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| - It's my first time with PT; luckily it's only one thumb on one hand.
Having said that, I can only tell you what to expect in my experience here.
The place seems a little ghetto/run down...has old equipment...even one of the therapy pieces I use looks handmade, but it works.
Process goes:
1st visit, you may wait a minute while they prep your papers, so arrive 30min early to fill it out. Sign your name next to your printed name. Depending on how behind they are, you may be sitting a while, so score an early morning appt if possible.
Evaluation-I had to squeeze 2 devices with each hand to measure "normal" and "the strength in the broken hand". They ask a bunch of questions regarding the before and after of the injury. After that I had two people alternating giving me different little apparatuses to work on with my thumb and an egg timer to do each one. At the end is the hardest part, where one of them holds your hand firmly and tries bending the stiff joint where it won't go...and nobody looks happy at this table while we're all doing these, but we're getting well together:) I got sent home with clear instructions for exercising and binding my hand at home.
2nd visit+: I sign in and walk straight back to my hand therapy table area. This time they set all the things in front of me and ask if I remember how, I do, and am outta there in an hour.
They definitely have it together and the staff that has worked on me/with me really cares.
I really don't mind going in, it's like the gym you HAVE to go to, if you want to move again.
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