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Yes. I'm not sure this is so true for full thickness tears, but in general I think your point stands. That said, patients also want surgery. I can't tell you h
by joshgel 7y ago
Yes. I'm not sure this is so true for full thickness tears, but in general I think your point stands.
That said, patients also want surgery. I can't tell you how many patients I have referred to physical therapy for conditions which we know are improved by physical therapy (like routine lower back pain, minor muscle strains, etc) and they look at me like I'm crazy. I've seen it work in my patients that actually went and participated, but most go through the motions and stop going after a session or two because 'it wasn't helping'. I think part of american culture is that we want instant fixes, even for problems that have been brewing for decades like heart disease and diabetes... /endRant
- HatchedLake721 7y agoPeople want a magic pill to be healthy, pretty, famous and rich. It’s human nature, we want everything right now.
- Rapzid 7y agoIt's interesting how relative it is too. For people who like to be active some of these new rehab programs and findings are essentially "magic pills". "Wait, you mean all I have to do is just 15 minutes of exercises only once every day and my knee/wrist/elbow/shoulder might be 100% in 6 months?! Amazing!"
- d-sc 7y agoHow do I find your practice IRL? It’s hard to find people that don’t just recommend surgery because the system wants them to.
- joshgel 7y agosorry for delayed response. I'm a hospitalist, so don't have an outpatient practice...
- RandomInteger4 7y agoYeah, I'm guilty of thinking this way as a patient. I had bursitis issues, but I convinced myself that it was a rotator cuff tear, partly because I didn't know that the bursa were a thing. I was skeptical of PT, but that along with anti inflammatories pretty much made me good as new. I was down to 170 just from avoiding upper body due to excruciating pain, but after PT I am now stronger than before and back up to 195ish.