People ask me about their pain, and how to heal it, and I always feel like such a know-nothing. I can give you exercises to help with pain, and recommend ice/meds/evaluation by a physician, but I always feel like people want something more immediate. I… don’t know how to make someone’s pain go away immediately. I’ve never done that before. Are there PTs that do?
An old friend called me and I missed her call, and she left a voicemail but I don’t check my voicemail ever, and I feel bad because she asked me to come over and evaluate her because her sciatica was acting up really bad. I never went over and she ended up going to the hospital to get a steroid and gabapentin, and they gave her a note to take a week off work. If her pain is that bad, I don’t know that any interventions I gave her would have calmed it sufficiently before/without medical intervention.
A dental hygienist asked me about nerve pain she was having on the side of her leg, I recommended lidocaine and seeing an orthopedic doctor, she seemed underwhelmed. But I had both kids (baby and toddler) and was on my way to work — I can’t do a full evaluation or properly treat you right now. I’ve had countless people ask for help and literally I just show them stretches and/or advise ice/meds if it’s an acute injury. People think I’m supposed to be some sort of healer and I’m like… no