physical therapy/scar massage during COVID-19 at Kessler Rehab

Sharing this because I was denied PT at the hospital where I was treated because of COVID-19 restrictions at their facility. I live in southern NY on the border of Bergen County NJ.

Despite diligently doing my PT exercises as soon as I was discharged one day after my unilateral MX, I found myself with hard, hard, hard "wooden" tissue as soon as 3 weeks later. 3 weeks after that, 6 weeks post mastectomy without reconstruction, the tightness under my armpit and all down the side of my torso was crazy. The team At my hospital had closed down their PT department, in an "abundance of caution to protect the chemo patients During Covid-19". I get that you need to protect those patients, but their facility has like 4 entrances, chemo has their own entrance, so why can't you treat the non-chemo patients In PT? So I Demanded my doctor give me a prescription for PT to go somewhere else. I found a breast cancer trained PT at one of the Kessler rehab sites in Dumont, NJ, just 30 minutes from my home. I suggest you do a little Googling in your area and look for a PT facility that Treats mastectomy patients. My PT, Tina, Menezes, in only 6 visits, has massaged my scar and surrounding areas such that my range of motion and ability to stretch in all directions is 300% better than it was two weeks ago. She is an miracle worker angel and I would recommend her to anyone who needs some help with their physical recovery post-surgery. Phone number is 201-385-627