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"Most patients don't follow their prescribed homework, and many surgeons don't even get to see the long-term outcomes of their patients' surgery." I had some p

"Most patients don't follow their prescribed homework, and many surgeons don't even get to see the long-term outcomes of their patients' surgery." I had some problems after sports accidents and after an odysee to different surgeons and co. and an operation, I came to the conclusion, that the lowly, but very experienced physical therapists, offered the best advice for me. Because they actually work closely with the patients in the long run and see what works. But since they are not academics, it seems their opinions are usually not very well regarded and do not move up the chain (at least here in germany, but I can imagine it is the same all around the world).

inglor_cz 5y ago
To be frank, most doctors don't perform the same exercise that they recommend to their patients themselves. Leading by example should be a thing. I am now in care of a fit doctor who, though being over 50, is slim and obviously active. It is a huge difference from my previous doctor who was visibly overweight even though 10 years younger than me, and from the yet previous doctor who tipped the scale at at least 350 pounds. (That one died of Covid after spending 6 weeks in the ICU. Wasn't yet sixty.) If the fit doctor recommends me something from her own experience (in her case, the Sun Salutation), I will know that it works.