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TinyDancer · Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 47 Location: Virginia

I would really like to see a physical therapist in my area but I don't have a doctor's prescription.
Kate

Celeste · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 2523

Ask the PT you are interested in.
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PNE from childbirth, 5/2002. Left side PNLMT 5.2, left side TG surgery 6/30/04, Houston.
Thickened SS and ST ligaments were grown together, encasing the nerve.

I'm cured. I hope you will be, too.

cuppajean · Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 121 Location: MA

It depends on the insurance provider and the state.
Here in MA I take cash only and can see patients without a doctor's order. This was not the case in years prior.

Celeste's idea of calling the PT Clinic you would like to go to is a great idea.
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Cathy
Physical Therapist
Pudendal neuralgia since 2000. Conservative myofascial and craniosacral treatments helped me the most-along with regular meditation. Still looking for ways to exercise without flares.

GregT · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 4156 Location: Pineville, LA

Kate,

You obviously want your insurance to pay for your treatments, so call them up and see what is required for you to be able to have PT. Or, if you still have your insurance company's (I'm just making the assumption that you have insurance) 2010 pamphlet then just look up the requirements for having PT. Then, if you need a referral, it shouldn't be hard at all to get one from pretty much any doctor who you've been to before.

Good luck and please let us know how PT goes.

Greg
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Had PN surgery in France in Dec, 2001. Sitting is a bit better, but I still have muscular pain in much of the pelvic area. Never had pain on one side or the other, just in the middle.