an article i took off the net, said one of the diagnostic tools to dx lyme is to hit the tibia near the ankle with the back of the thumb.
anybody ever try this??????????? mine hurt for 20 minutes.
now if we all have this, i had surgery a month ago on knee, no pain after surgery 2 weeks after have pain on the head of the tibia. the joint has no pain.
normal, cause???????? docdave
[ 23. January 2007, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: stymielymie ]
Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
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Posted by pq (Member # 6886) on :
somewhere on http://www.lymeinfo.net or org is a collation of lyme by organ/system. theres gotta be something here.
this is also mentioned somewhere by bleiweiss, in his treatise, "when to suspect lyme."
Posted by stymielymie (Member # 10044) on :
yes that is where i found the info.
very interested to try this test on friends to see if it is really true.
he said if you tap the tibia near the ankle with the back of your thumb and it hurts and stays hurting this is a major dx symptom of lyme.
will test on some friends.
my story : went to orthopod today for pain in knee, but didn't feel like knee. found out it was tendonitis or osteitis from doing too much physical therapy.
1 injection and pain now gone. 3 weeks of excruciating pain and couldn't get an appointment.
docdave Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
docdave ~ the LLMD I used to see in the old days (94ish) always ran his hands quickly down the inside of legs from knee to ankle. He had told me it was typical symptom and he tested each time to see how much you jumped.
He also always made me touch my finger to my nose with my eyes closed and told me when I could do that everytime I would be well. That's one of those things I can do sometimes and not others.
I bet doing these tests on friends you'll be a real hit at parties!
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