In today’s video I discuss how to get the most efficient and cost-effective care from your health care providers so that you can spend less on your treatment and get better as quickly as possible.
How To Save Money And Recover Faster From Disc-Related Pain Pt.2
As is discussed in the video, it is important to communicate with your health care providers so that they know that you are serious about doing everything you can do to help yourself get better and stay that way.
Urge your doctor and/or physical therapist to transition you into active forms of treatment (exercise and rehabilitation) as soon as you are able rather than unnecessarily prolonging the use of passive treatments that only temporarily relieve symptoms.
It’s also important to learn exercises you can easily do at home without any fancy equipment. Physical therapy clinics and physical medicine doctors often use some very high-tech equipment, which certainly has its usefulness at first, but you need to be able to continue doing exercises for the long-term and you probably won’t have easy access to that equipment. Insist upon them teaching you home treatment methods whenever possible – or find other resources where you can learn what to do for yourself, such as my sciatica exercises website.
In the next installment, I’ll cover tips on how to maximize your self-treatment efforts and get out of pain as quickly as possible.