PT on TV (and the big screen)

Seinfeld has had a few mentions of PT, of course where they are being portrayed as people who give "massage." They also get into the referral issue and insurance coverage. Another episode has Elaine's boss "tear her humeral epicondylitis" and Elaine leaves by saying "take care of that condylitis." It is of course impossible to tear anything that ends in -itis because this simply means inflammation.

The Sopranos this past season (one of my favorite shows, with only 8 episodes left ever!) had mention of PT after Tony got shot. His wife Carmela complains that insurance won't even cover Tony's Physical Therapy. Then the insurance company tried to send him home before he was ready for financial reasons. Earlier in the series Tony's mother was very upset to be in PT.

On Eve's self-titled show, her on and off boyfriend was a PT and actually prescribed her some kind of funky looking orthopedic shoe. The movie The Program has an athlete rehabing her knee but no sign of a PT, ah well.

One of our professors likes to mention numerous movies to give us examples of certain diseases. This semester he has brought up Unbreakable (osteogenesis imperfecta) and Mel Gibson's ability to subluxate the shoulder which he does in at least one of the Lethal Weapon movies... if not all. (Subluxation basically means to pop a bone in and out of its proper place in the joint, PS this video of subluxation is not fun to watch for everyone, proceed with caution.)

If anyone else knows any other PT mentions in TV or the movies let me know.