WAIT! WAIT!! WAIT!!!!!
The pf isn't actually abnormally tight!!!! It's just under abnormal amounts of tension!
Doing surgery to lengthen it is like saying "hmm, my back is sore when I slouch. My spinal ligaments are tight when I slouch. Therefore I must cut and lengthen my spinal ligaments so I can continue to slouch in comfort."
I shudder at z-plasty of the iliotibial band. Z-plasty of the pf is a new one on me!! Oh, please, no!
(PT... go see a PT recommended by a podiatrist... get second and third opinions... find out what is causing the abnormal tension and take care of *that* before you go cutting the structure that is under tension)
Edit to add: sorry if I seem to have overreacted. I have a horror of z-plasties. Unless you have cerebral palsy and need a z-plasty of the achilles tendon. I'm ok with that.
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05-26-2008, 06:29 PM #20
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