[billie]

Hi, Everyone!

I am not exactly a new member [joined 7/09], but I am still fumbling my way around, and with intense memory problems, it is harder. I do have a new question about my father. He is 86. In recent years, he has gradually experienced the large toe on one foot turning under, so that he stumbles on it, and has to pick his feet up to walk. This has become worse since he experienced a muscle strain in his lower back, causing back pain on walking, requiring more resting time than usual [he is remarkably active usually], and resulting in physical therapy, mostly untrasound treatment. He has an appt with a neurologist in Oct. 09, but I wonder if anyone here had any idea what the "turned-down-toe" problem might reflect? He tends to attribute it to old age, but it is my belief that, old age or not, there must be a cause. Thank you for your consideration and for any ideas. billie