Physical therapists: New York City

[redbird]

I haven't gotten my MRI results back yet (tomorrow, I hope), but I suspect the outcome is going to be a recommendation for physical therapy. My health insurance company's website is willing to let me search by specialty and geography (and by things I don't care about, like gender and languages other than English--if I want a physical therapist who speaks Hindi or Tagalog, they've got them), but that doesn't get me very far.

If anyone reading this has specific recommendations for a physical therapist in New York City--ideally Manhattan or the West Bronx, but if they're good anything on transit will do, and yes, I can get to Yonkers and such by bus, though it's a nuisance--please let me know.

(If you have recommendations against someone, I'd like that information too: anonymously or via the redbird <at> livejournal <dot> com address is fine.)

Suggestions of things to ask a PT before going to them are also welcome.

Thanks.

Comments

[catelynn.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I have been going to PT for my shoulder(partial joint replacement in Jan)

I am going to Manhattan Rehab on 34th St between 1st and 2nd. They only do upper extremity.

It is 3 women who share the practice..I am going to Pat Cassler. I am very happy. She is occupational therapist but it does not seem to matter.

If you need to talk further just email. Good Luck

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

You might want to drop e-mail to Catelynn, who is seeing a PT she likes after having seen one she doesn't like, and she is also addressing shoulder issues.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I don't have anyone to recommend, but others should know that you are talking about shoulder pain, in case some physical therapists specialize.
Questions for a PT:
Do you have experience dealing with problems like this, where there object is more to relieve pain than to build strength? (The MRI may give you more details, but you want someone with a lot of experience with body mechanics and awareness of pain. Building more strength with body mechanics even slightly off can make things worse.)
How can I tell the difference between increases in pain because something is really wrong, and increases in pain that are supposed to happen in physical therapy?
How long do you expect it will take to notice improvement? How long does it take to show a technique is really not helping and it's time to try something else instead?

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

She beat me to it!

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

She wasn't a licensed PT, but I used to see a wonderful bodyworker in NY named Meg Dellenbaugh. If she's in the phone book, call her.