On 7/13/2010 9:30 PM, Cheryl wrote:
> I finished my last PT appointment today and it just isn't helping. I
> don't know where to go next. I guess I'll have to talk to my orthopedist
> thurs when he fixes my bone spurs on my foot. During my vacation I just
> couldn't walk all of the distances everyone else did. My back was on
> fire. Arthritis at 47. The PT uses TENS but that didn't help. Heat seems
> to help some. Massage helps some. The stretching to decompress my spine
> disks helps but not enough to allow me to walk distances. If anyone has
> gone through PT for arthritis, how long does it take to even feel a
> little bit of relief?
>
> Cheryl, ouchy and disillusioned and not sure where to go from here. If
> you know of a newsgroup that helps to discuss this and has serious
> suggestions, I'm open-minded.
>
>


I was up in north central MN a couple of weeks ago helping out with
tornado cleanup and my back flared up from where I hurt it really bad 4
years ago. (Luckily I had a few Vicodans leftover so was able to keep
working.) One of the guys on the work crew does yoga and swears by it.
Says it cured his tendonitis in just a few weeks. I dismissed it
mostly, but when I got back I started doing some research on it. Turns
out the exercises they gave me in PT for my back and sciatica are just
classic yoga poses (how much did I pay them for that?) like "The Cobra."

Bob