Day 101 of writing every day.
Although it hasn’t affected my ability to practice Aikido (to my knowledge) and move around in daily life, my pinky toe of my right foot still hasn’t returned to its original size. The swelling while not blaring red still remains even if I don’t feel pain. I decided to finally take a dive and make an appointment at an osteopathic clinic that seemed easy enough for me to go to and that’d be on the way.
After three lessons, I rushed over to the osteopathic clinic for a consultation. I wasn’t surprised by the fact that they offered me supplemental services as they’re trying to make money as a business as well.
The pricing seemed reasonable for a 3 month bone setting pass at around 34,000 yen or so. You can hypothetically drop by every day they’re open for 5 minutes to get your bones popped into a corrected position. My understanding is that it’s incremental and the practitioner has to observe how things progress.
Anyways I got busy and tired so this post got uploaded late.
Thanks for reading!
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Great job on consistently writing every day! It’s interesting to hear about your experience with osteopathy and the potential benefits it can have. How long have you been going for treatments and have you noticed any significant improvements?
Johanna Casiddy
RadiantBeautyCare.com
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Thanks!
I went to a different clinic over a year ago to get my stiff shoulder looked at and that did help after three months of weekly treatments. Mostly a mix of massage by hand, electric therapy/massage, and bone setting adjustments (some popping involved). The stiff shoulders, neck, and lower back all went away for the most part when I established the habit of good posture they gave advice on.
Just went in for the first time for my pinky toe at a different clinic. Felt improved blood flow and sensation afterwards in my foot and leg after the first session. After the initial consultation the treatment procedures were basically the same except this time it’s foot, leg, and hip.
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Loved reading this
Great job on keeping up with your daily writing for 101 days! It’s interesting to hear about your experience with osteopathy and the option for a bone-setting pass. Have you found that your pinky toe has improved after the consultation and lessons? [logical question] Look forward to reading more about your journey.
Jessi
BeFitandHealthy.net
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Thanks!
It’s too early to tell if there are any lasting improvements after just the first session for my pinky toe issue.
There’s not that much that can be actually done regarding the pinky toe itself as the bone isn’t broken and it’s likely more an issue of being at the extremes of the body’s extremities that blood flow just doesn’t circulate there anywhere near the amount closer to the heart.
The advice so far was to avoid crossing legs while seated to prevent hip muscles from tensing up, which contributes to leg tightness and blood flow constriction that might negatively affect the healing rate of my pinky toe.
My toe did feel better and had sensations closer to before the injury. It’s less a pain issue than a balance issue and it can be hard to tell without expert advice that you’re actually favoring one side over another in posture.
I’ll be posting more for sure, but my thoughts and topics may vary from day to day.
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Amazing post
Great job on making it to Day 101 of your daily writing challenge! It’s impressive to see the dedication and commitment you have towards this goal. I found it interesting that you visited an osteopathic clinic for your pinky toe’s swelling issue. How did the consultation go, and were you satisfied with the pricing for their supplemental services?
Jon
http://airiches.online/
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The consultation went fine. I personally think that the explanation the clinic comes up with to let patients receive insurance covered treatment might come across as a bit exaggerated, but it’s probably the worst possible outcome of something left untreated.
My pinky toe didn’t have any broken bones or fractures, so unless I went out of my way to find a sports doctor that might be hard to reach or even get an appointment with without a referral, it made a lot more sense to visit osteopathic clinics that offer services for people who want treatment for their body.
In Japan osteopathic clinics are pretty common in cities and they might be different than in the West. I’ve never been to one in the states.
Japanese osteopathic clinics offer massage therapy, bone-setting, and often acupuncture as their main services. Most visitors are primarily the elderly with pain issues, but sometimes it’s just regular adults with some pain that general hospitals aren’t of any help with.
Hospitals here are like pill mills imo, and so many people go in just for cold medicine or pain relief plasters instead of just buying them OTC.
I went to the doctor to get an x-ray taken for my pinky toe and basically was told to just wait and see how things with the swelling go since there were no broken bones, and was asked if i wanted pain relief plasters (I didn’t). I mean most doctors don’t seem to do any sports themselves so they really aren’t qualified to diagnose and treat sports injuries that don’t involve patching up wounds or putting on a cast, probably.
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