Guest guest Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hi, I need some input about physical therapy. My grown daughter has EDS Classical type, and her primary subluxations are with her shoulders. She has chronic pain and a lot of crepitus. Her internal med doc referred her to a PT, who has said she feels her collar bones are malaligned, and that her rib is pushing her shoulder up and out of place??? She is doing a lot of deep massage and electrical stimulation and is " trying to move that rib forward " so her shoulder will go back into place. She is very sore, but hopeful this will help as she has a really active beautiful 13 month old who is quite busy. My knowledge of EDS and PT is that you strengthen the muscles around the affected joint, not pressure on something else? I personally dislocated several ribs in an auto accident and know how painful that is firsthand.....it took months for them to move back. They are using electrical stimulation also. What do you guys think? I don't have any articles to give her to take to this therapist....maybe she is doing a great thing, maybe damaging her worse. I just don't know. Even as an RN, I never knew what was helpful with PT for myself. Until Dr. Levy just had me do hydrotherapy and isometrics, everything else made me worse. Please give me input to help her....she is anxious to hear from everyone here and to help the therapist help her. Thanks so much! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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