Thanks Quickstart for your reply. I fully understand that I cannot be diagnosed without being seen. I have an appointment with Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine and Total Joint replacement this Monday. This is my way of trying to get to a PT and still have insurance pay.

I will answer the question below point by point.


Quote Originally Posted by Quickstart View Post
Hi Dougcalv,

Certainly if you sustain an injury or have a problem with a joint in your foot, it can create some other, compensatory, changes in the rest of your body, including in your back/gluteals and possibly in your neck.

A few questions:

a.) How do you know you have arthritis in that joint? Did you have an X-ray? Or is it just stiff and sore? How old are you? Xray showed narrowing and spurring of the joint. I am 48.

b.) How much activity do you do? What are your main problems? The foot? The back? The neck? You mentioned that your QL and GMed were tight, how do you know and do they cause you pain or are they just tight? I am fairly active. Do a golf specific workout 3/wk. Foot is main concern. QL and GMed get sore after a lot of walking. I work them with foam roller and tennis ball.

c.) What are your goals out of going to physio? What exactly is the problem?
To try and be able to live with the bad toe without compensations. And if surgery is the only solution then I want to know and either live with discomfort or have the surgery

What I can tell you is that physios are trained to look at biomechanics, and the movement of the body parts in relation to the whole.This is what I want. The Chiro could not fix the neck in isolation and the Podiatrist could not fix the foot in isolation.

Obviously I am biased, but I would be putting your money on a physio before a doctor or chiropractor.I totally agree