Re: End of the road soon?

[Guest guest]

Hello

I am sure you are " frustarted " in your search to be better. It is mind

boggling what pain . . .and constant pin to the body does! I am so turned on to

Pilaates and what it can do for the body. Balancing stretching and

strengthening. A good teacher and following the exercises can eally make a

difference.

Good Luck

Alyce

C2K Wm Kennedy 3/23/04

[Guest guest]

Hello

I had back problems (no surgery, though) and a lot of sciatica

and chiropractic treatments for years. Sometimes when I got up, or

even in the middle of walking (after stopping for a minute), my leg

would just go out from under me. Two years ago I had a really bad

twisting all and tore a ligament in my back, which then got much

worse, pain-wise. About two weeks after I had my hip resurfaced, I

could feel something(s) moving in my back. From about five weeks

post-op, I've had almost no back pain (unless I did something to

aggravate it like sitting at the computer in a bad posture position

for hours). My two lowest vertebrae used to be locked together most of

the time and constantly needed adjusting. Now my whole back is much

looser (according to my massage therapist and physiotherapist). They

think a lot of my back problems were caused by my hip. So it's

certainly possible that resurfacing could help your back.

I asked Dr. McMinn if he could work on my back at the same time as

he fixed my hip, but he said he wouldn't do that. I had read on the

Internet that sometimes only surgery could fix a ligament problem like

I had, but it turns out that fixing my " locked " hip has allowed the

ligament to either move to the right position, or stretch out a bit

more, I don't know exactly, but the improvement is almost miraculous.

It sounds like you have so much pain that it's time for some sort of

intervention very soon, and I can certainly recommend resurfacing.

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rBHR Oct.17/03 McMinn