Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON 3-25-96 PT WAS ON MOTIVATOR FIRST TIME AND "TOLD TO USE ON 50% OF MY STRENGTH, I DID SO, BUT WAS SO SORE FOR DAYS...EVEN HURT TO BREATHE." RPTR ADVISED THERAPIST OF THIS AND TOLD HER "AT MY AGE (61) I DIDN'T THINK I SHOULD BE USING THIS MACHINE AS I DIDN'T "PUMP IRON"-TREADMILL WAS MY ONLY PLANNED EXERCISE-MY "BIGGY". DUE TO MY COMPLAINT OF SEVERE PAIN & SORENESS MY VISITS ON MARCH 27, 29, AND APRIL 1, 3, & 5 WITH PROSPECTS TO BEGIN MOTIVATOR ON NEXT VISIT". MOTIVATOR WAS THEN USED ON APRIL 1, 3, 5, 8, 10. REVIEW PHYSICAL THERAPY RECORDS 3-25 THROUGH 4-19. WAS TOO SORE & IN TOO MUCH PAIN TO KEEP ADD'L APPOINTMENTS. NEVER RETURNED TO THIS PHYSICAL THERAPY UNIT. VISITED CHIROPRACTOR ON APRIL 24, 25, 26, 30, MAY 2, 7, & 10 FOR WET HEAT APPLICATIONS, ULTRA SOUND, MASSAGE, ETC. VISITED ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON (ONE WHO DID ROTATOR CUFF SURGICAL REPAIR OF RIGHT SHOULDER ON 1-23-96). SEE ALSO HIS NOTES OF 3-26, AND 4-30 WHICH REFLECT USE OF MOTIVATOR AND INJECTION IN LEFT SHOULDER. VISITS CANCELLED ON APR 23 & APRIL 30.