tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738976189309080124.post5427887643625063230..comments2023-10-19T10:55:23.426-04:00Comments on WeightAndSee: Low Carb for Idiots, plus weekly stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738976189309080124.post-66216040266933128112008-04-19T07:38:00.000-04:002008-04-19T07:38:00.000-04:00I've thought a lot about a chiropractor... we went...I've thought a lot about a chiropractor... we went to one for a while in the UK, and I absolutely loved it; my back has never felt better. But because of Michael's size, he really couldn't do that much with him. <BR/><BR/>I don't know. We know that he does have a meniscal tear in his left knee, or at least that's what the ortho guy thought without doing an MRI (a whole other issue, sigh...). This recent stuff has all been right knee, and it doesn't seem like a meniscus thing, although is could be in addition to whatever else. It's very worrisome, especially since it really doesn't seem to be getting appreciably better. I've got to make an appointment at least with the GP, but it somehow didn't happen this week, and I'd hoped to hold out to the end of the semester when my schedule gets easier, but I'm not sure that's going to be possible.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823984113222996177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738976189309080124.post-45575158916848477032008-04-16T12:07:00.000-04:002008-04-16T12:07:00.000-04:00Good morning Nina,Congratulations on your great we...Good morning Nina,<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your great weight losses this week!! It's so wonderful that you two seem to have figured out the right eating for you for now.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever considered a chiropractor, or an osteopathic doctor who still practices manipulation, for checking out Michael's leg? All of us here go to a chiropractor fairly regularly...and our PCP is a D.O. I go to the chiropractor for manipulation more often than the D.O. because his charges are less and manipulative treatment is not covered by my insurance.<BR/><BR/>Several years ago, while doing water aerobics at a gym, I felt a pop in my knee. I could barely crawl out of the pool when we were finished and it hurt like heck to walk on. In fact, I started using crutches that I already had to take the weight off the knee. Icing it and taking pain meds did not help much, so after a few days, a friend recommended that I go to her chiropractor. (I had no health insurance and no regular PCP at that time.) After an exam, and while I was laying on the table, he just fairly casually took my lower leg and kind of loosely played with it back and forth a bit... then he gave it a good yank and I suddenly felt my knee pop back in. I had been trying to walk on a dislocated knee for over a week!<BR/><BR/>My grandson injured his shoulder in PE a few years ago and the same kind of thing happened. The ER doc gave him meds and said to ice it, etc. After a couple of weeks of that not really helping, I took him to the chiropractor and a similar thing happened... the shoulder bone was not seated properly in the socket.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Michael has torn the meniscus in his knee and there's probably not much to do for that except arthroscopic surgery, but it might be helpful to at least check it out with some x-rays. <BR/><BR/>However, personally, I would probably go first to the chiropractor to see what his findings are. You can tell I'm a fan of that kind of less-invasive treatment.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449758709516182352noreply@blogger.com