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Knee Replacement: Discharged from PT due to insurance
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jul 15, 2019 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
Hi @dkapustin - I'm curious where you live in FL? I want to put JK's mind at ease @contentandwell - here in Northeast FL (St.Augustine/ JAX) the physical therapists are dedicated to one person during the entire session. Of course, during my in-home PT, the therapist arrived at my house and we worked on my issues for the time he was here. When I graduated to outpatient PT, I went to the facility but I still had the undivided attention of the therapist for my entire session. This was true for my first TKR in 2017 and my most recent one this year. Actually, I've had a number of friends with joint replacements and never heard of any of our local physical therapists attending to several patients at once. For the prices they charge, I would not have been very comfortable sharing! I'm sorry you are still in so much pain and having mobility issues this far out. Hoping your visit with your surgeon today will give you some insight and support on getting rid of it.
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@debbraw I live in the Tampa Bay area and have been to at least a half a dozen outpatient PT clinics, in addition to, skilled nursing facilities caring for myself, my mother, and my sister. They all work on several people at one time. Not in a group setting, of course, but they set a person up for an exercise, say something like, "do 2 sets of 15 and hold for 5 seconds" and walk away to their other patient and repeat. Sometimes they just walk away and work on their laptops. But I have never had them actually stand there and watch me or my family member do their sets or the bike warmups. They always go on to do something and then come back and move me to the next exercise.