Re: Ankle Problems-Please suggest ANYTHING-Thankyou!!

outrider_at_despammed.com
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 16:42:43 -0800

Surgeons want to do surgery. Stop going to the surgeon. "If you
continue to do what you have always done, you will continute to get the
result you have always got."

See a physical therapist. Look in the yellow pages and find someone who
has a master's degree, preferably, one who advertises "active" therapy,
and one who specializes in foot and ankle.

If there is a university medical school near you with a Rehabilitation
Medicine School, call and ask for a referral of someone very
experienced in diagnosing and rehabing ankle injuries post surgery,
where the surgery didn't work. (Trust me, they've heard this before).

You will get an impartial assessement and be able to decide from there
is you want to take on therapy. But be warned, there is no quick fix
with physical therapy. (Looks like *no* fix with surgery).

Zee

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