I was lucky in that I pretty much saw the same therapist while going to PT. There was an aide that I did work with a few times but the line of communication was very open so I never felt like I was starting over.

I hear you on the whole, "I could do this at home" thing. I think a lot of people think that about PT. It's true that once you know what you should be doing you can start doing it at home. For me, I was more apt to do it if I was actually at their office rather than at home. I hope that as time progresses they introduce more stretches and different exercises for you like they did for me. It helped keep me on my toes.

God willing, I won't have to go back to PT for a really long time since I'm now armed with the knowledge that I learned while at PT.