Hi Chester,

   A brace wouldn't put the ligament back where it belongs - so the knee can move smoothly. Think of pulley where the rope has slipped off the - whatever they call the thing with the grooves that makes the pulley work, unless the rope is in the groove it doesn't work properly.

                              Trisha

-----Original Message-----
From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Chester Worwa
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Knee Problems


Wouldn't a brace be better than surgery?

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Chester,
> 
>    Well, basically it has come unhinged. The
> ligament that holds it straight has slipped of to
> the side so my lower leg and foot are not facing
> forward but off at a 45% angle - I trip and stumble
> some because of this - its also a wee bit painful
> becasue the bone grates on the bone. That's was what
> finally drove me to having the surgery in Dec 2005 
> - wasn't bad surgery - I walked out on crutches with
> help from my boychild - it also didn't work for any
> length of time. 
> 
>                                              Trisha
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
> Of Chester Worwa
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Knee Problems
> 
> 
> What happened to your knee?
> 
> --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Kendall - I enjoyed the site and am saving
> it
> > for future reference. Never can tell - with
> Amber's
> > father in Iraq and rapidly aging and falling apart
> > parents ( my natural father already gets around on
> a
> > scooter the VA provides)- and the surgery didn't
> > take on my knee - so it needs to be done again -
> one
> > never knows when oone needs such info.
> > 
> >                                Trisha
> 
> 
>      
>
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