Going in for my physical therapy evaluation tomorrow

I’ve mentioned before that I have a bad back, in fact I have degenerative arthritis of the lower lumbar spine which results in my back being stiff so I can barely bend and I often aggravate it by twisting or getting up the wrong way. I tried physical therapy for the second time last year, every Tuesday and Thursday I drove ten miles to the physical therapist for 4 months. It helped too, I had more flexibility and my back didn’t hurt for about three months afterwards. I’ve been promising everyone that I was going to start going to the gym to work out; I’ve been putting it off for a year but I figure physical therapy is a good alternative. So tomorrow morning I go in to a new place for an initial evaluation. I’m looking forward to it. My insurance will pay for ten sessions.

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Good luck with physical therapy.

I had back issues for probably a month and a half but after enough time off and rest….they appear to have healed themselves.

My pain when gripping and/or lifting with right arm in elbow/funny bone area does not appear to be going away on its own, though.

I made a doc appt for oct 1st to have it looked at. May need an xray or something to see whats going on.

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Thats good news that your insurance will pay for physical therapy, good luck!

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I twisted my leg and heard a popping sound in my knee then instant pain. They did an MRI and the results said I have a torn meniscus in my knee and a medial ligament sprain along with arthritis. I’m going to wait until I get back to my hometown and see the orthopedist there, but I don’t know if there’s anything they can do for it. It just hurts to bend the leg but I can walk okay on it. They may need to trim the meniscus down thru surgery.

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