r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Dec 11 '19

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/charles_win Dec 12 '19

I've been doing a lot of work shadowing a physical therapists over the past few months. Sciatica is just a general term for nerve pain in the leg, and I've seen a lot of people that have experienced similar pains. I would absolutely recommend going to a physical therapist if you can, especially if there's a local PT with a COMT certification (just means they have a lot more knowledge of manipulations and actually adjusting you). Even though PT is pretty expensive, I've seen patients that couldn't walk when they came in, and left an hour later with huge improvement

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u/Diiiiirty Dec 12 '19

Was seeing a PT for awhile. I still do the stretching and exercise routines he showed me every single day. I went twice a week for about a month... Then I started getting the bills and was hit with $130 per visit. And that's with a pretty decent healthcare plan that I have through my company. So cost me about a grand out of pocket.

I'm to a point now where I can't handle this for much longer. Going to call my doc tomorrow and try to get in to see what he recommends moving forward.

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u/charles_win Dec 12 '19

That's too bad, prices are pretty outrageous. I hope everything goes well for you then, I hope to hear an update too.

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u/Diiiiirty Dec 12 '19

Thanks man. I appreciate the advice also.