AlaskanTKR
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After catching up on all that has been happening while I have been moping around - the one common theme I have noticed is that many of use face our struggles in the company of our PTs. I read so many wonderful posts about how so many of us are working toward and hitting marvelous goals - due in part to the people we visit 2 or 3 times a week.
I would just like to thank these wonderful people who I can count on to make me giggle or smile - even after they have just bent my very stubborn knee to a place it really didn't want to go. I don't know how to express my thanks to the people who - no matter what - greet me with a smile and a warm and welcoming hello - even though we know that we are going to "bend" that day. How do we say thank you to these folks who push us to our true limits in the hope that we can get our lives (and knees) back to the place we need them to be to be happy in life. Seriously - what do I say when my PT bends me to the point of tears and feels as terrible as I do - or maybe even worse - and you can see it in their eyes. ANd then one of the other pTs (who works with me as well) walks quietly up behind you and slips a tissue into your hands knowing darn well that you need it to wipe the tears away but you are to embarrassed to ask for one. Or the PT who makes a point of telling you what a great job you are doing while your eyes are closed and your teeth are clenched as you work through a set of exercises. And don't forget the receptionist who pitches in and rallies when you get that silly stationary bike wheel around for the first time - even though your but is halfway off the seat - and she gets the other PTs and raves about how you made it around 3times. And again the receptionist who wanders quietly by to tell you that you did great - that you will get the ROM - it may take time - but you will get it - after she hears asks the PT how it went after he measured.
Needless to say - The PTs I see are absolutely awesome - Its a small office - but I couldn't ask for a more caring group to work with -
Oh - and to all of us - who are at pt with others suffering the same or similar issues - THANK YOU! A special one to the fellow teacher who was coming back from a scope who watched me in a very awkward position trying to stretch the knee deeper who told me several silly stories and tried to make me laugh as they added more resistance and deepened the bend.
PTs Rock! We couldn't do this without you!
Body in Balance up here in Alaska truly is awesome!!!
Next time you see your PT - Smile and just think of where we would be without them !
Thanks for the indulgence of letting me brag on the wonderful group I work with - If any of you know a PT - Please tell them thank you from ME!
Marianne
I would just like to thank these wonderful people who I can count on to make me giggle or smile - even after they have just bent my very stubborn knee to a place it really didn't want to go. I don't know how to express my thanks to the people who - no matter what - greet me with a smile and a warm and welcoming hello - even though we know that we are going to "bend" that day. How do we say thank you to these folks who push us to our true limits in the hope that we can get our lives (and knees) back to the place we need them to be to be happy in life. Seriously - what do I say when my PT bends me to the point of tears and feels as terrible as I do - or maybe even worse - and you can see it in their eyes. ANd then one of the other pTs (who works with me as well) walks quietly up behind you and slips a tissue into your hands knowing darn well that you need it to wipe the tears away but you are to embarrassed to ask for one. Or the PT who makes a point of telling you what a great job you are doing while your eyes are closed and your teeth are clenched as you work through a set of exercises. And don't forget the receptionist who pitches in and rallies when you get that silly stationary bike wheel around for the first time - even though your but is halfway off the seat - and she gets the other PTs and raves about how you made it around 3times. And again the receptionist who wanders quietly by to tell you that you did great - that you will get the ROM - it may take time - but you will get it - after she hears asks the PT how it went after he measured.
Needless to say - The PTs I see are absolutely awesome - Its a small office - but I couldn't ask for a more caring group to work with -
Oh - and to all of us - who are at pt with others suffering the same or similar issues - THANK YOU! A special one to the fellow teacher who was coming back from a scope who watched me in a very awkward position trying to stretch the knee deeper who told me several silly stories and tried to make me laugh as they added more resistance and deepened the bend.
PTs Rock! We couldn't do this without you!
Body in Balance up here in Alaska truly is awesome!!!
Next time you see your PT - Smile and just think of where we would be without them !
Thanks for the indulgence of letting me brag on the wonderful group I work with - If any of you know a PT - Please tell them thank you from ME!
Marianne