Associated Neurologists Physical Therapy

I probably should have given this physical therapy department 5 stars. It’s not their fault that I’m not 100% cured of my problem, which is that at first I had vertigo and then «just» light-​headedness. At first I saw my primary care doctor, who put me on a medicine that really didn’t do that much for me. When it was obvious that I wasn’t responding as well as hoped, my PC sent me to Associated Neurologists. I saw Dr. David Greco, who said to give it another week, and then if all was still not well, to start physical therapy. I did this and improved slightly, but my therapist thought I should return to Associated Neurologists, because their physical therapy department has more sophisticate testing equipment than was available to her. This time I saw Courtney Kennedy, PA, who is a very sharp, very personable young lady. I was tested thoroughly, and the recommendation was for more, targeted physical therapy. I started therapy right away, and have now been discharged from their care, only needing to do some exercises at home. Everyone in that department is very friendly, and, more importantly, very encouraging. My therapist was Nicole, and she couldn’t have been nicer or more encouraging to me. It’s been a long haul (I started with the problem in early February, and it’s now nearly the end of June), and I still have some early morning lightheadedness, but that leaves me after a very short time. I’m pleased with the treatment I got at this physical therapy department and would not hesitate to recommend it.

Wow — I don’t even know where to start. I still can’t believe I went through this it was surreal. Last summer my mother was placed in Danbury hospital and was told the attending neurologist would be Dr. Mashman from Assoc. Nueroligists Physical Therapy. I soon found out by asking around that he was not very well respected and not considered very good. I had mentioned my concern to the head nurse and they replaced him with someone straight from hell. Dr. Robert Bonwetsch.
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My wife and I met him and at first, he seemed pleasant enough with his little bow tie, cliché german accent and (at first) cordial attitude — but that perception changed very quickly to shock then anger. As we spoke to him, it dawned on me that this guy was smiling because he thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. He quickly made clear that we knew nothing and whatever we had to say was ridiculous. Why? Because we had been, and I quote, googling information which it seemed in his mind was an utterly ridiculous idea. He laughed at us when we said that we had been looking things up on WebMD trying to figure out what could have happened to my mother.
This arrogant little prick, sorry, treated us with utter disrespect. He spoke over my mother about her illness as if she wasn’t in the room, and yelled out her last name into her face when he wanted to wake her up. When we asked for an MRI he tried his best to dissuade us and when we were persistent. He said, «fine if you want me to stick her head in the tube, we’ll do that». At this point I was raging, I could barely contain myself and was very tempted to throw him out of the 9^th floor window. Believe me, it took all of my self-​restraint to stop myself. When he left I was shaking. I immediately told the nurse that I did not want him within a mile of my mother.
We felt that he brought absolutely nothing to the table in terms of diagnosis, ideas, positive hope. But he did bring his stupid little bow tie and arrogant attitude. I would steer clear of this whole group because I’ve picked up that there is a certain negative under current in their office culture that seems to exist throughout the practice. I will be filing a major complaint at Danbury Hospital and question the wisdom of the hospital to hire such a know nothing creature. I would not trust this neurology group to diagnose my pet frog — never mind a human being. Steer clear and be warned!
UPDATE: I’m happy to report a few days later we were lucky enough to have an excellent hospitalist visit my mother. Within 10 minutes of speaking with the doctor, he had an idea of what my mother may have based on the symptoms. He brought in a rheumatologist and confirmed the prognosis. My mother was healed once placed on some medication. Obviously, neither doctor was from Associated Neurologists of Danbury. They suck.