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quote:All orthopedists are sports
quote:Originally posted by micdsguy:quote:All orthopedists are sports
I don't think so. You don't want some guy who just does hip replacements in old ladies.
Can be an MD or Chiro. I wouldn't trust a chiropractor to do much more than send me a fat bill.
My son had some problems that were a result of a stress fracture. He fell on his throwing arm while playing outfield. The problem didnt manifest itself until the following season. Due to activities it never did really heal and we never really knew it was there, he just had some discomfort never really complained to much UNTIL he started throwing in preparation for the next season. Almost better in some cases to just have a complete fracture than at least you know. Obviously once the diagnosment was made he stopped everything for the whole season. Than after everything was all sealed up and healed he started working again taking it slowly and just getting his arm back in shape. His arm started hurting when he threw above 75-80%. The pain was not super intense all the time but at certain times it was pretty bad. I took him to two different ortho docs, other than his own. I was very disatisfied with the first guys assesment. I thought I would really like him because he was excellent when he repaired a distal biceps rupture in my arm. He looked at my kid for about 10 minutes doing several of the diagnostic tests they do and was quite sure of himself when he said supraspinatus tendonitus. My sons exact words were, " my shoulder does not hurt" he said, "trust me I do this for a living". After three months of intense p.t. still no change. I took him to another guy who is the real deal in regards to a sports oriented philosophy, there is a difference imo. He was great he actually had a mri and a cat scan within a week. Everything came back normal no lesions no nothings, still had the pain. Was instructed to take it slow and easy and check back in a couple of months. Was very glad to hear that there were no real problems detected in regards to upper arm/shoulder.
A few years back a friend of mine turned me on to this chiro/applied kineiseology guy. This is the only person who has ever been able to help my back problems using the most unorthodox movements I have ever seen. Ive been to countless chiros thoughout my life but this guy was by far the best. Anyhow I took my son to him and thirty minutes later he comes out of his treatment room and brings me in. Starts showing me all these tests he does on muscle/nerve functions or disfunctions. Says my kids problem doesnt appear to be anything related to his shoulder complex.He said it was a c-4,c-5 neck problem. After several trips to this guy and a little vial of "beef brain extract" no kidding, my son is feeling better than he has in over 2 years. HEs currently doing great with no pain at all. Whatever this guy did worked everything seems to be stabilized and his neck is no longer constantly going out or subluxing. The point is there are guys that are not all bad at least in my not so humble opinion. Who knows how long this may have went on without the help of this guy. Oddly enough in our followup with the 2nd ortho doc he said that would have been his next course of action. out of what I suspect was professional courtesy he gave the first guy the benefit of doubt and specifically was looking for shoulder/elbow problems or perhaps problems that are throwing specific. At any rate my son is better now. We commonly refer to the guy as "the quack", I cannot say enough good things about "the quack"!
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orthopedist - a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
orthopaedist
medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine
