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spodosaurus
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hintofsmile wrote:
> spodosaurus wrote:
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>>See a rheumatologist. A chiropractor could do a lot more harm than just
>>lightening your wallet.
>
>
> Thanks. I'll look into that. I actually did see my general physician
> at first. He was the one who sent me to the orthopedist, who,
> dumbstruck by my symptoms, refered me to a physical therapist.
GPs generally aren't very good with strange chronic joint/back problems.
Orthopods are great for surgical fixes and such, but also not very good
if the problem doesn't show up on films. I find that rheumatologists,
especially those with a sports medicine background, can handle these
sorts of things pretty well, referring you to an orthopaedic surgeon
when/if there's a possible surgical solution to the issue. That said,
I've heard about a 70:30 ratio of good to bad stories with
rheumatlogists, so you may have to shop around. The first one I saw was
great, and also a sports medicine specialist working with Australia's
professional athletes and olympians (which is probably why I have to pay
a significant out of pocket gap every time I see him).
cheers,
Ari
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neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
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> spodosaurus wrote:
>
>>See a rheumatologist. A chiropractor could do a lot more harm than just
>>lightening your wallet.
>
>
> Thanks. I'll look into that. I actually did see my general physician
> at first. He was the one who sent me to the orthopedist, who,
> dumbstruck by my symptoms, refered me to a physical therapist.
GPs generally aren't very good with strange chronic joint/back problems.
Orthopods are great for surgical fixes and such, but also not very good
if the problem doesn't show up on films. I find that rheumatologists,
especially those with a sports medicine background, can handle these
sorts of things pretty well, referring you to an orthopaedic surgeon
when/if there's a possible surgical solution to the issue. That said,
I've heard about a 70:30 ratio of good to bad stories with
rheumatlogists, so you may have to shop around. The first one I saw was
great, and also a sports medicine specialist working with Australia's
professional athletes and olympians (which is probably why I have to pay
a significant out of pocket gap every time I see him).
cheers,
Ari
--
spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply
I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/