
So I had the surgery, which was actually pretty horrendous – months of lying on the couch with my leg elevated – but eventually it did heal, and solved that problem.I went back to him about my ankle, which still hurt intermittently. I had never had surgery before, but this seemed to make sense. He recommended a cheilectomy – surgery to remove the bone spurs. As for this toe pain, I had assumed there was nothing that could be done. So until an issue became unbearable, I didn’t go. All my life, I had either been very healthy, or ignored my health issues, and just didn’t trust doctors. I should also mention that I’m someone who normally never sees doctors. K took x-rays and said, “I can’t see anything wrong with your ankle, but I can see that you have bone spurs on your big toe.” It was true that my right big toe had been getting stiffer and stiffer. K, who had impeccable credentials and great reviews. So I looked on Yelp and found a doctor near me, Dr. I felt like it kept me strong, kept me alive, really. I could take a mere 30 minutes out of my busy day and do my run. Jogging always felt easy, like the one thing I could fit into my life. So I figured that, amazingly, I still seemed to be doing okay with it. But then I went back to it, because unlike most people I knew, my knees never bothered me. I gave up jogging for awhile because I thought I was too heavy for it. I had been a lifelong jogger – a couple of miles, three times a week, for years. It all began with a weird intermittent pain in my right ankle. But once I started writing the review, I ended up telling the whole story, as follows. I waited a year to make sure it was successful. This piece began as a Yelp review for the surgeon who finally saved me, a year ago. I will tell you the punch line right at the beginning: “You gotta shop around,” as The Miracles tell us. Still curious on the importance of pre-sport and injury screenings? Contact us today for more information.Since I seem to be on the subject of my recent medical sagas, here is my five-year ankle saga. These programs have been proven to dramatically decrease the number of injuries during the season. These evaluations consist of providing the athletes with individual strengthening, flexibility, endurance training and posture realignment programs to address their specific weaknesses. You name it, we screen for it! Evolve Physical Therapy + Advanced Wellness in San Diego, CA provides pre-season evaluations for all sports to identify predisposing factors that may cause injuries in athletes. Pre-Season Sports Screenings, Ensuring the Safety of Your Athlete: Football, soccer, softball, basketball, golf, tennis.
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