occupational therapy

[redbird]

I saw the occupational therapist this afternoon. She therapist did ultrasound and massage, because there's still some muscle tightness. The therapist was very pleased that I'm not wearing the brace much, because I'm not finding it necessary, and that I've been doing the exercises I already have with the two-pound weight for all three exercises, 20-25 reps twice a day.

She did ultrasound and massage, because there's still some muscle tightness. She also measured my grip strength and how wide I can stretch, and those were better than the last time she measured them. So, I will continue to do the same exercises and stretches at home, and see her again next week.

I have appointments for next week, and then for November 2, 16, and 30th, which may be more appointments than I will need, and is one more than the insurance will cover this calendar year. However, it turns out that my copay is half of what they'd charge me privately/without insurance, and we can afford the difference.

Also, something weird, but not bad, about my insurance coverage for this: the receptionist told me today that they had been overcharging me by $5 visit, because that's the copay the insurance company's website told them to charge me, three months ago.

ETA: I hadn't done the three wrist exercises with weights before heading out this morning, so I did one set of each around 5:00, which was fine. I just tried another set of each, and the first was OK, but the second hurt when I did them with the two-pound weight, so I tried the one-pound, and that wasn't any better, so I'm stopping for tonight.

Comments

[otter]

Is the clinic going to give you a refund? Or I suppose they could apply it to future co-pays.

[redbird]

The receptionist brought this up with "I'm not going to take a copay from you today" and then explained that I had a $55 credit that she was pretty sure was from being charged an extra five dollars eleven times.