Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hi Cyrene, Welcome to the group.We are not doctors here but based on your description of symptoms it could possible be flatback or something else. Try clicking on files on the left column and reading Mina's writing. She was a lay person with a great perspective on flatback. I am sure there are revisionist in the UK, we have some members here from there, hopefully, they will chime in. I personally don't think a chiropractor is the one to make your assessment, you really need a scoliosis revision specialist. Anyway, if you go to the left column, pick messages and search on UK, you will see all of the entries with UK in them. There are some surgeons mentioned there. Good luck with your search. VC ( C) > > Hi there, > > Very glad to have found this group! I was wondering if someone could help with some advice. I had my scoliosis operation in the early 90s in Germany . I don't really know what the rod type is called, all it says on the file summary I was given is that it's a traditional " VDS " procedure TH4-11. > Everything's been cool for a looong time but the last couple of years I've experienced more and more pain in different parts of the back. What's worrying me in particular is that I've had really bad pains in my feet over the last few months, I literally can't stand for more than 2 minutes before the pain kicks in. Also, my leg muscles constantly feel tired and my general posture and balance seems to have changed a bit. Are these early signs of the flatback syndrome? > My GP just sent me to a podiatrist who gave me a stretching exercise to do but that's it. Neither seem to link it to the back but I'm worried this might just be cause they don't know much about post- op scoliosis problems. Am I being too paranoid? Unfortunately, I don't have a specialist I can see in this country (UK) but was wondering what kind of doctor I could see who'd assess the entire posture (would that be a chiropractor?). > Any tip would be tremendously appreciated! > > Thanks a lot > > Cyrine > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Not happy with your email address?. > Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at http://uk.docs./ymail/new.html > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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