Guest guest Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Anja, My degree was from the State University of NY at Buffalo but that is not where I learned these special techniques. They were not taught in PT schools back then. You have to take many other courses in that area of specialty away from the University. TKOPT anja risovic wrote: Tom Where did you study your degree in therapies since I am having a problem finding a therapist who does it here in Oz. Maybe I can do it by contacting the institution. Thanks Anja Re: update Your right Dusty A messed up lumbo-sacral-pelvic complex can set into motion a series of dominos that fall one right after another and can produce a variety of pain and dysfunction that can cause / or contribute to among other things..vulvar pain and most all the assorted disorders that go along with it. There are several relatively new minimally invassive treatments for pain but they do not correct the cause. Still, a little pain relief can be a Godsend. The techique is called Radio Frequency Ablation. or RFA for short. Long wire like needles are placed into the area of the damaged / preasured nerve and radio frequency waves are then fed through the wires and they deaden the nerves. One of my patients who is an MD with a herniated disk finally after almost a year of dealing with this decided to have the RFA. He is happy with the outcome although he is not completly painfree. Most of all he is glad he did not have to have surgery as the next step. He may need it in the future but for now he is happy. Bottom line ( no pun intended) try everything before surgery and find a Manual Therapist who is EXPERT in Muscle Energy Technique and Strain Counter Strain. K. Ockler P.T. www.tomocklerpt.com Dusty wrote: *****END OF MESSAGE***** ------------------------------------------------- Yahoo members can click on: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulvarDisorders On the left side is a listing including Links and Files . If you click on those you will find much additional information posted by our members. To post message: VulvarDisorders To Subscribe: VulvarDisorders-subscribe Unsubscribe: VulvarDisorders-unsubscribe List owner: VulvarDisorders-owner ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Hi Tome Can you please tell me what institutions you learnt the muscle energy for example so I can contact them and maybe they have same names here in Australia. You know how sometimes those places have a list of people who use theese techniques. I know I am being bit difficult here but I am trying to find someone here in Oz who does it. Anja Re: update Your right Dusty A messed up lumbo-sacral-pelvic complex can set into motion a series of dominos that fall one right after another and can produce a variety of pain and dysfunction that can cause / or contribute to among other things..vulvar pain and most all the assorted disorders that go along with it. There are several relatively new minimally invassive treatments for pain but they do not correct the cause. Still, a little pain relief can be a Godsend. The techique is called Radio Frequency Ablation. or RFA for short. Long wire like needles are placed into the area of the damaged / preasured nerve and radio frequency waves are then fed through the wires and they deaden the nerves. One of my patients who is an MD with a herniated disk finally after almost a year of dealing with this decided to have the RFA. He is happy with the outcome although he is not completly painfree. Most of all he is glad he did not have to have surgery as the next step. He may need it in the future but for now he is happy. Bottom line ( no pun intended) try everything before surgery and find a Manual Therapist who is EXPERT in Muscle Energy Technique and Strain Counter Strain. K. Ockler P.T. www.tomocklerpt.com Dusty wrote: *****END OF MESSAGE***** ------------------------------------------------- Yahoo members can click on: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VulvarDisorders On the left side is a listing including Links and Files . If you click on those you will find much additional information posted by our members. To post message: VulvarDisorders To Subscribe: VulvarDisorders-subscribe Unsubscribe: VulvarDisorders-unsubscribe List owner: VulvarDisorders-owner ***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Good morning all, I promised everyone and update after this past busy weekend about my interview and doctor's appointment. First of all the interview didn't go as I had planned. After filling out all their paper work as starting the interview I was notified that it was an entry level position and the salary would only be 25K. I thought that with my experience I would be selling myself short if I took it. Plus I would not be able to make ends meet if I took the position. I was upset that nothing was said in the ad about being entry level and even the description that they gave me still sounded like an executive assistant position. I expressed this to the girl that was interviewing me and she completely understood because I was not the only one that thought that way. Anyway I will keep looking. Second, I went to see my rheumy yesterday and he was extremely concerned that I had a bad week with the headache that just would not go away. After telling him what happened he told me that I was right by stopping all medication that I had just started. After going through everything he believes I had a reaction to one of the ingredients in Cymbalta. He said it sounded a bit extreme but he didn't want to rule it out. He also eased my mind about over dosing on the firocet but he said that was okay because I'm on such a low dose it would not have hurt me. He said that I fell right to sleep because I took it on an empty stomach. He still believes that my back pain is due to a car accident that I was in over 14 years ago. He needs to get me out of pain before he can start any therapy or anything else. I guess over the last 14 years I have been using my trapezious (Misspelled) muscle wrong and now it's catching up with me. My doc told me he would explain later when we start the therapy. He didn't want me worrying needlessly. He currently has me on two pain killers around the clock and depending on the amount of pain depends on which one I will take. Little by little we are figuring this out but he still thinks that FM is secondary to this and might just be making the issue that much worse. I'm so tired of appointments because I usually have to take the whole day off work due to my doc being in cleveland and I work in Pittsburgh. But in two weeks that's what I get to do again. Well that's about all. After being in the car for almost 3 hours this morning I am really hurting. And my doc is trying to figure out that too. Doesn't matter if I am driving or not I hurt like the dickens. He would like to have me in a cervical collar while in the car but I told him I am the one that drives and he told me to forget it. At this point I will take it one day at a time and just let things happen. in Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Thanks Ruth, I'm just trying to make it through each day one day at a time. I hope something is figured out and soon. I don't know how much more time I can take off work without them complaining. in Ohio > > > Good morning all, > > > > I promised everyone and update after this past busy > > weekend about my > > interview and doctor's appointment. > > > > First of all the interview didn't go as I had > > planned. After filling > > out all their paper work as starting the interview I > > was notified > > that it was an entry level position and the salary > > would only be 25K. > > I thought that with my experience I would be selling > > myself short if > > I took it. Plus I would not be able to make ends > > meet if I took the > > position. I was upset that nothing was said in the > > ad about being > > entry level and even the description that they gave > > me still sounded > > like an executive assistant position. I expressed > > this to the girl > > that was interviewing me and she completely > > understood because I was > > not the only one that thought that way. Anyway I > > will keep looking. > > > > Second, I went to see my rheumy yesterday and he was > > extremely > > concerned that I had a bad week with the headache > > that just would not > > go away. After telling him what happened he told me > > that I was right > > by stopping all medication that I had just started. > > After going > > through everything he believes I had a reaction to > > one of the > > ingredients in Cymbalta. He said it sounded a bit > > extreme but he > > didn't want to rule it out. He also eased my mind > > about over dosing > > on the firocet but he said that was okay because I'm > > on such a low > > dose it would not have hurt me. He said that I fell > > right to sleep > > because I took it on an empty stomach. > > > > He still believes that my back pain is due to a car > > accident that I > > was in over 14 years ago. He needs to get me out of > > pain before he > > can start any therapy or anything else. I guess over > > the last 14 > > years I have been using my trapezious (Misspelled) > > muscle wrong and > > now it's catching up with me. My doc told me he > > would explain later > > when we start the therapy. He didn't want me > > worrying needlessly. He > > currently has me on two pain killers around the > > clock and depending > > on the amount of pain depends on which one I will > > take. > > > > Little by little we are figuring this out but he > > still thinks that FM > > is secondary to this and might just be making the > > issue that much > > worse. I'm so tired of appointments because I > > usually have to take > > the whole day off work due to my doc being in > > cleveland and I work in > > Pittsburgh. But in two weeks that's what I get to do > > again. > > > > Well that's about all. After being in the car for > > almost 3 hours this > > morning I am really hurting. And my doc is trying to > > figure out that > > too. Doesn't matter if I am driving or not I hurt > > like the dickens. > > He would like to have me in a cervical collar while > > in the car but I > > told him I am the one that drives and he told me to > > forget it. > > > > At this point I will take it one day at a time and > > just let things > > happen. > > > > in Ohio > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Hang in there .... And i'm happy to see that you know your own worth and I hope you dont settle for a job that does not pay you what you are entitled to with your experience and background. i'll be completely honest: I kind of got lost in the 2nd half of your post about your Drs. appointment and so i tried to rely on other ppls responses on how it went... and it went well? ..... ***bashing herself in the head*** ------->"Why O WHY does this happen to me w/ bulks of text??! I feel so retarded!!!!" In the meantime, I hope you feel better (emotionally).... we are here for you!!!! ((((hugs)))) <--- more big giant hawaiian hugs! Aloooooooooha!-JaanaModerator / Member De-Bouncerator / humble Group servant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Jaana, Thanks for the vote of confidence for the job. I know my worth but I know that I have to take a step down in salary anyway because I am getting paid quite a bit and I will never be able to match it. Anyway, I guess you can say the dr's appointment went okay. At least I know what caused the headache but we are still playing around with pain meds to see if we can get me out of pain. I just hurt so much right now that the pain med that I took at lunch is not working but I didn't want to take the stronger one because I've only took it once so I don't know how I will react to it and having to stay awake. Don't get me wrong I love my doc and I understand why he's taking this approach but I hurt and I want some relief and he wont do anything until we can get the pain under control. Oh well I'll live in Ohio > Hang in there .... > > And i'm happy to see that you know your own worth and I hope you dont settle for a job that does not pay you what you are entitled to with your experience and background. i'll be completely honest: I kind of got lost in the 2nd half of your post about your Drs. appointment and so i tried to rely on other ppls responses on how it went... and it went well? ..... > > ***bashing herself in the head*** -------> " Why O WHY does this happen to me w/ bulks of text??! I feel so retarded!!!! " > > In the meantime, I hope you feel better (emotionally).... we are here for you!!!! > > ((((hugs)))) <--- more big giant hawaiian hugs! > > Aloooooooooha! > -Jaana > Moderator / Member De-Bouncerator / humble Group servant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 , I was just going to post today asking how the interview went. Sorry it did not pan out. Do you have any other prospects? --- wrote: > Jaana, > > Thanks for the vote of confidence for the job. I > know my worth but I > know that I have to take a step down in salary > anyway because I am > getting paid quite a bit and I will never be able to > match it. Amy Swinderman Live aloha! __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I've put in for a lot of positions but have not heard about anything else. Sorry to hear about you losing your job. I'm at a lose as far as what to say. > > > Jaana, > > > > Thanks for the vote of confidence for the job. I > > know my worth but I > > know that I have to take a step down in salary > > anyway because I am > > getting paid quite a bit and I will never be able to > > match it. > > Amy Swinderman > Live aloha! > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 thanks . Hopefully things will work out better soon for the both of us! --- wrote: > I've put in for a lot of positions but have not > heard about anything > else. > > Sorry to hear about you losing your job. I'm at a > lose as far as what > to say. Amy Swinderman Live aloha! __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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