♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ The two most famous ♪
♪ Physical therapists on the internet ♪
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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist.
- Brad Heineck, Physical Therapist.
- And together we are the most famous
physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion of course Bob.
- Humble opinion.
Today we're going to talk about
what can physical therapy do for you?
Imagine that, two physical therapists
talking about physical Therapy. (Brad chuckles)
So, you know,
I first want to talk about the relationship Brad,
between like the primary care physician...
- Yep.
- And physical therapy.
- Sure, yep.
- So in many cases,
you're going to have a primary care physician,
or you might have a nurse practitioner...
- Right.
- Or you might have a physician's assistant.
- Right.
- You know, and they're going to be looking at you
and they may decide,
"Hey, you have a problem that could be solved
by a physical therapist."
- Right.
- You could be helped by a physical therapist.
- Right.
- So they refer you to a physical therapist.
Now, what else?
You can actually request this.
- Right.
If you have a problem and the doctors, you know,
prescribes some pain meds and you know...
- Right.
- Next thing you know,
you're gonna leave and you think that physical therapy
could help you because something, you know,
or someone else helped someone else feel free.
And actually asked the doctor,
could I have therapy or would it be helpful?
And you know, then they'll say,
"oh, well, yeah, we can give it a try."
- Yeah, sure, yeah.
- And you know,
your insurance will likely cover it if you have Medicare...
- Right.
- In the United States.
- Well you need to find, check it out.
- Right, exactly.
- So, and the some cases, and in some states,
you may be able to see a physical therapist
directly without referral.
That's not the case under Medicare.
- Sure.
And so what he's talking about
is what we call direct access.
- Right.
- You can go right to the therapist,
bypass seeing the doctor...
- With some insurances.
- Right.
If you just have knee pain and you know it's arthritis,
the doctor is probably just going to prescribe
some pain meds or something over the counter
that the therapist may give you some exercises.
And so it can be more efficient.
- And by the way, even a chiropractor.
- Sure.
- Refer you to physical therapy.
- Right.
- And they have.
- Yep.
- Twice before.
- I've had that same situation.
- So let's, Brad,
let's talk about some of the common things
that problems or diagnosis that we see,
and we can possibly help you with.
- Exactly.
Right, bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis,
any of those itises.
- Itises, plantar fasciitis, (Brad sighs)
you know, something's inflamed
and we're going to help you get rid of it.
- Exactly right.
- Lymphedema.
A lot of people don't know that,
but when you have that swelling in legs,
there's therapists who are actually trained
in how to get rid of that stuff.
- Specifically, and probably it's one of the best
routes to go because you're going to learn how to
care for yourself using...
- Naturally.
- Exactly, maybe using those compression garments...
- Right.
- Which you need to know how to do it properly.
So it's a great way that way.
Neck or back pain.
Whoops I took yours. (Brad laughs)
- Go ahead that's fine.
Neck and back pain.
Absolutely, that's one of the big ones that we're seeing.
- Right.
- Is those two.
And really any joint pain or injury.
- Yeah.
- You know, like, you could have shoulder,
elbow, hip, knee, ankle.
- Yep.
- We cover them all.
- Yeah.
I mean, typically, you know, older people,
the knees and the hips are very commonly sore,
or the ankles, those weight-bearing joints.
But yeah, like you said,
we do them all.
Sports injuries, you know, everyone,
there's a number of people who are active
in their senior years.
- Right
- And those people.
- Pick a ball. (Bob and Brad chuckle)
- Yep, pick a ball.
- We just talked about it.
- Yep exactly, I've been to a number of events
where I see people in their sixties, even seventies,
that are out running or doing these activities,
and they're going to want to see a therapist oftentimes...
- Right.
- To get back into their activity.
- Yeah, also decreased strength or motion...
- Ah, mm hmm.
- Just if your strength is not where it should be,
or your, you find out, you know,
some of your limbs are tight.
- Mm hmm.
- That often leads to pain.
- Right.
- So we want to regain that.
- Right.
And you may get that from after an illness
and you recovered and now you're weak...
and you need to... - Very, very, likely.
- Or you're starting a new activity and you've got pain
because it's like, "oh, I got really sore cause I was,
you know, gardening for the first time in the spring,
and I don't know why my knee hurts now."
- Right.
- Well, you know why it hurts,
but you want to get it better. (Bob and Brad laugh)
Headaches.
- Oh, especially neck headaches.
- Yep, those lower ones.
- So if you feel it in the neck
and you feel it in the head.
- And you don't want to take pain pills
or you don't want to take,
you know, a lot of over the counter pain medications.
Oftentimes, just some stretching...
- Right.
- To specific neck muscles.
- And posture. - Yep.
- Can make a difference.
- Precisely.
- All right, any joint replacement,
if you have a hip replacement, knee replacement...
- Right.
- Shoulder replacement, elbow, you know,
we're there for you.
- Right.
Not only after a surgery,
but even before the surgery... - Yes.
- To get a few visits in.
So you're prepared for surgery and it makes
the rehab go much easier.
Oftentimes, vertigo...
- Yep, people don't know about that.
- Dizziness.
- Yep, where you get up from bed
and the things are spinning.
You do need to see typically a doctor for that.
- First, yes.
- Cause there's a couple other things.
- Well, not a couple.
There's lots of things it could be from.
It could be from medication... - Sure, exactly right.
- It's really, but if you decide that
it's like BPPV...
- Right.
- That's a real combo.
And that we treat and we have a lot of success with it.
- Right, and typically, you know,
the doctors know therapists do this.
It's a simple treatment actually.
- Right.
- That's usually one visit sometimes two.
- Right, exactly.
It's almost a miracle. (Bob laughs)
- It is, I've had, people who are
incredibly grateful for that one.
Osteoporosis.
- Right, people don't think that
you can actually improve your bone strength
by doing exercise.
- Yep, the body will respond.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Ah, yep.
- Your wife, right?
- Well, yeah, she actually had it for a number of years
and was able to manage it through bracing
and some exercises.
Eventually got to the point where...
- Right.
- She had the surgery.
So...
- And then a little therapy afterwards right?
- Well, yeah.
She didn't listen to me though. (Bob laughs)
No, she did. - Never does.
- It went very well.
She's very happy.
- After stroke or a traumatic brain injury.
- Right.
- I used to work in that area Brad.
- Sure.
- For years.
- Yeah.
- So we play a large role in that office.
- Exactly.
Yeah, but after strokes therapists are very adapt
to getting you back into the...
- After a person has a stroke.
- Right.
- You don't say after stroke.
- Yeah, that's all.
I've gotta look at my English again.(Bob and Brad laugh)
Ankle sprains. - Ah.
- One of the most common... - Common injury.
- Yep, yep.
So yeah, there's a number of things that we can do
to help you get back on your feet.
- We talked about disorient weakness from surgery,
from cancer, from hospitalization.
- That's all part of it.
Sometimes there's specific things you do not want to do.
- Right.
- And the therapist can help you around those things
and get back to your best activity level.
Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis,
again, after a stroke...
- Right, yes.
- A lot of those things, you know,
we're trained on that and work with that.
- Whiplash. (Brad hums in acknowledgment)
I just talked to somebody who,
has sees a lot of people in this area,
and she's, she gave us a lot of good advice.
- We had a podcast with her.
- Yeah we had a podcast.
- Which is also on a video.
- Yep.
- Knee ligament injury and repair, you know.
- Quite often from a athletic injury.
- Yep
- You threw that pickle ball.
Got a little crazy. (Brad laughs)
- Yep, exactly.
- Same with muscle tears, or cartilage tears,
or meniscus tears they can happen.
So you can see there's a lot of things that we treat.
- Literally head to toe.
- Yeah. - So.
We'll... - Brad and I
think we know a lot.
We don't.
Thanks for watching.
- Good luck with everything.
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