I start physical therapy on Monday, and honestly, I'm a bit of a skeptic about how it could possibly help me....
See, I've had physical therapy before, on the same knee (we're concentrating mainly in the knee that may or may not need to be operated on this go around), and PT didn't help at all. It was just like a pretty expensive, overly supervised visit to a self glorified gym. Maybe I just went to the wrong place last time and this time will be better? Glass half full? At least the other place was in network and I was a teenager and didn't have to worry about settling up whatever insurance did or did not pay.
What I guess I'm saying is I think I know where this is all eventually going to end up with my knee anyways, so I just feel like there is no sense in delaying the inevitable. Cut me open, fix me up, sew me shut. End of story... for the next decade or so until the joint goes bad again.
If the purpose of the PT is to strengthen the muscle around the joint, then wouldn't it just be more beneficial to fix the joint first, then do the PT after to strengthen it?
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