@bs27: forgive me... I didn’t see that I had a message (no “1” underneath the envelope at top). I just randomly went to see when I last posted and saw your message. I am seeing Brent at Sports and More at Healthtrax. He is beyond wonderful...gentle, knowledgeable, encouraging, etc. I’ve seen him abt 16 times. I can get to 120 after a good stretching/massage session w/him...but overall (and especially the last several days) my left knee has been extremely tight and for extra fun, on a slow 20 min walk tonight, my left hip hurt, too! I’ve NEVER had that happen ever. And I can’t even describe the stiffness I get just standing in one place for as little as 20 mins. I’m starting to feel depressed and desperate again. As I told my husband, I will always believe that there is something wrong in there, despite x-rays and blood work showing I’m fine. Brent thinks I have scar tissue....
I have an appointment w/a dr this week for what is probably a torn rotator... and I will go see Brent for PT on that body part, too.
Also this week, I have an appointment w/Dr. Michael Bolognesi at Duke. Supposedly he’s THE knee guy at Duke. I saw him last in Nov. I’ve done all the things he told me to do (skin patch test, nerve block and nerve ablation) so I have NO idea what, if anything, he can do for me. I asked his PA, via the portal, if he ever goes in to “look around” to see what is wrong. She said no. It is particularly maddening that no one can tell me (and there’s no test that they can do that will tell me) what the heck is wrong!
I would be interested in knowing who you see at Ral Neuro. The dr who told me to “quit focusing all my attention” on my knee was at a pain clinic affiliated w/Rex. I won’t be going back to him. I would really like not to feel tightness/pain any more after 2 long years so am open to going somewhere else.
Thanks in advance for your help. Again, my apologies for not writing back sooner! The only other thing I can add is: no PT should hurt, and if it is, find a new PT. I learned this the hard, painful way when pretty early on I nearly fainted from the pain when I was having my knee “pushed” to get to a better bend. Never again.
Take care...and wishing you much better days ahead!