Yep picking a PT is a lot like picking a personal trainer or therapist, they aren’t all great and you need to find the one that you click with best. Glad you found someone that works for ya
Help! I'm Fat - *** Official Exercise and Weight Thread ***
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My wife is doing some pelvic floor PT after our third was born in May, sadly, there has been little to no progress.
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm a big fan of Expecring and Empowered on insta, they do a ton of free info on the subject. Is it seeming like a provider fit or just the whole thing not working? I went private to find mine... think I used the AIPTA type site to find one specific for women/post partum.
I think it should be standard as a check once anyone gets past the age of 30 as preventative care.
Check the hip alignment and core strength, etc. to help avoid having to fix things later.
Another 'soapbox' thing I have is that the purpose of yoga (strength, flexibility, not just relaxation) be more pronounced and accessible. Classes can be expensive but just a handfull of poses/stretches etc. can do a lot for strength and flexibility.
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I agree with this. However, there is a crisis for health care providers in rural Iowa and for many of our elderly, that’s all they can get to and afford.
I have an elderly neighbor I try to help and she winds up at a chiropractor for everything. She is widowed and has one living relative, a niece who lives two hours away. She won’t drive out of town herself, which is a good call.
I drove her several times to Des Moines for her cataract surgery, but she always reeks of cigarettes and that’s an asthma thing for me.
We have maybe five actual doctors in town, only one of whom I trust but he is older than me and cutting down on office hours. The widowed neighbor went to the chiropractor when she was in a car accident in town, declined the ambulance. He told her she needed to go to ER, luckily another neighbor got that job of taking her. Chiropractor tells her common sense things like quit smoking since you have neuropathy and had cancer, eat more fiber, etc. Not sure what she pays for these visits but maybe Medicare pays for most of it?
We get bombarded by Medicare info even though husband is still on his work plan and only enrolled in the free part. As far as we can tell, Medicare Advantage will not be an advantage for us at all given how far we would have to travel for providers. I drive 75 miles for a gynecologist, won’t be able to do that forever. I don’t like the guy who shows up at the local hospital once a month.
But I certainly digress. In rural communities, people go to quacks cause that is all they’ve got.
I totally get the access issue, however the affordability one make zero sense to me. I’m not a Medicaid/medicare expert but it covers PCP and ER visits from my limited experience. If they can afford the quack that has a lower chance of being reimbursed they can get access to people with actual medical knowledge.
Again the accessibility is a huge concern and I get that and the cost shouldn’t be a concern. I’ll ask someone in admin at some point but I’m fairly confident that’s the case.
She seemed to think the ambulance would be an issue. I have no idea. I guess she would rather have the neighborhood taxi service.
I do know that when my father had a pacemaker put in, I fought tooth and nail to keep him in Des Moines. Won a couple of rounds with the Medicare people before they transferred him to skilled nursing in the local hospital. He was supposed to have a doctor check in on him once a week, but they were life flighting him back to Des Moines before that ever happened. But your life seems to come down to whether Medicare wants to keep paying to keep you alive at some point.
Jail food might help you lose weight.
We got some law breakers up in here?
That's a bold way to lose weight, but you can't argue with the results
Well. This thread took a dark turn.
Hoping it doesn't get this thread axed as its been good for a lot of people even if the op is a ********.
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Wild, he seemed so normal and not at all completely bat **** insane. He was a big Jesus dude if I remember correctly.
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Checked him in at 240 lb so it seems this thread worked anyways.
Not our local jail. They just load them up on salt and fat from the HyVee deli.
