PT is it worth the cost? Re: i need to vent and have a few questions

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CC,

I'm going through the same thing with PT right now. Only with me it's

$35 a visit not $20. Ouch! I've been to one visit, and frankly, if

she is only going to have me do exercises and ice my back. Okay, and

a very short evaluation. I wasn't very impressed, having went to PT

before. There wasn't anything I can't do that at home, and of the 7

exercises, there was only one I wasn't doing already. Which may be a

solution for you. Ask your doctor if there are exercises for you to

do at home. He may want you do have a evaluation at the PT office,

but see if you can do that once or twice a month.

Oh, and to answer your question about MRI's. Yes, evidence of RA does

show up in MRI. In fact, it shows up in MRI before x-rays.

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> I need to ask this question but i am afriad ill sound stupid. but

here goes--does RA show in mris?

> Right now i am extremely frustrated and in pain and now have no

answers. Monday i recived my mri results and was told that there is

nothing wrong with my shoulder. The doctor wants me to go to physical

threaphy 3 times a week (at a cost $20 each visit) for three weeks.My

husband and i are on a extremely tight budget as he is the only one

that works- we cant afford this. But i dont know how to deal with the

pain .