Knee Update

It's amazing the difference in quality we have seen between Army and civilian doctors! The first thing we did when we got new insurance was get an appointment with a good orthopedic surgeon for Jordan's knee. We really like this doctor because he told Jordan something no other doctor had so far, which is what we wanted considering nothing has worked so far. He said Jordan's hip on the same side as his bad knee is out of whack. The funny thing is that Jordan's hip was giving him problems before this whole knee mess even began. With the hip out of alignment, every step Jordan takes is putting a crazy amount of stress on his ligaments. He basically does not have the leverage he needs for the knee to work properly. Jordan has been seeing a specialty physical therapist that can also get him back in alignment. He adjusted Jordan the first day, which was November 24th and he has stayed in alignment since! Before he adjusted Jordan, the Physical therapist showed Jordan how out of alignment he was by having him do some certain tests-Jordan told me that it was amazing how bad it was! Anyways, it seems to be helping. The frequency of pain is less, but as Jordan puts it, "It still cracks and pops like a champ!" haha! It still hurts him a lot though so we will move onto the next step. After the first of the year, we will probably go back to the ortho and then we will do some more tests, probably an MRI, and go from there. He just had to get the hip fixed before any actual physical damage to the knee could even be addressed.

So far, things with the knee are looking better than they have in 2 years!