Is anyone still doing therapy in person?

My PT is now teletraining. I set up a camera and move it from station to station. I don’t like skipping thyroid testing and routine dental hygiene, but I’m doing it. It seems that psychotherapy would be one of the easiest interventions to do from a distance.

I wouldn't compare going to a therapy session in person to going to spring break or having a big house party... There are higher an lower levels of risk. For example, people have to get food somehow. That could involve going to the grocery store in person, getting carryout from a restaurant (sometimes available curbside), having groceries delivered (though some of those services are either striking or completely overwhelmed right now, like you can get a delivery date a week away), or do curbside pickup, if the store offers that. All of those have *some* level of risk. Some are higher or lower than others, and could depend on, say, what time of day you go, if you're going to the store itself. I don't see going to a therapy session, where two people sit in a room, ideally at least 6 feet apart, and taking precautions like wiping down furniture/door handles/etc. as being particularly high risk. It's low risk, as those things go.


And I'm not seeing my T in person (I opted to switch to telehealth the last time he offered in person, then he switched to telehealth only immediately after), but my H is going to his physical therapy appointment tomorrow (rehabbing an injury), after I basically made him skip the past few (as it's a big room where they do some of the exercises, but many people are no longer going--like they told those with high risk not to attend anymore and are spacing out clients both timewise and physical distance-wise).

Admittedly my post was somewhat elliptical. Some state officials are
ignoring recommendations to the extreme of allowing beach partying while death rates in other states are climbing. Yeehaw. From my vantage point from one of the more locked down states, this appears highly irresponsible.

Admittedly it’s impossible to eliminate all direct and indirect human contact. But there’s a lot yet to learn about transmission including airborne droplets , clothing and shoes. There are virus clusters that began at parties and choir practice.

I feel it’s responsible to limit outings to essential ones. Remote therapy isn’t ideal, but possible. Tele-PT is more difficult, though my provider still was able to correct my form. I’m not an an acute stage however. My PT practice is going exclusively to remote sessions and classes.

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