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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting to hear all the PT naysayers here. I think it may be self selection -- everyone I've ever known who did PT had good results. They aren't going to work miracles, but the two times I did PT for my bum knee, I saw improvement.

I do think you can get not so great results from just doing PT intensively for a short period of time. One thing that was interesting to me was that when I finally gave in and got my knee replaced, my surgeon was adamant that his very specific PT program be followed that required hourly (yes, hourly) stretches and exercises, but a limited number that were completely patient directed (the PT was not allowed to touch me). My PT said she was a skeptic at first, but said she had never seen a patient of my doctor who followed his protocol have a bad outcome.  I think visiting a PT twice a week or whatever is better than nothing for people who won't do the exercises on their own, but I also think the real improvements are made by doing less more often, and can probably be done without the direct oversight of a PT, once you know what you need to do. [/quote]

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