Monday, November 11, 2013

Limits on physical therapy


I am totally naive! OMG...so I never knew that that there was a limit on how many times a year you can go to physical therapy. Our system here is so flippin broken. They don't want to approve surgery and they also want to cap your physical therapy...don't wantcha to get too good!
Last year the cap was at 60 and because I have used them all I have to sign a form stating that I will go unsupervised. Not only unsupervised but I won't get the therapeutic massages, e-stym, or heat afterward. I am so bummed I was really naive I didn't think about that at all. As most of you know winter is the worst time for us. I wish I would have saved some for December. Now this coming year it will be capped 50 hopefully I won't need them all next year but you never know.
On a side note I woke up with a sore upper back...took a lot of stretches to get that out....but I think my muscle relaxer actually helped that the most. Pretty sure my boobs are to blame for that one. :)
Whelp that's all for tonight!
Take care.
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  1. 24 and Living with dddDecember 16, 2013 at 1:45 AM

    Where do you live to get 60 visits to physical therapy ?

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  2. 24 and Living with dddDecember 30, 2013 at 2:07 AM

    That's pretty good though. I live in Australia. You get 0 free visits unless proving you need it..then they give you 5 only lol. Private health vists run out quick at $60 a pop. Ddd is hard enough at a young age

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    1. Jennifer January 4, 2014 at 1:05 AM

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    2. Jennifer January 4, 2014 at 1:07 AM

      Oh none of them are free. That's just what my ins allows. They cover 80% so it's roughly $18 a visit.

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    3. 24 and Living with dddJanuary 4, 2014 at 7:24 AM

      Does the insurance cost a lot? I know it sounds bad but it's good to talk to someone else younger who suffers from this. I mean that in the nicest way ever lol

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    4. Jennifer January 4, 2014 at 10:25 AM

      Lol :) it is like $160 a month for me and my husband.

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    5. 24 and Living with dddJanuary 4, 2014 at 2:14 PM

      Yeah that's about what it costs my fiancé and I but it only covers around 6 visits each a year. Iv stopped going cause it doesn't help really. I've started I light yoga program the helps the best :)

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    6. Jennifer January 7, 2014 at 12:57 AM

      Yeah there are different approaches. One uses Pilates as a main therapy, one uses mainly massage, all of it combined seems to be a help. The yoga is a lot off the stretches they give me to do at home. Hope it works out. It is such a hard thing to deal with daily.

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    7. 24 and Living with dddJanuary 7, 2014 at 5:46 PM

      Yeah I've gone through your older posts and I really feel for you :( your very funny though lol. I've cracked up laughing a few times :) my left knee is also quite bad so that makes things tough. Oh happy new year Jen :)

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    8. Jennifer January 8, 2014 at 1:08 AM

      Happy New year to you too! I'm glad you find it a laughable read :) sometimes I reread and laugh at myself lol

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    9. 24 and Living with dddJanuary 8, 2014 at 8:48 AM

      Well you definitely are funny and you make me laugh :) is there some way we can talk more? Email or something. It'd be nice to swap stories

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  3. Jennifer January 23, 2014 at 10:09 AM

    I am on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jennifermichelleprasad

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  4. 24 and Living with dddFebruary 18, 2014 at 7:50 AM

    Hey :) I added you a while back. Thanks for the link. I'm thomas by the way. I hope your doing ok

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  5. Jennifer March 22, 2014 at 7:27 AM

    Thanks Thomas I've just been doing a lot of the same things with flare ups here and there. Thanks for the add!

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