My lower back pain has subsided considerably. I'm concerned because I have a non-displaced fracture without surgery. I have been reading others stories online and have read that they have often gotten x-rayed again in a week or two after injury to ensure proper healing and then starting physical therapy right away. I received my brace and then I won't be going back to the doc again for 4 weeks. I'm afraid that this long length between visits is going to delay my recovery and cause significant muscle loss. Is this is a normal way of going about this? When I called my doc to find out why such a long delay between doc visits, the only eplanation I was given was because the doc would be on vacation for 2 weeks. Is this really a good reason to put me off or shouldn't he have had me follow up with his colleague? I'm seriously considering changing docs.