feeling frustrated by starting treatment slow
i have recently been diagnosed with hEDS after 2 years of trying to figure out my pain. i finally started seeing a physical therapist, but all the stuff they have me doing seems so useless. for example, they have me doing a couple arm movements that feel so pointless to me. i don’t feel anything when i do them. i know that’s probably the point, but if im seeking treatment i want to be able to feel it too!! like, if im strengthening muscles, shouldn’t i be able to feel the muscles? i’m only 19 years old. my body can handle movement, it just hurts after awhile. i don’t see the point in starting so slow when it’s not like im injured. idk…
they also have been trying to get me to breathe from my stomach but i just can’t do it. like, i start to fill up with air and then it’s like something is pressing on my chest and keeping me from breathing in anymore. one of the pt’s held my neck a specific way and i was able to breathe clearly, but the other one, who has worked on me the last two times, hasn’t been able to help at all and we’ve wasted the last two sessions.
i’ve left in tears twice now. i feel like im wasting my money and time. i want to be able to feel myself getting better or strengthening the right muscles. is that possible with hEDS treatment? or am i looking at it in the wrong direction. all i know is i’m tired of my body hurting after a few hours of sitting or standing