Southwest Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Information Headquarters

1. LOCATION: Albuquerque Metropolitan area is one of the largest metro areas in the US. statistics have shown over and over that the more convenient the proximity to the physical therapy clinic the direct correlation at to success of PT outcomes.

Topics: physical therapy, health insurance

I will do my best to take some of the mystery out of some of the communication tools that have popped up on the Internet in recent years.

Topics: physical therapy

I know it's been a while since my last post, and I can't say that my dog at my post. hmmm?.."My dog ate my blog". Has a nice ring to it. Actually I am doing great. My PT and Docs say that I am  a few weeks ahead of schedule. In fact I am getting around quite nicely - thank you.

Topics: physical therapy, surgery

Topics: physical therapy, surgery

Today about 10 a.m. I had physical therapy “Holy ^#@>!”, When I stood up to walk, my knees felt like someone hit them with a baseball bat, then covered them with bees. That may seem a bit over-dramatic- but it is a pretty good description of how I felt at the time. (Keep in mind that I am Irish and we never let the truth get in the way of a good story). One curious thing kept happening through all of this physical therapy, I became extremely thirsty throughout my PT sessions. I mean “Lawrence of Arabia” parched (see what I mean about being Irish).

Topics: physical therapy, surgery, patient story

My physical therapist came into my room today and and said she brought me a present. "A present for me? Oh you shouldn't have". I was curious about what the present might be. But judging from the cheshire smile on her face I can only imagine. She then reached around the corner and brought "the present" into the room.

Topics: physical therapy, surgery, patient story

"Ouch!" Oh my gosh I am really hurting! I mean I can't imagine why- they just filet'd me like a trout, took out my worthless knee joints and put in new ones, closed the wounds shut with over 50 staples I think they got from Home Depot.

Topics: surgery, patient story

Hello! Hello...Mr. Patrick We are all done. Your surgery went very well.

Topics: surgery, patient story

Today is January 5th. On my way to hospital to get both of my knee joints replaced. I am feeling pretty confident.

Topics: physical therapy, surgery, patient story

OK. Let's start at the beginning... My name is Pat and I have been a patient of Southwest Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (SWOPT) since they started their business in 2002. I have rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, so to say my health challenges have been many would be an understatement. 

Topics: physical therapy, surgery, patient story