POST OPERATIVE POOR RESULTS
A lady came to my practice with a postoperative bunionectomy, which resulted in sesamoiditis, [inflammation of the small bone beneath the large toe joint]. She was 4 years following surgery that she was not sure she should have undergone. She said that, “the surgery never healed right, and I have had stiffness in my joint, aching, swelling in my 2nd toe, and now this pain under the joint.” She also complained of pain in her hip and lower back from favoring the painful foot problems. Examination revealed restricted joint motion, fibular sesamoid pain, and sub 2nd metatarsal capsulitis. Not wanting to do more than one thing at a time, otherwise I wouldn’t know which one was doing what, I gave her a Bowen session that 1st visit in order to relieve the back and hip pain. When she came back the next week for follow-up her hip pain was resolved. She had noted off and on itching down in the joint all week long and most of the pain had now resolved. The 2nd and 3rd weeks she did not experience any pruritis / itching, but the range of motion improved, the aching resolved, and she was discharged totally asymptomatic.
Comment : We have electrical currents flowing throughout our bodies. As evidenced by Electrocardiomyography, Electromyography, Encephalography, and measurement of the D.C. currents in the human body by Robert Becker, M.D. These direct currents (D.C’s) are responsible for many events at a cellular level and with tissue repair and regeneration. .
I had an experience many years ago with a nurse who worked at the hospital, which I was on staff. She was one of my first Austin bunionectomies. As the months went by post operativy she had persistent swelling, pain in the interspace and sub sesamoidal area and joint stiffness. X-rays showed normal healing and alignment. Physical therapy, home exercises, strappings, orthotics, immobilization, NSAIDS, and steroid injection all were wasted time. I felt really badly for her, and I saw her at the hospital frequently on my rounds.
Then one day, she came to my office without an appointment. My receptionist told me she wanted to tell me something interesting. She had a recent inner ear infection and went to the ENT doc, and he gave her a prescription for some kind of “cillin”. During the 1st 24 hours on antibiotics she had a profound tingling and itching in the 1st interspace and sesamoid area. Following which, the pain, swelling, and stiffness all resolved. Now her foot was perfect and she was happy.
I believe that she had a low-grade infection from surgery and the positive cations were holding the infection in check however, the healing process needs negative anions and it just couldn’t happen until the “cillin” took care of the infection and the body’s defense mechanism could shut down. One of the many properties of positive micro-currents is bacteriostasis. I have witnessed many similar events following ingrown toenail surgery. Patients often came back 4 to 6 weeks following surgery with redness and swelling around the proximal nail fold [cuticle] area and non- healing and drainage along the nail margin where the edge of the nail was removed. I placed them on an antibiotic and had them back in 1 week. Almost every time their comment is about the same. “I took those antibiotics and a couple of days later my toe began to itch. Now look at it. It’s almost healed’. Sure enough, I would note that the side of the nail margin was all closed over. Again, the D.C. must have been stuck on positive to keep the bacteria from multiplying and as soon as the bacteria were taken care of by the antibiotic, the currents shift to negative, perceived as itching, and then there is the subsequent healing.
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Comment : We have electrical currents flowing throughout our bodies. As evidenced by Electrocardiomyography, Electromyography, Encephalography, and measurement of the D.C. currents in the human body by Robert Becker, M.D. These direct currents (D.C’s) are responsible for many events at a cellular level and with tissue repair and regeneration. .
I had an experience many years ago with a nurse who worked at the hospital, which I was on staff. She was one of my first Austin bunionectomies. As the months went by post operativy she had persistent swelling, pain in the interspace and sub sesamoidal area and joint stiffness. X-rays showed normal healing and alignment. Physical therapy, home exercises, strappings, orthotics, immobilization, NSAIDS, and steroid injection all were wasted time. I felt really badly for her, and I saw her at the hospital frequently on my rounds.
Then one day, she came to my office without an appointment. My receptionist told me she wanted to tell me something interesting. She had a recent inner ear infection and went to the ENT doc, and he gave her a prescription for some kind of “cillin”. During the 1st 24 hours on antibiotics she had a profound tingling and itching in the 1st interspace and sesamoid area. Following which, the pain, swelling, and stiffness all resolved. Now her foot was perfect and she was happy.
I believe that she had a low-grade infection from surgery and the positive cations were holding the infection in check however, the healing process needs negative anions and it just couldn’t happen until the “cillin” took care of the infection and the body’s defense mechanism could shut down. One of the many properties of positive micro-currents is bacteriostasis. I have witnessed many similar events following ingrown toenail surgery. Patients often came back 4 to 6 weeks following surgery with redness and swelling around the proximal nail fold [cuticle] area and non- healing and drainage along the nail margin where the edge of the nail was removed. I placed them on an antibiotic and had them back in 1 week. Almost every time their comment is about the same. “I took those antibiotics and a couple of days later my toe began to itch. Now look at it. It’s almost healed’. Sure enough, I would note that the side of the nail margin was all closed over. Again, the D.C. must have been stuck on positive to keep the bacteria from multiplying and as soon as the bacteria were taken care of by the antibiotic, the currents shift to negative, perceived as itching, and then there is the subsequent healing.
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