MIGHT JUST BE ONTO SOMETHING!!!

Here's what happened today. I had my appointment with my podiatrist. He happens to be Alan's podiatrist also. I told him that Alan's foot ulcer was healing just fine and that I happened to bring a copy of his last MRI and would he look at it.

He said "sure" and made himself a copy to put in Alan's file.

As he perused the MRI report, he said: "oh, wow, all these bulges, and compressions, want to know what I've found out?" I said 'yeah, what have you found out?"

He said: "It's been my finding that when a person is not diabetic and has neuropathy, much of the time, it can be traced to something with the back, like nerve impingements".

I looked at him and when I said "When Alan gets off of Dr. Theirl's table, and after Dr. Theirl uses his G5 machine on his back, my husband is a new man". He said 'really!!!"

And when I said "And when I give Alan a full back massage and I punch his back and I knead his back and I go up and down his back, he says "all the pain goes away in my feet", Dr. B said "now that's fascinating, I really think something is going on with his back".

I said 'well, he is going to get fitted for new shoes on Tuesday, and he'll see the back guy soon, but I wonder what else he can do".

So he says "why not get him one of those things that they sell in the medical supply store". and he got his catalogue and he showed me a little thing called Pro-stretch. I had seen it in the Physical Therapist when Alan went for Therapy on his foot after his calf surgery.

I said "Oh, I know what this is for, it stretches the whole foot and calf muslce, etc.".

He said "this would be good for Alan, but if you can't get this then put a rolling pin, or a ball on the floor while he is sitting at the computer and let him roll it back and forth (not touching the ulcer), and if he is not rolling it back and forth, (the ball I mean), he can bend his foot forward, and bend it back.

So the lightbulb went off in my head. After finishing up, I went to Modells and I went to their exercise equipment department and they all kinds of little balls. Some were $19.99 and they were called anti-stress balls that you hold in your hands and squeeze. Very gentle little balls.

I found one called "Boddie Ball" and it was $6.99. I bought it, marched back into my podiatrist's office, had the girl go back and show the doctor what I had just purchased and if it would be good for Alan to use while he sits at the computer??

she did and came back and said "He says this is fine'.

So I just got home, unpacked the little bal and placed it under Alan's foot. No shoes by the way, just his socked foot on top of the ball, and he rolls it back and forth or he stretches back and forth on it.

The doctor had explained that by doing this, he's working the nerves up his leg and into his back.

Can't hurt!!!!

I have to yell at him from time to time, saying

START ROLLING!!!

So we shall see.

Hey, if this little ball gives anyone else thie same idea (to roll and stretch), let's see if this helps anyone else.

CAN'T HURT, MIGHT HELP

That's my new motto.

lol

Melody

P.S. AND THISIS FOR GLENN



I had printed out your post, and showed it to the doctor. He made of copy of that too. You should have heard him when I said 'Double Crush Hypothesis" and I showed it to him. He said "FASCINATING!!"
I love our podiatrist.