Daily Archives: June 26, 2009

Spencer Turner, Winning Ride at IFR 2009

So remember when I said that I thought my foot looked like it was healing fast and I would be back at the end of July, even though the doctor said it would be August before I could even walk on it?  Well turns out I was right! I waited 4 weeks, which I thought was plenty of time to heal the bones, and I contacted a sports medicine guy in Iowa that I have used before and who several friends have used. I told him my story and what the doctor in KC said, he told me to come up and he would look at it. On Friday June 19th, I went and saw him. He looked at the x-rays they took when it happened 4 weeks ago and told me things the other doctor never told me. He said that, yes my foot was broken, yes the joint was crushed, but he also said that my foot was WAY out of alignment. All the little joints in my foot were out of whack, and not where they should be. I asked him about the tendons and ligaments, he checked them and said that they aren’t too bad and really shouldn’t have a problem with them. He could tell that I heal fast and was way ahead of schedule, I told him I have been taking AquaOxygen for the last year and when I got hurt I doubled my intake to help heal. He told me it was definitely working and to continue to take it. He also put me on some herbal pills to help break up the blood in my foot and the gel like stuff that was making my foot still swollen. He adjusted my foot to start realigning the joints and bones (which kinda really hurt). He put some stuff on my foot then used this little handheld clicker machine like you seen used on backs by chiropractors. After all that he told me to walk across the room. I was a little leery, but I did it and even stood with all the weight on that foot. He then used a machine that sends pulsing waves into my foot to also help with speeding recovery. He told me to not use the crutches anymore and just use the walking/boot cast when I am going somewhere. He told me to walk barefoot around the house (which is many months before the other doc said). I was also told to start riding a stationary bike and using a cross training machine and to get back into shape like I was. He said the better cardio shape I am in the better my blood flows which in turn will clean out the blood and gel from my foot. He said that as fast as I am healing that I should be back to slowly running and lightly jumping and even rodeoing again by mid to end of July. That is great news! I knew I would not be out as long as the other doctor said. I am glad I decided to wait till bones healed and then go to this sports medicine guy in Iowa, he has a totally different way at looking at injuries. I am going to stay in Iowa for a couple weeks, or longer if needed, to continue to use the pulsing machine everyday and getting my foot aligned back and getting in shape. Stay tuned to ontherodeoroad.com for more updates.