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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2019-01-23 7:56 a.m., jay wrote:
> On 1/22/19 3:09 PM, wrote:
>> I tried PT for a short while, that was no help but was
>> simply witch doctor agony, another cash cow for charlatans.Â* Any YMCA
>> can orchestrate the same exercises at less than $30 per month.
>
> I've used PT for several different sports injuries and it worked
> miracles. Had a knee issue from skiing and first doctor looked at me for
> 30 seconds and said I needed surgery.Â* Never went back.Â* Went for a
> second opinion a real doctor told me that he recommend some PT and then
> reevaluate. Took the advice and never needed to see him again.Â* I didn't
> have to pay a nickle out of pocket. The knee is still working.Â* Also
> I've been to several different PT folks and they are not all created
> equal. One was actually just a cheer leader. Another had magic hands!
>
> Sports activities are dangerous. The biggest danger about skiing is the
> other idiots that are around you skiing or even worse snowboarding.
> There are actually octogenarian ski racing teams. I asked one guy how he
> can be still skiing he said "don't quit doing it."Â* Like life.. you have
> the ability to live a really long time .. just keep breathing and don't
> die.
>

I have been for physiotherapy a couple times and they worked wonders on
me. At one time I was off work for two months with a back injury. My
back is now better than it ever was. My friend has been twice in the
last year. The first time was for a rotator cuff that was not improving
with mild exercise. Three sessions of PT and he was over it. A couple
months ago he had a sort of sciatica problem. He could not sit for more
than a couple minutes without extreme pain. He was treading his upcoming
trip to New Zealand. He went to PT, got the massages and exercise
program and within two weeks he was better.

Chiropractors, OTOH, I have no faith in. I know lots of people who
visit their chiropractors regularly. They get temporary relief, but
they have to keep going back for years.