Shoulder Mobility- Physical Therapist Needed

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a great physical therapist to recommend that helped them with shoulder mobility issues?
Anywhere in the DMV is fine. Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Almost all PT offices have a 4 week wait for appts so best to just get scheduled somewhere. Everyone can do shoulders--that's probably 30% of our patient load at an outpatient office.

[Anonymous]

Are you a perimenopausal female?

[Anonymous]

Gentle touch chiropractic in McLean was super helpful with my frozen shoulder. It's not traditional chiropractic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a perimenopausal female?

dp. That's what I was wondering. If it's frozen shoulder due to peri menopause or menopause, it takes ~3 years to settle down. Then the other one goes, lol.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone. I'm a 56 year old man. I have some combination of bicep tendonitis and frozen shoulder, based on all the information I've found online. Also, tons of great Youtube videos with stretches have helped, but I don't think I'll get back to 100% without some personalized guidance. So I've made an app't close to home in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a perimenopausal female?

dp. That's what I was wondering. If it's frozen shoulder due to peri menopause or menopause, it takes ~3 years to settle down. Then the other one goes, lol.

Not every perimenopausal woman with shoulder pain has frozen shoulder. I’m 53 and have a bone spur which causes tendinitis in my shoulder. According to my orthopedist very common as you age if you work out a lot.

[Anonymous]

I went to Ace physical therapy on duke st in alexandria for frozen shoulder (and then went last year for ankle rehab). That location isn't fancy looking or even super updated, but the head PT and assistants are amazing. Initially I went b/c they could get me in quicker than other places, but it was well worth it.

[Anonymous]

Norton physical therapy in Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

I'm a 40 yo woman. I tried PT for frozen shoulder for 4 weeks. Didn't really do much, so ortho recommended steroid shot. So far so good, though mobility is not as good as it was years ago.

I would strongly recommend being seen by an ortho first, since it sounds like you just self-diagnosed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost all PT offices have a 4 week wait for appts so best to just get scheduled somewhere. Everyone can do shoulders--that's probably 30% of our patient load at an outpatient office.

What? That has not been my experience at all. I have gotten into see PTs within the week when I've needed one. Sometimes I have to see one of the less experienced PTs but they are overseen by the more senior staff and can at least get me started and then I can see on of the more senior PTs after a couple weeks of body work and the initial exercise routine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost all PT offices have a 4 week wait for appts so best to just get scheduled somewhere. Everyone can do shoulders--that's probably 30% of our patient load at an outpatient office.

What? That has not been my experience at all. I have gotten into see PTs within the week when I've needed one. Sometimes I have to see one of the less experienced PTs but they are overseen by the more senior staff and can at least get me started and then I can see on of the more senior PTs after a couple weeks of body work and the initial exercise routine.

I'm just telling you what is going on in the majority of our business's 15 offices as well as another NoVa chain of PT offices. You might be able to get a one off appt in the next week but you might not get followup appts for several weeks. The volumes of patients lately have been insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost all PT offices have a 4 week wait for appts so best to just get scheduled somewhere. Everyone can do shoulders--that's probably 30% of our patient load at an outpatient office.

What? That has not been my experience at all. I have gotten into see PTs within the week when I've needed one. Sometimes I have to see one of the less experienced PTs but they are overseen by the more senior staff and can at least get me started and then I can see on of the more senior PTs after a couple weeks of body work and the initial exercise routine.

I'm just telling you what is going on in the majority of our business's 15 offices as well as another NoVa chain of PT offices. You might be able to get a one off appt in the next week but you might not get followup appts for several weeks. The volumes of patients lately have been insane.

I saw PTs through the Centers for Advance Orthopaedics in February-April of this year and had no problem getting my initial appointment with a PT nor in scheduling follow ups twice a week until I was done with my therapy.

They were definitely busy but I always got the attention I needed including some extra massage and dry needling that was not originally planned but we discovered was helping my progress a lot. Also it seems like every PT in the office took a vacation at some point during the time I was there, as well as many of the assistants, so it's not like they were crazy overbooked -- when my main PT was on vacation I was able to get an appointment with one of the others no problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a perimenopausal female?

NP why? I am and my shoulders killing me I can't even wash my back with that arm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a perimenopausal female?

NP why? I am and my shoulders killing me I can't even wash my back with that arm.

I have disc issues and go to PT regularly. I see so many mid 40s-50s women in doing shoulder work. I asked the PT why. They said for many (not all) women, frozen should is common during perimenopause. It is due to the drop in estrogen (estrogen acts as an anti-inflammator) and its decline causes joint stiffness and inflammation.