Comments on: The Top 10 Things You Did Not Know About Physical Therapy

By: Alice Carroll

Alice Carroll — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:56:07 +0000

Wow, it’s amazing to learn that vertigo is something that can be treated through physical therapy. My roommate has been suffering from a few bouts of vertigo just this past month and I’m not quite sure how I can be of help to her. Maybe it would be best to just have an in-home physical therapy service to help her out with this.

By: Rebecca Gardner

Rebecca Gardner — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:37:40 +0000

It made sense when you said that physical therapists recommend home exercises for a reason, so we need to follow through with them if we actually want to get better. I’ve been thinking about finding a manual therapy service I can visit to help me improve my mobility since I threw out my back last week. Thanks for sharing this advice I can use to get the most value out of working with a physical therapist!

By: Zoe Campos

Zoe Campos — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 04:19:48 +0000

Thank you for telling me that physical therapists can also treat vertigo and some can do it in just one session. I experienced a short moment of dizziness today as I was doing the dishes and thought that it might be something serious. I think its best for me to consult a licensed therapist first to see if I can get treated from positional vertigo.

By: Ellie Davis

Ellie Davis — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:44:35 +0000

It’s interesting to know that pediatric physical therapists can treat positional vertigo in as little as one session. My brother is looking for advice to treat his son’s vertigo, and we are looking for advice. I will let him know about the benefits of hiring a pediatric physical therapist to see if it helps.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:04:32 +0000

So true. Physical therapy requires a doctor because they’re designed for you to slowly but surely increase your range of motion. I went to Pain+Recovery for my physical therapy. It was difficult and hard but my therapist helped me push through it and now my knee is fully better. I’m so grateful.

By: Robert ror

Robert ror — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:38:58 +0000

While you are working hard in the clinic to regain range of motion or to strengthen your quadriceps muscle after an injury, your physical therapist may be watching your form or counting your repetitions. It may appear that your physical therapist is not really working that hard, but he or she is most likely hard at work making decisions about your care or thinking up ways to best keep you motivated during therapy.

By: Caden Dahl

Caden Dahl — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 02:18:39 +0000

Of the things you have listed here, I do think that the last one is pretty important. You are right that if you aren’t doing your at home exercises, then you’ll just keep having to go back for the same problem. Now if I hurt myself in a way where I needed to hire one, I would for sure follow their program once I am able to do things on my own.

By: Rachel Frampton

Rachel Frampton — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:09:16 +0000

Thanks for the great physical therapy tips. I am getting ready to start a round of physical therapy for the first time and didn’t know a lot of this information. I think you made a great point about making sure you do your home exercise program and that if you don’t you ay very well end up back in the physical therapist’s office for the same problem. I will have to keep this in mind so I recover faster.

By: Celestia Stratheimer

Celestia Stratheimer — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:45:18 +0000

It was great that I came across this article because I learned that there are various types of physical therapists like orthopedic, post-operative care, cardiovascular rehab, and other practices. A friend of mine is in need of cardiovascular care as of now, and I decided to research the possible ways to treat her without opening her up. Considering that physical therapy is non-invasive treatment, I am sure she will appreciate hearing about this one. Thank you!

By: Allen Stillinger

Allen Stillinger — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:21:52 +0000

It was truly informative how you said that vertigo was a dysfunction of the vestibular in the inner ear and that it can be treated by physical therapy quite easily. That’s good to know because I can remember my mom complaining about vertigo a few weeks ago. She mentioned how troublesome it was and how it affected the way she worked in the restaurant. I want to help her out, and I think I found the right treatment. Surely, she’ll love it since she also likes therapies. Thanks!