Antoher reason for short leg

April 27, 2004

Six of the Eight chiros I have seen over my lifetime actually use the

phenomonem that legs can change length to determine what body area

is 'out of synch' - they use it like a challange. There you are,

laying on the table, the chiro lightly touches an area - say left SI

joint and taa-daa - one of the legs goes short. This would indicate

a problem in the SI area. Usually a person has a predictable leg

that goes short - for instance it's usually my right leg. However,

when something really funky is going on then my left leg will go

short.

The worst doctor I've ever gone to regarding my feet and legs was an

orthopedic surgeon. He measured all right, but you should have seen

the way he measured. Plopped me on the table on my back, put a

measuring tape at my belly button and measured to my ankle, then did

the other side. Yep, one side short - but not very so no need to do

anything until there is pain, oh, there is pain already, ok, here's

an Rx for orthodics, special shoes, etc. I think that if I had

hopped off the table and then back on and remeasured - he would have

found a different length. I couldn't beleive he didn't measure the

bones - didn't take hip position or anything else into account at

all. Didn't go back to him.

April 27, 2004

Six of the Eight chiros I have seen over my lifetime actually use

the phenomonem that legs can change length to determine what body

area is 'out of synch' - they use it like a challange. There you

are, laying on the table, the chiro lightly touches an area - say

left SI joint and taa-daa - one of the legs goes short. This would

indicate a problem in the SI area.

The worst doctor I've ever gone to regarding my feet and legs was an

orthopedic surgeon...I couldn't beleive he didn't measure the bones -

didn't take hip position or anything else into account at all.

Didn't go back to him.

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(1) Fascinating - I've never heard that one. I need to check that

one out.

(2) Are you saying that you lost confidence in this paragon of

medical virtuosity?

April 27, 2004

Six of the Eight chiros I have seen over my lifetime actually use

the phenomonem that legs can change length to determine what body

area is 'out of synch' - they use it like a challange. There you

are, laying on the table, the chiro lightly touches an area - say

left SI joint and taa-daa - one of the legs goes short. This would

indicate a problem in the SI area.

The worst doctor I've ever gone to regarding my feet and legs was an

orthopedic surgeon...I couldn't beleive he didn't measure the bones -

didn't take hip position or anything else into account at all.

Didn't go back to him.

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(1) Fascinating - I've never heard that one. I need to check that

one out.

(2) Are you saying that you lost confidence in this paragon of

medical virtuosity?

April 27, 2004

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> (2) Are you saying that you lost confidence in this paragon of

> medical virtuosity?

LOL - I didn't have much confidence to begin with - notice I've gone

to chiros all my life, but waited until I was 40 to go to an

orthopedic surgeon - and then one visit was enough. I went because

my PT highly recommended the office and she thought I needed

orthodics. I did convince him to give me an Rx for orthodics but

ended up not using it. The doc said that even though two of my girls

have short legs and pronate and one other supinates to the extreme,

he doesn't recommend doing anything until there is pain. Not me -

I'm a firm believer in preventative measures and that is a huge

reason why I'm here!

April 27, 2004