Let’s have a Sip n’Bitch!

So I’ve had a few glasses of wine, thought I’d complain about the most ridiculous thing that happened to me at work this week:

Had a patient come in for an eval. Early 30s, chronic LBP. Had 5 previous bouts of PT since he was 18. Kept going on about his hips going “out” and when I was inquiring re: aggravating factors he says, “well even just breathing causes them to go out sometimes.” I tried to get a better sense of his idea of what was going on with his body. He already had a plethora of activities he did regularly, most of which were great exercises that I thought were appropriate. I added a few more that I thought would help and educated him on pain neuroscience and the fact that there’s not a ton of evidence that behind hips going “out.” He seemed receptive.

The next day, I get a note from the front desk that he elected to go with a different provider. I’m not that offended, I know I did my best and I’m not everyone’s cup of tea.

Well, Mr. My Hips Are Out of Alignment wrote an absolutely scathing google review. Ranged from “this therapist didn’t listen to me” (fine, I can take that criticism and try to do better) to “I talked to a former PT of mine and they told me to never let these people touch my body.” Idk if he moved to the area and was looking for someone to MET him once a week but his ODI was under 20% and he had most of the weakness we often see in CLBP.

My boss doesn’t care, our overall google rating is still great, but I can’t stop revisiting it in my head.

Anyways, I feel like a shit therapist this week, how about y’all?