Have never been treated so rudely, and compounded by the fact it was an error on the therapists end! Had an order for a lumbar injury treatment which I KNOW was received b/c the receptionist confirmed it before I made my appt. The first appt Carol was focused on my neck and said 'we'd get to my back later'. (I'd had an order from the previous year for neck). She is so busy with a conveyor belt of sectioned areas she dashes in and out of, and seems incapable of LISTENING, instead interrupts each issue /answer you are trying to give concerns you have, and shifts to the next matter. The 2nd appt I had been in agonizing pain with neck and a triggered weeklong migraine from exercises she wanted me to do for 2 weeks. I TRIED to explain again that I was there for my Lumbar injury referral for an injury in early April -nearly 2 months prior- and needed attention to that matter and some home exercises to strengthen and a list of movements to avoid or include. I NICELY and politely tried to explain I didn't feel like she was really listening to me and she got huffy and defensive and I again, very kindly said she was being rather 'abrupt' with me. She pretty much yelled in my face, "I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU!". I kept my cool and said then please help my lumbar issues. She got very defensive and hateful and said "We have NO record of a request for that area! Only your neck!". I said I was sure the Dr's sent it and she huffed out saying "She'd just go call them" and I could "Just leave and come back some other time when they received it.". CLEARLY, someone in the office told her it WAS received but she would not confirm it but returned to say "We'll find it" and would warm up the neck and move to the back area and be sure to address it before I left. Went thru some perfunctory neck exercises-despite my instance I needed LUMBAR care- and in the end said, "We'll get you back in a couple days to start the addressing the back issue". I ASKED AGAIN, "DID YOU FIND THE REFERRAL" and she said, "We'll find it, we'll find it!". I asked the receptionist on the way out, the same one I communicated with on the phone in regards to the referral and the while waiting to make the appt until they had it, "Do you have the referral for the lumbar therapy??". She looked and said, "Yes, we have it right here". . So that, to me, would mean when Carol stormed out of the area telling me I could leave and come back another time when they had it, yet went to the front regarding it, she was made aware they DID have it. A NORMAL person would have simply come back and said, "Our mistake, we do have it , lets reset", and all would have been fine, even though she was so rude in her communication, I would have continued to try the correct area PT. Due to the hateful way she treated me though, I suppose then admitting it was HER mistake was beyond her. So, now I've wasted 2 copays for treatment of an area I was not seeking care for, been treated badly and talked down to by someone who can't take the time to HEAR a patient clearly or embrace some common communication skills one would expect from a professional of any sort. *I DID have a copy of my E.R. visit and MRI results on my first visit, which she cast aside without looking at it. I took it the second time and she did the same. read more
