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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 197765" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Well, in my experience, it depends on the PT. I went for the first time in 2006 after an MRI confirmed a couple of bulging disks. Unfortunately, my PT's name was the Marquis de Sade. Old Marquis firmly believed in "no pain, no gain". I went 3 times and was in 3 times as much pain by the end of my week with him. I called and cancelled. He called and tried to talk me out of it. I told him that I know I'm just an idiot lay person with a bad back, but I was not going to continue a PT program that was aggravating the problem. He had the nerve to call me 2 more times!!! I then went to a chiropractor who very slowly got me thru it. </p><p> </p><p>After my back surgeries, I had to do rehab. Obviously didn't go back to Marquis. I did walk in and let them know up front that I do not believe in "no pain, no gain" and if that was their philosophy we should just call it a day. These folks were *fabulous*. We'd start off with hot moist compresses, then some kind of electrical stimulation, then very gentle exercises. Two months later I was almost back to my pre-back problem state.</p><p> </p><p>In my lay opinion, you can get a good PT program going without causing more pain. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 197765, member: 8"] Well, in my experience, it depends on the PT. I went for the first time in 2006 after an MRI confirmed a couple of bulging disks. Unfortunately, my PT's name was the Marquis de Sade. Old Marquis firmly believed in "no pain, no gain". I went 3 times and was in 3 times as much pain by the end of my week with him. I called and cancelled. He called and tried to talk me out of it. I told him that I know I'm just an idiot lay person with a bad back, but I was not going to continue a PT program that was aggravating the problem. He had the nerve to call me 2 more times!!! I then went to a chiropractor who very slowly got me thru it. After my back surgeries, I had to do rehab. Obviously didn't go back to Marquis. I did walk in and let them know up front that I do not believe in "no pain, no gain" and if that was their philosophy we should just call it a day. These folks were *fabulous*. We'd start off with hot moist compresses, then some kind of electrical stimulation, then very gentle exercises. Two months later I was almost back to my pre-back problem state. In my lay opinion, you can get a good PT program going without causing more pain. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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