In chronological order.
9-2-13 – Labor Day – I certainly enjoyed the holiday and I went out and enjoyed a wonderful non-stop 2 hour trail ride in the beautiful mountains only a few miles away with my sweet horse, “Jewels”. It had been my first trail ride since before my SI surgery. What
My current story on Subtalar Joint Instability starts with the diagnostic words, “Sinus Tarsi Syndrome” of my left ankle in March of 2013 given to me by my Champion Sports Medicine Physician, Dr. PZ Pearce, Spokane, WA. Now that the SI Joint Instability/Pain generator was eliminated after the successful SI-Fixation
A year has gone by since the last of my two prior peripheral nerve surgeries. My first one was 5/2/12 for the decompression of the Common Peroneal Nerve and the Superficial Peroneal Nerve. My second surgery on 9/25/12 was for the Deep Peroneal Nerve on the top of my foot,
This blog is my chronological diagnostic process of my ankle/foot pain for Sinus Tarsi Syndrome and Talus Impingement and/or Subtalar Joint Instability/pathology and in the end seeking an answer with the minimally invasive HyProCure.com surgery. This blog picks up from my prior blog once I had become weight-bearing again on
Sept. 6th, 2013 – I met Dr. David Gent, DPM, ACFAS, a Master Surgeon for the HyProCure -Extraosseous Talotarsal Stabilization Surgery with Kitsap Foot & Ankle Clinic, Bremerton, WA (outside of Seattle). Here is a quote from Dr. Gent’s website: “Dr. Gent is considered a friendly outgoing person; he loves
My life in a short-leg fiberglass cast for my left ankle non-displaced Talus fracture continues on from my prior blog here on Sept. 14th, 2013 with a rare visit of my niece and her husband from Florida. It was such a beautiful weekend and I could not enjoy my outdoor
11-11-13 Update – Dr. Gent, my www.HyProCure.com Master Surgeon at Kitsap Foot and Ankle Clinic in Bremerton, WA also confirmed my CT Scan healing of my non-displaced fracture for which I had just completed 8-weeks of non-weight bearing. I am now good to come to see him for the minimally
11-15-13 – This is my HyProCure Surgery story to reduce the chronic subluxing Talus bone, realign my Subtalar joint and stabilize my rear foot. I am pictured here at 5 hours after the surgery in my hotel room. My leg was ace wrapped with a posterior splint for additional support
11-20-13 – My trip back to Dr. Gent for my first post HyProCure Surgery appointment at 5 days since the surgery. See my prior blog for the surgical details. Here are photos taken this day at his office. Click on the photos to enlarge and please pardon the scales on
My surgical incision from my HyProCure Surgery – Subtalar Joint Stabilization done on 11-15-13 was well healed and my stitches were removed by Dr. PZ Pearce, Champion Sports Medicine in Spokane, WA on 11-26-13. See my prior blog for the surgical incision photo. By the request of my surgeon, Dr.
Here on January 5th, 2014, I am pictured back in the saddle on my lovely mare “Jewels” to start my new year off on a good foot so to speak. Farther down the blog is a video of me riding. I will step back for a moment and give the
My recovery continues here into the 9th and 10th weeks since My HyProCure Surgery. I’ve had a few more rides on my sweet horse and I have been faithful to work hard for both of my physical therapists, Mark Bengtson, MPT and Joanna Alford, MPT. I’ve had followup appointments with
Goodbye to the last 12 years of dysfunction for my entire left leg. This HyProCure Surgery was the icing on my cake! The pieces of my medical journey puzzle for my left leg are all now in place. I just need a little more glue(physical therapy to strengthen calf muscles
My left foot had healed sufficiently and I then had my pre-surgical appointment with Dr. Gent (see last blog). He is now going to do the same HyProCure Surgery on my right foot. My diagnosis code: 718.37- Recurrent dislocation of joint, ankle and foot; and my Surgical Procedure: 28585 definition:
This is my first update blog following the 2nd HyProCure Surgery now done on my right foot. No more Subtalar Joint Recurrent Dislocation of my Talus over Navicular and Calcaneus bones of my right foot. Eliminated excessive or hyper-pronation of my foot. See my last blog regarding the surgery. On
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