Following on from February and yes I realised I have skipped and seem to have no recall that March ever happened so time to commit to sitting down and play catch-up.
In the ever learning of day to day in which is honestly am compelled to write is that no one is experienced in life to stand by their own words that they know it all.
I am still finding difficult to now realise what immense demands physically I had requested my body to do as a career. Hence why right now I am focusing on amending and correcting still what the career has put out of place.
For many years Dancers use what means they can to avoid loss of a job , wages , and in general security for the fear of missing out and missing opportunities.
Just the other day at my request I was referred on to a second hospital as from previous diagnosis and medical opinions did not quite match up nor did I see any general rewarding improvement. Hence why a little determination and perseverance to go further and dig deeper into this.
Previous treatment as mentioned before involved just sitting on a bed whilst the Physiotherapist prescribed five minutes of Ultra Sound and five minutes of infra red........Honestly this did nothing at all before or afterwards.
This occasion I was met by the head Physiotherapist whose area of expertise is post -op for knee patients. Upon meeting this lady I could tell straight away that I would be dealing with and soon to be treated by someone who clearly was rife with knowledge. The constant attention , the attentive eye contact , to asking in depth questions to get a clear picture.
Later to be escorted to a private room where a thorough physical hands on assessment was given......lets just say I had the knee pushed and pulled and inverted in ways I did not realise could do so....then came the which did make me want to go a little light headed and close to emptying my stomach content........taking hold of the Knee Cap (Patella) by pinching three finders around the sides and the knee cap was lifted up away from the joint then I was asked to bend my knee up as far as it would go then to straight again.....what made me feel close to vomiting was the fact there were suddenly sounds of constant clicking and crunching coming from the knee joint.
After this the Physio disappears and informs me she would like to take a second look at my MRI scan from last Autumn.
Fifteen minutes later she returns to inform that she had taken a look however had called a Knee Surgeon to also take a look as there were two overlooked areas which were contributing to this knee injury.
At last I knew at that point ...finally people who mean business.
Not only was the previous diagnosis close but what was overlooked was what else had contributed to this....answer: The Anterior Meniscus was overflapping out of the inside of the joint.
The Knee joint itself is made up with the Tibia and Femur however it was discovered that the tip of my femur where there is to be a natural groove for the knee cap to rest neutral in has worn to almost flat hence why the knee cap is displaced to the outside of the knee joint.
Along with that causes further muscular imbalances.
Along with my Physical assessment by just standing in the Anatomical Position the Physio looked at my standing tall with hands down by the sides , looked at me sideways , then from behind.
What surprised me further was that I did not even think about how much I had relied upon my whole right side of my body to compensate for the struggling left knee.
It came to my attention after it was pointed out that not only was the entire right leg more dominant but the muscular structure was over paramount in compared to my entire left leg which had small calf muscle and less sculpted and bulked thigh.
I did not even realise this until further pointed out that when standing my Right knee was straight and set right.....the left knee was not even close to a full straight lock which also nor had the muscles at the top of the left thigh actually kicked in...why ...Because it was clear through injury it all became a weakened structure and the right had totally taken the brunt to over compensate.
So what would be the possible plan of action ....
A) Meniscus to be surgically shaved to sort out the over flapping out of the joint.
B) To look at creating a new groove at the tip of the femur so that more stability could be regained within the left knee joint (however this kind of operation is normally associated with a knee joint replacement so it is questionable of being relatively young to have this done now whereas in ten to fifteen years time for it to be done again ...then again but then there are only so many you could have done......
However with all this being clarified it took time to digest as again you wanted answers you go and get them...but then its funny how when it is too much information you need to take time to let it all sink in and just accept.
So by next Wednesday I shall find out what is to be done as right now Physio is out until we know the best course of action....it may turn out that the Knee Surgeon advises the Physio just to put me through some intense Physio...but it was her questioning about her findings that lead to the knee surgeon being called upon.
So after all this information....especially when you look at the screen and scroll down and think....to long too much to read.....a lot has been learnt and a lot is yet to be learnt.
So as much as I use to be one of those who would say "just get on with it"....or work to your point where you then have to stop......now my opinion has changed .....DO NOT DO ANYTHING until the signs of warning have been adhered to.
So next on Liam puts the world to rights..............read in next month.
