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Thank you @Jesusfreak101 , I will order it and try it. I have tried most everything that has been suggested over the years.
The PT guy today said that my ankle is doing good, even a little ahead of where he thought it might be considering how long I was in the boot due to the virus shutdown of services like the X-rays needed before the dr. would allow me to do stuff and get out of the boot. Said that it isn't 100% may never reach the same dexterity that the "real one" on the right has, but that it is pretty darn good. And the knees and pain, are actually hindering some of my progress because I can't comfortably come down "harder" on them with some of the steps and walking and such. So maybe the oil will help.
Also, I am not a believer in steroids, like cortisone, that so many get in the joints as it will wear away the cartilage. It is damaging if used much.... but as the one PT guy said, since they are so bad, and I am going to have them replaced, it isn't that same concern about damaging the cartilage because what little might be left will be removed with the knee joint, to put in the replacement. He said it might be worth my while to see if I could get the injection for the pain and see if it helps at this point. It's an idea. I have had the "synvisc" .... synovial fluid that that they inject into the joint...."hylauronic acid" type stuff; like "greasing the joint" with the same type fluid that your body produces.... and got very little relief. All the other "alternative" stuff I've done has given limited to no relief or repair; like the prolotherapy and the PRP.... at my own expense. But they were adamant NOT to do any cortisone or anything like that as it was counter-intuitive to the "natural" type treatments I was having. And I understood that. So maybe now it is time to look at it differently.....
The PT guy today said that my ankle is doing good, even a little ahead of where he thought it might be considering how long I was in the boot due to the virus shutdown of services like the X-rays needed before the dr. would allow me to do stuff and get out of the boot. Said that it isn't 100% may never reach the same dexterity that the "real one" on the right has, but that it is pretty darn good. And the knees and pain, are actually hindering some of my progress because I can't comfortably come down "harder" on them with some of the steps and walking and such. So maybe the oil will help.
Also, I am not a believer in steroids, like cortisone, that so many get in the joints as it will wear away the cartilage. It is damaging if used much.... but as the one PT guy said, since they are so bad, and I am going to have them replaced, it isn't that same concern about damaging the cartilage because what little might be left will be removed with the knee joint, to put in the replacement. He said it might be worth my while to see if I could get the injection for the pain and see if it helps at this point. It's an idea. I have had the "synvisc" .... synovial fluid that that they inject into the joint...."hylauronic acid" type stuff; like "greasing the joint" with the same type fluid that your body produces.... and got very little relief. All the other "alternative" stuff I've done has given limited to no relief or repair; like the prolotherapy and the PRP.... at my own expense. But they were adamant NOT to do any cortisone or anything like that as it was counter-intuitive to the "natural" type treatments I was having. And I understood that. So maybe now it is time to look at it differently.....