I have a feeling your experience--similar to mine--is very prevalent in the world of PT. If we wanted that level of challenge, we could have joined a gym. Maybe a personal trainer at the gym would have been more knowledgeable than these folk at PT. Since cancelling PT, I feel somewhat better and definitely more optimistic. I hope you get a response to your letter-writing. I will continue to do my stretching program on TV and do some walking. And, I will incorporate some home remedies including heating pad, epsom salt bath, bone broth and herbal teas. Please let me how your letter writing goes--if anything, it will be cathartic.