I got a sore back

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So I hurt my back. Probably when driving No big deal right? Just go to a physiotherapist and get some massage and heat treatment, right? Yeah, sure, if you're in first world country (Canada, Australia, USA, UK) but not if your in Venezuela. In Venezuela, you have to first find a physio.

So I did, and I went. She knew what she was doing, she found the problem (spasm muscle) and prescribed 8 theorpy sessions.

Ok. Hang on, 8!!??

So I they were going to send me home right away, and I said "no way, I'm in pain", and they said, "ok, we'll do some".

So shirt off, lie down and some electrotherapy. In Australia, this meant someone putting some electronic pads on the area of the body, then checked the results of the machine. And checked now and then to see if was still doing the right thing.

This did not happen here.

And another thing, after the electro- they did some ultra-sound. Now, I've had this before and I remember it getting warm. This did not happen here.

And they sent me home. No massage, nothing. I was still in pain here. They said "we're not going to massage because the muscles are tense, and we will do it tommorrow". Um what? By the time I get back here tomorrow, they will be even more tense because I will be uncomfortable all night!

So I went home and returned yesterday. This time, the electro-therapy definately was in the wrong area, and the person administrating the utlra-sound wasn't even looking. The "massage" lasted for 28 seconds. I timed it. It was useless. I didn't go back. I emptied a few bottles of muscle relaxant and pain killers.

It went away eventually.