You may be thinking, "Only the old folks go there" but I can assure you, while that is the…read moremajority, it's not everyone. And if you have some rare, hardly known disease or an injury, they are entirely worth a visit -- or several.
For me, I had tried several different physical therapy places. This over a range of time, somewhere in the 2000-aughts to now. It was usually a failure. Places that cannot do aught but follow the script will not be able to work with all. That script includes:
- Three sets of 10
- Losing the patient's interest
- not adjusting the exercises to fit the individual's need
Those are the three big ones for me. It sounds so weird to anyone who has the ability to concentrate, keep the count, not get lost in music (but I really need that, so there is not as much input on my part with dead silence), and adult-onset dystrophia myotonia D-PROMM Type II is an infrequently mentioned disease.
But at this SportsCare, I have gotten to know everyone (just about). The first person I had met was Michael Cote, a fun, smart 29-year-old guy (at the time - he may have hit the BIG 3-0 now!); I learned something very, very important: I can learn a lot from a "kid" of 30 (I'm 58 now) as I can a person of 85. I love that. He taught me a lot of the world that I just did not know. And I learn from every one of them: Tim, who just had a daughter; Ron, who loves punk music; Sophie, who hails from Michigan (a lovely state); Gina, who is sweet! Chelsea, David...I haven't the room to name them all.
They are all very committed, have worked with all my specific oddities, and for me, this is a lifetime endeavour. With the folks here as dedicated as they are, I don't mind the prospect nearly so much. Every physical challenge I face, they are invested in swapping out various exercises, movements, I videoed my very difficult getting up the stairs in our house, and they have it, look at it to determine the next steps. THAT is truly the love of the art!
They all try so hard to work with me -- and utterly succeed. No question.