Here is the name and web reference of the orthopedic surgeon who did the double hip and knee replacements for my wife. You hopefully don't need surgery, but he is an excellent orthopedic physician. My wife works with a lot of physicians and she is meticulous with research. She found the "best" according to a consensus of doctors. Those two doctors could not see her in a timely manner so she asked them who they would want to to do work on them. They recommended Dr. Sean Gallagher of All Star Orthopedics of Austin: Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery. He is young but was considered the best Orthopedic Resident in the country when he came out of his residency. He is a surgeon, but he has a very holistic approach and would want to do what was best for you. If he thought someone else was better for you inside or outside his practice, he would not hesitate to refer you to them. Give him a call. If you do not end up going to see him, at least he would set you straight on an appropriate referral. If you would like, PM me and I will give you my wife's name that you could use as a referral. Here is his web page ...
Ouch! I have had that more than once in both feet ... once, I had a chunk of bone dangling from the end of a tendon. I broke it broad jumping in intramurals in college. It immediately went numb, so I jumped on it, it was my takeoff foot, six more times. I was really upset with my distances. I wrapped it in an ace bandage, and went to eat in the cafeteria. I paid for my food, picked up my tray, took one step, and fell flat on my face with my face in my food tray. My friends picked me up and suggested that I go see the nurse. I let it heal without surgery ... I do not recommend that as a course of action. I must have had a high pain tolerance, a couple of years later I got my jaw broken in a Tae Kwon Do belt test. It was a clean break. I got up and finished the free sparing part of the test as well as the kata forms before I figured out that all was not right. Just remember, if you go see Dr. Gallagher, you are going on my wife's recommendation, not mine. Personally, I would not use MY personal recommendation.
The cuneiform is a bone located at the inner (medial) mid foot which helps form/support your arch. Must have chipped that bone per your description. Looks like you and Ash now have something in common with fracture repairs to the foot. Good luck with your recovery.
The Stryker hip replacement component of the early 2000s was defective due to poor cleansing of the prosthesis in manufacturing. It was coated with an oily substance ( from manufacturing) which covered the inlaid grooves on the metal which were designed for bone ingrowth to stabilize the prosthesis. The bone return was unable to grab the prosthesis to hold the metal in place. This technique was/is an alternative to the cement fixation which was the precursor means of fixation. Had a few patients who simply could not eliminate pain, turned out they had these defective parts which were moving in their hip region vs stabilized which caused a lot of bone pain. After removal of the bad part, replacement with a good prosthesis elimated their pain. However, any removal of hardware from a replacement means losing more bone at the area to be able to remove the old parts. Not ideal, especially if osteoporosis is already present in the individual. I'll stop rambling at this time!
Good information Mike. I believe that SFlg was referring to a potential knee replacement. Were the same issues evident with the Stryker knee replacement components? It is good to have somebody who knows what they are talking about vs the spouse of someone who had similar surgery. Though I guess, to be honest, why would anybody trust medical advice given over a sports forum?
I don't recall any issues with the knee components loosening and affecting positive outcomes. I did realize SFGirls post was regarding knees after I went off with my faulty hip replacement diatribe. Once I get started there's no turning back!Good information Mike. I believe that SFlg was referring to a potential knee replacement. Were the same issues evident with the Stryker knee replacement components? It is good to have somebody who knows what they are talking about vs the spouse of someone who had similar surgery. Though I guess, to be honest, why would anybody trust medical advice given over a sports forum?
Mike, I do not speak for anybody other than me, but I gotta tell you that I appreciate your concern and interest and willingness to share information. My wife had double hip replacement surgery followed by double knee replacement surgery in the last year, and my female Catahoula, Lillie, had ACL surgery the first of June, and I gotta tell you that I am only now making my recovery! BA, dumn, BUMPH! Bad joke, I know! Mike, wherefrom comes your expertise? Are you a surgeon?
Physical Therapist, I thank your family for singlehandidly keeping my profession in business with all of the surgeries!
Do you work on Catahoulas with repaired ACL's?
