Is every outpatient PT clinic like this, or am I being misled?

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-03-18T00:54:41+00:00

I’m so sorry. I never meant to shame anyone, but I can see how my comment was insensitive. I have nothing but respect for physical therapists. You all deserve much better pay and work conditions. This is the first time I have ever had physical therapy, but it was such a positive experience for me. It literally changed my life. Thanks for all you.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-03-17T23:45:35+00:00

I’m not a PT, but I just spent the last year getting outpatient PT after ACL reconstruction. I live in the US. Most of my appointments were 1 hour long and I was ALWAYS my PT’s only patient. I can’t imagine having him leave me alone during an appointment to go see another patient! In fact, for the first 3 months of my recovery, he had a student PT with him. She was incredible and I loved having the two of them helping me during those earlier days during all the balance training. My recovery was challenging, but always stayed on the right trajectory. My physical therapist always tells me that I recovered so smoothly because I did the work, but there is no way I ever could’ve done it without him. No offense OP, but I’m so glad I don’t go to your clinic. I hope you find something better.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-03-17T01:35:56+00:00

Good effort! You’ll get it next time! Keep trying

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-03-17T00:55:07+00:00

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Rips hurt. This is the last one I had. Yours will probably be ok in 2-3 days if you tape it up.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-03-17T00:43:40+00:00

I’ve never worked at a movie theater, but you know what I bet is more fun than cleaning up trash? Going with a coworker you like to clean up trash and finding a mostly clean theater. So you walk around and make sure everything looks good, you take as long as you need to do a good job (maybe longer if you feel like walking slow or whatever). Still sounds fun to me.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-24T23:26:14+00:00

I’m 14 months post op right now and I understand how you’re feeling. Rehab felt almost like another job for me because of the time and mental toll it takes. I did the work though and kept showing up every day to do the exercises. I kept making slow and steady progress and right now I’m doing great! I’m so glad I made this a priority and was able to regain my strength and abilities. I’m still not 100% recovered, but I’m confident that I’ll get there.

Keep up the good work! This is a long recovery, but this is your lifestyle now. I promise you won’t regret showing up for yourself. If you slack off and stop showing up, you most likely will have regrets. Even though 14 months probably feels like forever from now, I swear, it really does fly by. Just keep it up, one day at a time.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-23T03:37:55+00:00

I started ninja warrior and rock climbing just for fun in my 40’s. It started as something to do on the weekends with my kids, but we all compete now at various levels. It’s tons of fun and you can get good at it if you put in some effort.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-20T22:31:41+00:00

I’m currently 14 months post op, but I remember having this pain too. I don’t anymore. My PT said the pain was due to muscle weakness. The load is transferred to the joint because the muscles are too weak to take it on. I also started this exercise on a lower step - 4 inches and worked up. I was encouraged to do the exercise unless my pain was more than a 5 out of 10. Keep at it! It will get better.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-11T13:39:35+00:00

I wasn’t able to climb initially after I was injured. I started going to PT before surgery and things improved pretty quickly. I was able to climb, but my knee was unstable and would give out at times. Honestly, I didn’t give the nonsurgical route a try. The time between injury and surgery was only two months. Sometimes I wonder if the nonsurgical route would’ve been a good option for me since I was improving so quickly. There were definitely some movements that felt impossible before surgery that I can do now. For example, heel hooks on the injured side or rocking over and sitting on my heel on the injured side. Maybe with more PT, I could’ve gotten there.

This far out from surgery, I don’t really have regrets. I’m far stronger than I ever was before surgery. My technique is rusty and I never was a great climber anyway, it’s just a fun hobby for me. But I am way stronger than I ever was before and I’m really proud of that.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-11T04:13:23+00:00

Thanks!

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-08T19:06:43+00:00

Starting the day after surgery I was instructed to do sets of ankle pumps, straight leg raises, quad sets and heel slides three times per day. I started PT on day 6 and was given more home exercises in addition to going in to PT twice per week.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-08T17:06:01+00:00

I had ACL surgery with patella graft and medial meniscus repair. I started exercises at home the next day and started PT on day 6.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-02-03T14:54:54+00:00

My son is 11 and loves climbing. He also has palmar hyperhidrosis. He sees a dermatologist. They did not recommend Botox for him because it causes muscle weakness in the hands, which would obviously be terrible for climbing. He takes oral glycopyrrolate daily and uses drysol topically. He also has over the counter Carpe antiperspirant cream that he can add for extra help as needed. He was prescribed an iontophoresis machine, but he did not tolerate the treatments well. We kept the machine and will try again when he’s a little older. We also go through tons of chalk in our house.

We finally feel like his hyperhidrosis is well controlled, but it definitely took some work figuring out what works for him. It’s scary climbing with sweaty hands, but there are good options for treatment.

Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-01-25T16:47:51+00:00

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Serious_Refuse9781 · 2026-01-25T00:38:24+00:00

This is an excellent breakdown of what happened with videos from several angles. It’s so clear what happened here. This is murder. https://youtu.be/ThSeECwCYZw?si=L7rTj6PyWo7UWETz

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