Is there enough therapy for the physically disabled?
foreigner
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Hey folks,
I came to the UK five years ago. During this time I have been trying to get my treatment programme working. In particular, it's about hands-on physiotherapy.
As my experience has been extremely bad and incredibly unfair, I would like to hear the experiences of others. From my own experience, I am amazed at how bad the system is here for people with physical disabilities. I wonder very much if I am just having a very bad experience, or if that is the way things are. And if that is the case, then I think they need to change, because all I see at the moment is injustice.
Because I've been in a completely different system and that's why I see so many things that would be of much more help to patients with physical disabilities than what the current system offers. But in order to make a difference, you have to know the current situation, and that's where I'm hoping for your help. I'm just very sad to see how the system is not supportive at all.
Briefly about my experience:
In my country of origin, I received physiotherapy, which meant that I had one-to-one appointments with a physiotherapist. We did exercises together and she helped me with everything. A lot of it involved doing stretches, which is difficult to do on your own. That was very helpful.
Here, my physiotherapist's experience is that they just tell me to do the exercises on my own and that's it. They don't even say which exercises. So basically they won't help at all.
I'm happy to hear about your experiences. What therapies are you receiving for your physical disability, what do they look like and what do you think of them?
I came to the UK five years ago. During this time I have been trying to get my treatment programme working. In particular, it's about hands-on physiotherapy.
As my experience has been extremely bad and incredibly unfair, I would like to hear the experiences of others. From my own experience, I am amazed at how bad the system is here for people with physical disabilities. I wonder very much if I am just having a very bad experience, or if that is the way things are. And if that is the case, then I think they need to change, because all I see at the moment is injustice.
Because I've been in a completely different system and that's why I see so many things that would be of much more help to patients with physical disabilities than what the current system offers. But in order to make a difference, you have to know the current situation, and that's where I'm hoping for your help. I'm just very sad to see how the system is not supportive at all.
Briefly about my experience:
In my country of origin, I received physiotherapy, which meant that I had one-to-one appointments with a physiotherapist. We did exercises together and she helped me with everything. A lot of it involved doing stretches, which is difficult to do on your own. That was very helpful.
Here, my physiotherapist's experience is that they just tell me to do the exercises on my own and that's it. They don't even say which exercises. So basically they won't help at all.
I'm happy to hear about your experiences. What therapies are you receiving for your physical disability, what do they look like and what do you think of them?
I really hope to get the picture a little clearer.
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Hi Foreigner, thanks for sharing your experiences. I’ve heard similar from others who’ve experienced physiotherapy elsewhere and in the UK. I have hemiparesis following a brain tumour operation. Initially I received in-patient physio to enable me to learn to walk again to be mobile enough to be discharged. Once home I was referred to outpatient, in another health authority to the hospital where I am usually treated. The first appt. was horrific concluding in, ‘you’ll never regain full mobility whatever you do.’ Then following that joyful proclamation a programme of exactly as you describe: a demonstration of exercise then leave you to it, which with a brain injury and during chemoradiation is pretty useless as your memory isn’t tip-top, nor are your energy levels.0
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