KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
I found too many people, from Ortho's to PT's, treat the injury without due regard to the person nor helping encourage the best patient ownership and participation in their own rehab'. Basically, not enough people seem to have the experience, wisdom, or are secure enough in themselves, to spend enough time working out what works best for that patient, preferring instead blind adherence to a paint-by-numbers textbook approach.I got a horsecrap diagnosis for a mangle leg one time. They threw me out of PT even. My thigh was smaller diameter than my knee joint after 5 days per week of PT for 11 full months. when they gave me walking papers. I bought a pair of telemark skis and two years later I could ski moguls fast and my thigh was bigger on the damaged leg than the good leg. I had 30% use of the leg when the big brains threw me out of PT. Two years later I had 90% use of it. Today it is 5/8" shorter than it used to be, but I don't limp at all (a conscious decision) and I have 100% use of that leg.
It ain't fun and it ain't easy, but keep plugging.
Don't listen to them or you will start believing them.
As patients, it might be our first time at that sort of rodeo, or out of respect or insecurity, we defer to the greater wisdom and knowledge of the trained professional. We need to be encouraged more to find our own voice and think of the rehab as a collaboration, with ourselves as a key coordinator in that process.
Obviously, this opinion of mine is born from personal experience as a patient on all-too-many occasions and others mileage may vary.