Accelerated Rehabiliation Centers

I had a rather odd experience at this physical therapy place. Scheduling the initial appt was a mess (guy on the phone had no idea what he was doing) and forget about being able to schedule anything in person because there is never anyone at the front desk.
Once i was finally able to, I scheduled an appointment with a particular therapist and on my first appointment I was taken about 10 minutes late. The therapist seemed knowledgeable and he introduced me to another person (a student there for clinical hours). I have been to other PT places before and none ever had students but i figured that the kid would just be observing mostly… no big deal.
Well, the therapist who i booked the appointment with (and was the only one actually trained in PT) only spent maybe 20 min. of my hour appt with me before he moved on to the next client leaving me with the student.
The next time i went I was taken 10 – 15 min late again and this time the therapist I booked with never even came to get me. In fact, the ENTIRE hour long appointment (with maybe a 2 minute exception) was done by the STUDENT! What is even worse is this kid did a few chiropractic adjustments on me and not only did he seem scared to death because he didnt know what he was doing– the therapist was not overseeing him at all. I ended up leaving in more pain than i came with because I was left in the hands of a student.
While i understand that these kids need their hours and practice for school– I do not want to be the person they learn on. I also get that the real therapists want to jam as many people in there at once to make more money. But it is totally irresponsible and frankly dangerous for the main therapist to be having students practicing on clients, especially without supervision. Its even worse that they don’t communicate that with the client in the beginning because had I known I would have never wasted my time or money there. I would have gone to a place where I would spend my appointment with a qualified professional.
When i called my dr. who had initially referred me for therapy he was appalled that I was now in more pain as a result of this place’s negligence. So now I’ll be looking for a new place to go that doesn’t have this business practice.