Part 3/3 | Are your physicians doing your knees dirty?

Continuing my warnings before anyone jumps into surgery, I just want to finish with the obvious:

We want your knees to get you back out doing what you love.

So why would we delay or sabatoge their healing? For my 3rd warning before signing your knees (or anything else) up for surgery, I'm here to remind you that:

3: Cutting the Flesh Can Create More Trauma

The human body is one of the coolest designs ever made. The intricacies of the nervous system and how it interacts with fascia and muscle tissue is fascinating and vastly misunderstood.

Any cuts through this tissue can disrupt the flow of the nervous system and cause "rewiring", for lack better terminology. After the cuts happen and the body heals, the fascia can still hold the memory of the cut. This will require specific attention and a lot of patience to work through.

Don't ignore it.

Similarly, the body can develop scar tissue, which can sometimes become a protection mechanism from further injury (usually, you see this around tears or chronic sprains). This can be broken up with detail oriented work and release restrictions with range of motion.

In conclusion, please, if you're considering surgery, take time to heed these warnings, find a second opinion, and choose wisely for your body as a whole.

Because the reality is the same thing is true of surgeons as it is with any other profession- some are great while others are not.

Finding someone who works for you as a patient and not your health insurance company might be difficult, but it will be so worth it in the end.