Physio appointment tomorrow

Dakky

Hi again all,

I have been fortunate enough to get a Physio appointment tomorrow and just have a few questions for those of you who attend physios.

When my doctor first made the physio appointment, the appointment was just for my knees. When I'm their tomorrow, will the physio take the time to consider my other complications that have accosted me since, or will I have to make a new appointment for that?

I have kept a diary of all my symptoms pretty much from the getgo, do they take this into consideration, or do they just see you as they take you?

I feel my knees have deteriorated greatly since I first started having pain n them. I had an x-ray at the beginning of my complications that came back ok. I would be shocked if that were the case now. That said, can a physio put me forward for an mri or x-ray on my knees, or must this be done at a doctors?

Lastly, do they spend much time with you, or is it similar to the doctors where you're pretty much launched the majority of times

Thanks

brandy192

Hi
I found the physio quite useful and had a lot more help and talk time than with my GP.

lizzy100

doctors have to request MRIs and scans because they have to sign the request forms.

they ask you what joints are affected and then focus on the one thats most problematic to start with usually.

elainebadknee

Dakky

My personal experience is that you go just with what the doctor referred you with, other things my physio didn't have time to address. In the end she just popped me in the gym once a week and left me to do my own thing!

Hope your appointment goes well...

Elainexxx

barbara12

Hi dakky your are allotted a certain amount of time, but they can be very useful..mine has pointed out certain things I didn't think of..suppose it depends on the physio...good luck and I hope it helps..

Dakky

hi all,

Thanks for the replies. Well that's me just back from the physio. He only tested my knees and pressure points, said he could feel creptius* like symptoms. and after some push pull movements said I was very strong. He didn't have time to examine anything else. Made me appointment for next Week to look at my wrists and shoulders.

He said as he hadn't heard cracking, he just gave me a small pep talk on air between the joints, and try not to worry about it. I said this when the pain as at it's worst, but that was that sort of put to bed I told him I almost wished he'd seen me yesterday. I mentioned about the pain spreading into other joints, but he said as I was so strong, did he think there was anything that he could help me with? I said probably not.

I felt that before going in he might come to that conclusion. Because I'm naturally strong, it leads doctors to automatically discount problems that they may consider if I was weaker.

That's that then.

dreamdaisy

Crepitus is normal, it happens to everyone at various stages in their lives be they arthritic or not. I have it in both knees, both ankles, neck and occasionally my jaw. It sounds loud to me (probably because I am the one who can feel it) but no-one else appears to hear it thanks to the general background noise of everyday life.

Physios do have a useful role to play with arthritics; my physio experience was limited to post-op recovery but I still do the exercises I was given then to help me now and I think that is key. We have to keep up the good work, be disciplined in what we do and how we do it but to remember that physio alone is not going to do much for us in the grand scheme of things.

After a good few years of this malarkey I must admit that when I feel a new twinge I register it then ignore it, sometimes I even welcome a new pain as a distraction from the others. I am 'lucky' in that I have had years of this to adjust, you are still very new to it all which is much harder. Don't allow yourself to become too obsessed by it all because, if you're not careful, you will begin to alienate those around you if your focus is all on you. Your family's lives are still happening, they too will have their concerns and worries (no doubt some being about you) and they will need your support, support should be a two-way street, yes? Good luck with your next appointment, I hope you gain some more insight and information. DD