. . . to be completely mystified by what just happened?!

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Just had a physio appointment for a suspected sprained Achilles.

Expectation: I would go in, give a history, physio would examine me, move me around a bit, look at my posture/alignment etc., maybe an ultrasound of the area, given some exercises to do and told to come back in a week.

What actually happened:
Laid flat on my back, made to do knee raises and leg lifts while he tapped the soles of my feet, abruptly slapped my calf muscles, poked around my knee with a sharp wooden stick, told to touch the side of my neck with two fingers, and he even occasionally tapped me on the nose.

Yes. TAPPED ME ON THE NOSE.

I left, completely bewildered, with tape along my calf muscle.

I have no idea what just happened. I was so shocked that when he replied "functional neurology" to my question of "er . . . so, what was that?!" I just accepted it, said thank you, smiled and left.

AIBU to think that was an absolute waste of £50?!

Am I the only one reminded of the IT Crowd episode where Roy goes for a massage...?

@SandraDea that's a bit uncalled for

I once went to a chiropractor for what I imagined was a hamstring injury (or similar) and he did everything but attend to my leg. He reckoned I had fallen arches and wanted to recommend some fancy orthotics plus 10 additional treatments including pelvic floor exercises!!! I was on private medical insurance at the time and I think he just saw me as a license to print money. I never went back and surprise surprise, the leg healed itself in a few weeks.

This sounds to me like the world of idiocy that is kinesiology.

Oh no, @RedPandaFluff, don't get irked... I really want you to go back to see what happens next and then come back and report it to us, obvs

Also, think yourself lucky he didn't tap some of your other protuberances

Whilst trying to laugh quietly,I woke DH who thought that I was crying so after a cuddle he's just got up to make me a cup of tea .
When he comes back I'll tell him about the £50 nose tapping physio.
The things we old gimmers do to make our retirement entertaining.
Thank you redpanda for helping to make the 4am waking more tolerable.

Bloody hell @bertiebotts thanks for the heads up! DH just tore his ACL (is currently in hospital recovering from surgery) - he went over to Switzerland for the treatment but the physio is German and yeah, there was talk of lymphatic drainage and the importance of exercise and all that but it was appropriate to the injury thank goodness. In Switzerland you wait a lot less long for the referrals so DH had had the MRI and consultation with the orthopaedic surgeon before he even saw a physio.

This thread is hilarious OP, although I would be as perplexed and head scratching like you.

Are you sure you didn’t just join the masons? 🤣🤣🤣

functional neurology is something’s no tnat some chiropractors do.

ThroughThickAndThin01 no, no, no you are getting your treatments mixed up. Head scratching is to treat stomach complaints.

This reminds me to avoid all types of pseudo 'treatments' where the only thing that gets drained is my bank balance.

RedPandaFluff Working on all the different parts of the body makes me wonder if he knew where the achilles is and was tapping round your body hoping to find the point where you said 'ouch'!

Sounds very odd! Reminds me of the time I booked a "Thai massage" at a reputable spa in the midlands, the better part of a decade ago, without knowing what a Thai massage was.
A male therapist turned up to collect me from reception, in bare feet and jogging bottoms. We proceeded to lie on a mattress on the floor together, while he contorted me into various odd positions, which included being draped over his back, and him kneading the muscles up my inner thigh... I still haven't worked out whether that's what a Thai massage is meant to be like, or whether I was somewhat taken advantage of! It was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had!

I'm currently waiting for a physio appointment to treat the same issue.. Waiting to see if the same thing happens haha!

I've sent an email to the clinic (screenshots below, I've blanked out his name) . . . let's see what comes back.

My ankle is still painful and swollen, by the way 😒

are the screenshots attached? I can't see them on this computer

I can see them on the app but not the mobile site.

I added the photos from the iPhone app; not sure why they're not visible on a PC 🤔

I'm on a PC and I can see the photos.

That’s very diplomatically phrased OP, well done! I wonder what they will reply!

"The efficacy of this approach"

That's what we all want to know

Haha I love this! Can't wait to see the response!

Their customer service person has replied - I'm not sure if I'd have to pay to see someone else or not. Bah. Not sure what to do now.

Sorry about the clumsy redacts- I'm not great with the wee pencil thingy 😄

Basically they gave you the practice weirdo without asking if you were into it. I'd just ask for your money back. You booked physical therapy and got what basically amounts to thoughts and prayers.

He'll try and get you to swallow a bat

Please go. Please eat the bat.

When I was pg with dd I was on Consultant led care.
A couple of weeks before I was due I saw a very lovely but very crazy Egyptian female consultant who was very interested in my tongue.
No idea why