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Originally posted by boet:
For what its worth, long term use of silicea from your health shop disolves adhesions and promotes the reabsorbsion of scar tissue. long term but deep acting.
Dr Neal
PS.
That doesnt preclude any other advice, just trying to help

Hi Boet,

In mid July I was out bicycling, and as usual wearing "click in" bike shoes (with Shimano SPD pedals). I’ve crashed numerous times before, and the pedals have loosened as they should. However, due to the angle I fell this time, they didn’t let go of the left shoe. Luckly I was very close to the house where my wife and children were when this happened...

So there I was, laying on my back before I knew what had happened, besides hearing a nasty cracking sound. My left foot was literally twisted 90 degrees to the left, with my heel pointing out the 90 degrees out to the right!

I start to call out for for my wife, who thankfully heard me after a while and came running down to where I was. I send her off to call for medical help, and then we start the long wait, while I stayed down on my back, holding my leg up from the ground.

Since this happened on an island, the ambulance personnel has to first drive to the nearest marina, and then get picked up by an rescue boat, and then drive out to where we were. This took an hour. And was quite uncomfortable for me while I was waiting. When they eventually arrived, they gave me a shot of morphine, but due to the nature of the injury, couldn’t wait for the drug to kick in before twisting my foot back into place (at least almost all the way). This was because the danger of virtually no blood flow to the foot, due to the angle the foot was in. Which could have lead to the foot dying, and having to be amputated. When they did this, I’m surprised you didn’t hear me scream and curse all the way around the world! The ambulance personnel had never actually seen a foot twisted so far over, and I could see that they were kind of worried. Finally I was lifted up and carried to the boat, and eventually got to the hospital where they did a final adjustment to get the foot totally straight.

Then later in the evening I was operated on, which I think took about 3-4 hours. They put in a metal plate, screws and even some metal wire (Which I haven’t seen done before). The next day I was sent in a new ambulance up to Oslo, where I stayed in the hospital for a week before being sent home. I was then for the most part confined to bed for a couple of months, but it didn’t make much of a difference to me since the pain was rather intense, and I didn't feel up to doing much anyway.

I'm still forced to use crutches, and will need them for quite some time it seems since I am not able to walk properly. I also can't keep my leg down for more than a few hours at a time, before I have to lay back and elevate it a bit. The pain can still be quite intense. Even though it's been 4 months now since the accident. I go to physiotherapy 3 times a week, and will in addition be starting water therapy with a physiotherapist once a week at the hospitals heated swimming pool next Thursday. It looks like this will need to continue for quite a long time.

They predict that it’ll take at least a year to recover fully. If it recovers fully. They’re not quite sure, but I certainly hope it does. I know of some other people who have had similar ankle injuries, and they've used 2-3 years before they could walk normally again. And some of them needed several operations.

There is quite a bit of scar tissue not only where they cut open my leg on both sides to operate, but beneith the skin too in the general area. No doubt because all the tissue, tendons and ligaments were stretched and torn so much, and for such a long time, when it was twisted 90 degrees.

So I am wondering if this silicea also helps for this kind of scar tissue, or just surface scars. Is it taken orally or is it used like a cream.

Any advice would be appreciated.

EricD.
Your problem requires a more radical solution.
this will also work for the shoulder injury that started this thread, but requires a little toughness on your part if you want a quick recovery.
First the easy part:Order some Zeel T ointment from your pharmacy and rub it in twice a day. This will rehabilitate the bone and connective tissue and prevent / dissolve ganglions (knots in the tendons)
Now the part that takes balls: Order from your pharmacy magnesium-phosphericum injeel ampoules and arnica injeel ampoules and some diabetic type syringes. Next, take half of each kind of ampoule in the same syringe and pick up the skin of your ankle at the front towards the outside. (the skin is more loose there, no other reason) Inject the liquid under the skin every second day. No side effects, and it has allways worked for me.
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boet

Boet,

Thanks for the info.

I'm not sure if all of that is available over here, but I'll check it out. Sticking needles in my ankle won't be a problem, as I at one time was required to be able to set up an IV drip in my own hand, arm or foot. Although I admit that I was a bit messy when practicing sometimes, and am a bit rusty now since it's been some years since I did it last...

I also injected Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) into my abdomen every day the first few weeks after the operation this summer, to prevent any deep vein thrombosis from occuring. I must admit though that I found this to be a bit of a pain in the ass as it was supposed to be at the same time each day. Which wasn't always easy to remember due to the painkillers!

I'll get back to you if I can (or can't) get a hold of the products you mention.

Thanks again!