of the hospital for two weeks after my surgery and had physical therapy twice a day. Then when I went home they came to the house every day for three weeks, then three times a week for a month, and then twice a week for two weeks, and then once a week for 3 months. You have to understand that I could not walk before my surgery my back had gotten so bad.
I had great therapists, so had a good experience.

Hi, caver1. I have never had the actual physical therapist meeting. But I do go to chiropractic visits often. I get adjustments and other therapy that helps with my lower back muscles. I know that my mother-in-law had physical therapy at her home some years ago. She said she did not like it, because it was a man that was doing her physical therapy. She just did not feel so good. I thought that she needed it because of her muscle problems..