Did PT fail you, or did you have bad PT?

Josh Cornett, PT, DPT, COMT, CDNT

Published on: 11/11/2025

How many times have you yourself or someone you know experienced this: You have knee pain so you tell your PCP and then you get referred to an orthopedic who specializes in the knee. They zoom in on the knee and give you some kind of diagnosis without looking at much of anything else. Then you go to PT with an order for knee pain and the PT only treats your knee. 6 weeks go by and your knee is not much better. So you think PT didn't help. It wasn't PT that failed you, it was likely just bad PT.