About almost a year ago i woke up with a stiff neck one morning out of nowhere. The pain never went away. I have a stiff neck, mainly on my right side of my neck up to about the middle of my head, tight shoulders, and a tight upper back, all sometimes with pain too. I’ve had an x-ray on my neck which came out normal, physical therapy for 2 months which didnt improve much, and an mri that came back pretty normal on my neck and upper back. Minor scoliosis but the orthopedic doctor saw nothing that looked too extreme, but he was also a clueless idiot. Can anyone help me out…..it’s so stressful, physically and mentally.
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Are Health Science , Kinesiology and Biology acceptable Pre-Physical Therapy majors ?
Whats The Difference Between An Occupational Physical Therapist And A Physical Therapist Assistant?
Feb 26
I’m wondering whats the diffrence between them, which pays more and if a masters degree is needed for both?
My left elbow has started to hurt. At rest it is an achey feeling.It also hurts when you palpate on the outer side of it.. When ever I try to strighten it sometimes it catches and I have to bring it back up and then slowly bring it down. When it catches it is a sharp pain. Also when ever I strighten my elbow it pops. Just recently it has started to have a intense sharp pain when I try to use strength in that arm.. I dont know what is causing this. What do you think is wrong?
(Also I am still going to physical therapy for my shoulder in the same arm for having a SLAP repair, i dont know if this has anything to do with this.)
Thanks.
Ok so i’ve been getting really bad pains in my right calf. It feels like there is an air bubble expanding in my muscle and it happens every single night for the last 4 weeks! Its unbearable pain! i wake up out of a dead sleep, crying in pain. I try to get up and walk it off thinking it a cramp but i end up falling down and curling up trying to get it to stop. Im afraid to sleep now it gets so bad! I can’t have my leg straight otherwise it will happen! I went to the doctor and had an ultrasound done for a bloodclot and nothing turned up and i went to physical therapy and it helped but now its back again with a vengence so what do you think it could be!?
What’s the occupational title for a therapist who works with people who are mentally/physically disabled?
I’m 16 years old and been having really bad back pain for about a few months now. I’m in special ed and have never been diagnosed with anything else besides elhers danlos syndrome or something, week muscle tone and just the basic symptoms of that. I have a learning disability, but anyway, about a year ago I saw an orthopedic about my back, they did exrays and it showed a slight curve but nothing huge, they call it kyphosis? or something. Well Starting a few months ago I got extremely bad pain and just hurts doing anything, walking a lot, bending, sitting in one position a long time, standing a long time. It’s torture..well I saw the orthopedic again, the curve has stayed the same not gotten worse, my growth plates they say are closed pretty much. If I were to grow more the curve could change but I’m not. They don’t wanna suggest surgery yet. They think trying everything else first is best. So Ive just recently started Physical therapy. My prob is my posture, I’ve sat so long curved over that my back is so tight and their having trouble loosing it… That’s why I’m getting this pain. I’ll constantly text my mom from school hurting, or end up in tears from pain. But they didn’t recommend pain med, that wont work, If something was inflamed then maybe that would work. But My mom gave me med, she’s a nurse, but that still didn’t help. The physical therapist is working with me and giving me these types of exercises to work on. 2 to 3 times per day. Hopefully it will help. But this pain is sucky.. They also suggested that I could possibly need a customized chair. What hurts miserably is when I’m in school. Each class 90 minutes, you sit. The chairs are horrible. Instead of focusing on work I’m thinking about how much I’m hurting. I wear this lumbar support brace at the moment, but it’s not helping much. It sorta Velcro’s around, not too great. But I was wondering what they mean by a customized chair.. to use at home and school…like wheel in it? or .. push.. don’t know if it’s portable… not sure what they meant by it. Not a wheelchair.. so I’m wondering what a customized chair is.. anyone know? and if pt doesn’t help withen 6 weeks or such we’ll get an Mri done and make sure there’s nothing more causing this pain. Surgery could be an option in the long run, but they wanna try everything before suggesting that.It would be great to hear some feedback on this. I’m having trouble with pain and it’s really bugging me. Thanks
My left elbow has started to hurt. At rest it is an achey feeling.It also hurts when you palpate on the outer side of it.. When ever I try to strighten it sometimes it catches and I have to bring it back up and then slowly bring it down. When it catches it is a sharp pain. Also when ever I strighten my elbow it pops. Just recently it has started to have a intense sharp pain when I try to use strength in that arm.. I dont know what is causing this. What do you think is wrong?
(Also I am still going to physical therapy for my shoulder in the same arm for having a SLAP repair, i dont know if this has anything to do with this.) Just recently when I go to physical therapy the stretches for my shoulder are now hurting my elbow and I dont know whats wrong.
Thanks.
My left elbow has started to hurt. At rest it is an achey feeling.It also hurts when you palpate on the outer side of it.. When ever I try to straighten it sometimes it catches and I have to bring it back up and then slowly bring it down. When it catches it is a sharp pain. Also when ever I straighten my elbow it pops. Just recently it has started to have a intense sharp pain when I try to use strength in that arm.. I don’t know what is causing this. What do you think is wrong?
(Also I am still going to physical therapy for my shoulder in the same arm for having a SLAP repair, i don’t know if this has anything to do with this.) Just recently when I go to physical therapy the stretches for my shoulder are now hurting my elbow and I don’t know whats wrong.
Thanks.
Please give me any advice you have! I would greatly appreciate it.
There is obviously something wrong with my leg.
And if anybody says there isn’t, then I strongly disagree.
Five years ago I was running up marble stairs that had a metal edge and banged my knee. My x-rays were negative, so it was assumed I did nothing and I wasn’t allowed to run for two weeks. It eventually healed up and I just basically continued on with my life.
On September 17th, almost three weeks ago, I was just walking after sitting on the ground. I had already taken 4-6 steps, and then my knee snapped (the same one I banged) and wouldn’t stop hurting. I went to Urgent Care the next day, x-rays negetive, but the guy there (doctor #1) said I might have a torn meniscus.
The next day, September 19th, I saw [doctor #2]. He said for me to get an MRI to see if I had a torn meniscus, which, he believed I had. I got my MRI and [doctor #3] read it and said I had a “decent tear” and that I was to see [doctor #4] to discuss surgery.
Doctor #4 said “I don’t know”. So he got [doctor #5] to read the MRI and he said the area was suspicious but there was indeed no tear. Right now I’m in physical therapy, the pain is still there, still swollen and I cannot walk without crutches. My knee is not parallel to my foot and my entire leg is crooked. I cannot straighten my knee completely. It used to be completely paralyzed but physical therapy helped me straighten it, short maybe 10 or 3 degrees. After a night, or staying still, it goes right back frozen again.
When I do my exercises that my PT told me to do, I had to stop doing them because my knee was making painful cracking sounds. The exercise was to bend my knee and then straighten it about 30 times a day.
What the heck is going on?!?!?