Long story short, I’ve had a neck injury since May that has refused to heal and I finally demanded an MRI for further diagnosis due to debilitating neurological symptoms.
I was diagnosed with two “mild” herniated discs in my neck near C3/C4 and C4/C5. The orthopedic clinic I am going to near home is current giving me “rehabilitation” (リハビリ) but it’s limited to massages and laser therapy for the muscle tension in my neck and shoulders. I’ve seen a few doctors here in Kyoto and they always just want to just send me away with pain medication and muscle relaxers and tell me to do “rehab” but for obvious reasons I think just receiving massages isn’t going to do anything to address the hernias.
My x-rays also revealed I have scoliosis and “straight neck,” so I clearly need legit physical therapy on a serious level. For all of these conditions I was just told “you don’t need surgery yet, but need treatment” and then I’m not given legit treatment options. Where can I find legit (in other words, active and not passive) physical therapy in the Kyoto/Osaka area? I can speak Japanese at an N3/N2 level.
by animalsnotppl