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ventaA quick request for data points (or actual genuine knowledge, that would also work ;)
I've started getting physio for the duff knees (of which more later). I'm pretty sure that, when I was a kid and there was always someone in my class with a pot arm (usually for reasons of a falling-off-bike nature), no one was offered physio afterwards. A friend tells me that he did not get physio for a broken leg in the late 80s. A colleague who fractured both her arms a couple of years ago did.
So... is it that NHS treatment of injuries has moved on and decided that yes, physio is a bloomin' useful part of recovery? Or is it just that physio isn't offered to kids, on the grounds that they're bound to start running about as soon as physically possible?
I've started getting physio for the duff knees (of which more later). I'm pretty sure that, when I was a kid and there was always someone in my class with a pot arm (usually for reasons of a falling-off-bike nature), no one was offered physio afterwards. A friend tells me that he did not get physio for a broken leg in the late 80s. A colleague who fractured both her arms a couple of years ago did.
So... is it that NHS treatment of injuries has moved on and decided that yes, physio is a bloomin' useful part of recovery? Or is it just that physio isn't offered to kids, on the grounds that they're bound to start running about as soon as physically possible?
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Date: 2016-03-22 11:35 pm (UTC)I broke my ankle horribly in 1980 at age 18, and got no physio. (Looking back, since I could barely walk after the cast was removed after 14 weeks, I probably should have gotten some, but I was young and what did I know then?)
In the past 10-15 years, for major injuries (broken thumb, torn meniscus), and some minor ones (tendonitis, arthritis), I have been offered physio. It does work for me, but usually in 12 weeks, not the 6 weeks that is normally prescribed. It means that I have to go back and get another prescription if the first 6 weeks didn't get me totally back in working order, but that inconvenience is so worth it.
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Date: 2016-03-23 09:03 am (UTC)It does indeed sound like you ought to have been offered physiotherapy for your ankle, maybe an 18-yr-old would be with a similar injury today. I hope you managed to get it back into working order yourself!
Excepting the thumb, the more recent injuries do sound like the sorts of things I expect to hear of people being offered physio for. In the UK, physio seems to be the answer for any non-specific physical ailment you present to your doctor! Although I was diagnosed with arthritis without being offered physio, though in my case it's pretty minor and doesn't really affect my life.