This being the "information age" I thought surely there's a standard summary of physical therapy that could be obtained as easily as a Google search. HA! Wrong. Wouldn't it be nice though if there was? I wasn't sure if the TENS unit would be very effective. I had that previously and it didn't do much for me. The current therapist didn't want to go with ultrasound as it can shake things up and mess around with cells.

Anyway, some of your suggestions here have at least calmed me a bit that some of the stiffness could be rectified. Today, I really gave it a chance. They applied heat and massage. The PT was amazed at how much my neck softened up and afterwards my shoulders were more balanced. In fact, they had to fetch me a mirror to show that after done was done, I was no longer pulling to the side. Afterwards, I put on my swimsuit and got into a 98 degree pool to do exercises with paddles and practice twisting my head against the scar tissue.

All in all, I'm beginning to become a satisfied customer of PT. This is a much different experience from a couple months ago when it seemed all they did was hurt me until tears gushed out of my eyeballs.

Maybe it simply involves finding the right sort of PT. In a couple of days they are going to do a deeper massage, but having this place closer by, I can at least drive a short distance on a pain pill and get through it. Besides, they already promised me that if they start hurting me too much they will back off instead of continuing. There's some small comfort in that.

Thanks again. I would indeed be lost without some helpful suggestions from those that have been there and done it.

Jen