My Doctor told me I had Arthritis!
When your doctor tells you that you have arthritis in the knee and you are taking anti-inflammatories for it, then you come in to see your therapist that is treating you for something else and you just happen to mention that your knee is sore after working out in the gym – And my ‘physio’ brain lights up thinking this is not arthritis! You get a response back from the patient that is wondering why you are asking about the knee when she isn’t here about her knee and that is slight annoyance that you are even talking about it.
Okay, I could just let it go and treat what I have been seeing her for, but I suggest that I don’t think it’s arthritis and would she like me to do a test on it for what I believe she has. Finally she says “okay” so I do a test for a Cartilage injury and it comes up positive.
So she has a Cartilage injury and I ask if she would like me to treat it for her. Okay, but my doctor told me its arthritis!
This brings up the dilemma for a patient of WHO do they listen to? It results in Confusion for them.
I try to explain to her that Doctors train in different areas to Physiotherapists. They are good with blood pressure heart, digestive and disease systems in the body. Physiotherapists are the experts in Bone, Muscle, Ligament and other soft tissue as well as fitness and exercise prescription.
So who would you rather see for a musculoskeletal problem?
Also see – Knee Pain Treatment with SOAZ Method
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