http://www.orthogate.org com_joomlaboard en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:09 -0800 http://www.orthogate.org/components/com_joomlaboard/emoticons/sb_rsspower.gif http://www.orthogate.org 88 http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,47/catid,93/ Hello. Having survived a THR 5/8/09 at a startling young age, I now have a blog about the whole dreadful thing. It tracks my experience from initial pain through all the treatments I tried, through the decision for surgery, the surgery, and the rehab---including accounts of my progress in PT and getting back to athletics. Even better, it's funny, and illustrated with charming watercolor drawings. You can see it here:http://abluetruedreamofsky.blogspot.com I'd love for you to pass it along to any... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,46/catid,122/ Well I just joined or I should say found this site. I just had my labrum repaired (slap tear) surgically repaired. Wow I had to have the surgery done because the pain had really become an everyday thing. I could not even lean back on my elbows, I could not throw a ball. I had that achy feeling all the time. Anyways to make a long story short I bit the bullet and had it done. Well that was 7/17/09. My ortho was a great doctor. My PT is another story. It is very painful. I feel as if I am being tortured ever... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,45/catid,18/ Well, I had my TAR wore a cast for almost one month..took the cast off..my ankle was stiff...still is but with PT and working it at home...I can walk on it..but not far..Nothing compares to the pain I had before this was done...even if there is some pain now..I can live with it. Its stiff cause my ankle was in a cast since May 4th till July 12..I have seen one person while out to dinner that got the same operation done in Feb. and was walking without a cane in April...this also give me hope. He is walki... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,44/catid,13/ Christian, I dont know if you still have your problems or they worstened.. and I am not a doctor..all I know is from experiences I had..I broke my ankle in 1972 It didnt brother me for years I wore heels, danced lifted weights..then one day it swelled this happen 20 years after the accident ..It hurt on and off for 5 years..then one day ..I hurt with every move I made..was terrible..I cried just at the fact that each year it is worse...now in 2009 a lot of years later I looked into fusion...didnt like what ... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,43/catid,18/ I just had my heel fused May 4,09 on June 12,09 I am getting a TAR (total ankle replacement). The operation of the ankle comes in two parts..he fused my heel because I had ostero in it. Next is my TAR I am scared after reading forum and forum..etc.. I am still in the cast from my fusion of heel . When he checked the heel to put another cast on it two weeks ago..my leg was so small..was a shock because my legs were all muscle a year ago..I know it will go back to where it was..I am just hoping more on this... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,42/catid,50/ I am 67, over the last few years I have had a problem with my left foot. I ware an insert in my shoe but the foot has gone more flat footed, I have no pain from my foot unless I walk 3 Miles. If I have bones in my foot fused, on the long term will it sort out the problem, will I be able to walk play Golf ? I would be pleased to receive advise comments. kind regards... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,41/catid,64/ Dear Seniors and collegues, I`ve one question. This patient was operated for berger`s disease.Toe was gangreneous,so amputation done,and illizarove ext fix applied,somewhere else. After 20 days of surgery patient came to me with all loose pins,infection.I removed the fixator,wound debridment done. Pus discharge is continue,bone is visible. now these are the x aray and picture of leg.what should i do now.what are the possibilities. Please reply Post edited by: drashish99, at: 2009/03/29 12:30... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,40/catid,135/ i am a physician 59 yrs. male, suffering from numbnes in right index and thumb for one month and pain right shoulder and posterior aspect right arm and forearm and weakness of extensior musscles grade 3power.non- diabetic, mild hypertession, no hisrtory of troma. mri cervical spine- at c4-5 c5-6 posterio-central disc protrusions and posterior osteophytic ridging causes moderate compressoin on thecal sac and bilateral neural foramina more on right side at c5-6. cervical cord shows normal signal inte... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,39/catid,153/ I am a 42 years old lean and healthy female. I am a pharmacist but unfortunately also a low back pain sufferer. I had a posterior fusion (L5-S1) in May 2007 for a grade 3 isthmic spondylolisthesis. It was doing OK until two weeks ago: I still had a bit of pain and muscle tension but was pretty functional (enough for daily living but not to go back to work). No pain meds beside non-prescription analgesics and muscle relaxants from time to time. But since the beginning of February 2009, I'm having increasin... http://www.orthogate.org/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,149/func,view/id,38/catid,122/ I am looking to gain information from someone that has experienced an injury of the shoulder that caused the labrum to detach or tear....