tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post7120395038876083473..comments2024-03-28T02:42:33.170-07:00Comments on Foot and Ankle Problems By Dr. Richard Blake: Partial Sesamoidectomy: Email AdviceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-5866320895099067532015-10-17T13:37:53.092-07:002015-10-17T13:37:53.092-07:00I answered this comment on my blog 10-17-15. Sure ...I answered this comment on my blog 10-17-15. Sure hope it helps. Rich Dr Richard Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832893709341945125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-39963476916509930572015-09-06T19:47:29.223-07:002015-09-06T19:47:29.223-07:00i am not the author:
i have tibial sesamoid fractu...i am not the author:<br />i have tibial sesamoid fractured too from running backward at high intensity, had small bump in my new shoes and broke my sesamoid and felt the pain immediately, i got MRI and seen at least 8 specialist... after 1year they told me i had fractured my sesamoid, i stilll have pain i went see a orthopedic surgeon and he told me he could remove a part of my non-deplaced sesamoid fracture(a very small liquid is between the 2 part shown on MRI a month ago. so his idea is to remove the smaller part(about 45% of the sesamoid..) do you think its a good solution? he think the pain is coming from that sesamoid not healing completely. But i hesitate so much on getting the surgery im so scared the problem become worse.. and another weird thing, when i walk in the sand its magical for my sesamoid pain, i cant explain why walking in grass and in sand help me and anything involving anyking of shoes or sandals or anything give me pain. I learned to live barefoot because thats truly helping me. when i stand on my sesamoid i dont have pain, but when i touch it i can get about 8/10 in pain also bent it cause pain. But if i keep my feet flat i have no problem. One important thing in my case is i learned 1year after the acute injury that i had fracture because they didnt seen it on x-ray. then 1 year later i bought a MRI and they finally seen small crack in the sesamoid that is non-deplaced fracture. Another thing is that my feet now cracking all the time when i walk and it never been like that before the injury.<br /><br />Its impacting a lot my life and tried everything i could, at this point i have 3 solution that i found could work:<br />1- Live on the beach 24/7 in a hut where i would NEVER walk on hard surface(dont have that $$$ to do that)<br />2- Have sesamoid removed partial or completely<br />3- I never been in the boot, they told me its too late after a year, is it true? do you think if i put my feet in a boot pointing my toes downward for a while could fix my problem?? im thinking about trying this<br /><br />please come me back dr.blake you ARE the ressource on the sesamoid over the internet!!!!<br /><br />thanks keep up the good work and sorry for my broken english<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-77814706117420133992015-02-14T15:05:46.973-08:002015-02-14T15:05:46.973-08:00Thanks very helpful advice. The key is patience. Q...Thanks very helpful advice. The key is patience. Quick question you mention "daily contrast baths for deep flushing" in a blog. Is this warm to cold water baths to help with circulation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-34199715501498623882015-02-10T15:41:27.789-08:002015-02-10T15:41:27.789-08:00Kimberly, You have to take this one month at a tim...Kimberly, You have to take this one month at a time. By doing the surgery, you basically commit to a year of patience to see how things go. You have to create a 0-2 pain free environment, set your benchmarks of what you can and can not do now, and without increasing the pain, see if each month you can reach new plateaus. So, what you did in January should be increased without increase pain in February, and then increase function in March, etc. The point tenderness may be the same in August as it is now, but as long as function is increasing, you are getting better. Hope this makes sense. RichDr Richard Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832893709341945125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-91019793738818659292015-02-10T12:48:08.953-08:002015-02-10T12:48:08.953-08:00I had my 12 week 3 month post op visit today. I st...I had my 12 week 3 month post op visit today. I still have tenderness my doctor said this is due to inflammation. Inflammation can last along time. Since I only had partial sesamoid bone removed when should start to worry that the pain does not go away. 6 months or 9 months or a full year. At what point do I make the decision to get the whole bone out? Most people that have done 1/2 sesamoidectomy surgery it does not solve the problem. <br /><br />Kimberly<br />Thanks KimberlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673715911736059911.post-48682931242448591282015-01-23T08:30:00.428-08:002015-01-23T08:30:00.428-08:00Hi Dr. Blake,
So I am now at 9 weeks post op. I a...Hi Dr. Blake,<br /><br />So I am now at 9 weeks post op. I am still wearing stiff sole shoe and doing my therapy. I have tenderness still wear the bone was cut. The thing that causes the most pain is when I wear tennis shoes and up on my tip toe it kills. I also feel some pain under my large toe I think this is due to my tendon that attaches there. Can you give me any input on what you think of my healing so far. I don't see my doctor until 3 more weeks.<br /><br />Thanks again KimberlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com