Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Its a real shame the physio didnt pick up on this potentially life threatening condition . And it shows that telephone consulations can be dangerous in missing stuff .
I'm afraid that my experience of both telephone and face to face physio on a self referal basis has been pretty poor. They do seem over reliant on excercise as the solution to everything.
When campaigning for my first knee replacement, I was given endless knee exercises until I finally ( but politely) 'lost it' with the physio and demanded an x-ray. "What for" "Because I had the cartilage out 40 years ago and I'm now convinced my knee joint is 'bone on bone'. She agreed to refer me for x-ray of right knee, so I said.. maybe left knee too, that is also extremely painful "No..you don't need the extra radiation.." So, I called my GP, who arranged left knee at the same time. It transpired that both knees had no joint space, or cartilage to speak of, plus bone spurs etc.. No amount of exercise was ever going to fix that.
By contrast, the physios at Wrightington Hospital, where I had my knee replacements.. are superb, and provide about 5 or 6 appointments plus exercise plans to aid rehab, and ongoing support if needed.