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The problem with those procedures is that the feedback you get here is biased (of course mine appears that way as well) and the reason I say that is because the people who have had that surgery done and it wasnt successfull wont be here to reply. There are thousands of people walking around who have had surgery with little or no positive effects.EmptyWallet said:
The only thing that wont heal is a complete seperation, aside from that everything will repair itself if it is allowed too. I sprainged my ankle huge many years back and its never been the same. Over the last couple years I developed plantar fasciitis (sp?) and started to get it treated with prolo, the initial treatment was just the heel but after talking to the doc a bit more about my old spraine he realizes the plantar fasciitis could have developed due to the ankle instability so second time I went in he hit the ankle too. It makes a lot of popping noses and stuff when I first get up and start moving. The poping can be escaping fluid (like when you crack your knuckles) or tendons ligaments getting out of line, stretching/snapping back etc. All of this can be caused by laxity in the joint and there is nothing your doc can do for that and in all honesty his methods so far (ie vioxx) will actually be detrimental in the long run since they trade comfort for healing.
All I am saying is that after a few weeks and a couple visits to a prolotherapist you will know if it is helping, if not you can always go back under the knife. But once you go under the knife there is no turning back and you will have to deal with whats been done. Many fo my Docs patients are those who have exhausted all other means to cope with their injuries. Many have had surgery which they were told would fix this or that and years later still suffer from pain and finally seek him for help.
Keep in mind prolotherapists are all full fledged docs, not like chiros and such (and that wasnt meant to slam chiro's). Many chose to persue prolotherapy after years being in practice and realizing that more often than not the treatments they used did not work for sports injury and chronic pain and since many doctors have a passion for helping people resume their active lifestyles they were not content just being a doc and shuttling people through the office, they wanted to get them back into the lifestyle they were used to.
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