Hello there,

When I had De Quervain's tenosynovitis my doctor recommended physiotherapy. I eventually started receiving treatment for my chronic headache, neck/shoulder/back pain and tingling/numbness in my arm/hand as well.
Because my insurance covers physio treatment unlimited and I've found a great physiotherapist after going to several other ones, I've been getting treatment twice a week. This frequency was originally suggested when I was getting my tenosynovitis treated, and although now my wrist does not bother me too much I still keep going twice a week for other chronic issues.
When I web search about physio-related websites, most of them do not mention cases like me - they usually talk about setting a personalized goal for your injury or post-surgery condition and getting you out of treatment as soon as they can. This always makes me wonder, would seeing a physiotherapist without a specific goal or an end date in mind be a problematic for them? Because I know I will never be completely healed and that is not my goal in the first place - I would like to receive treatment just to get by the next 2-3 days. Or are there patients like me, more than I think?
I don't want to put my physiotherapist or their clinic in trouble by having a patient who will not recover or is not even trying to completely get better.
I follow their recommendations and do my homework very well, BTW. I do stretches etc. about an hour a day.

Thank you!

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