One of my patients played football in high school and ended up with a heel spur that he decided to have surgically corrected. Unfortunately, he got worse and worse after the surgery until the point that he had to use a wheelchair because he had excruciating pain in his feet, and his legs were extremely weak.

Over the next four years, he went to 56 different doctors and specialists who were not able to find anything wrong or offer any help. He had all but given up when one of my patients recommended he come to my office.

So, he scheduled an appointment and came in for his first couple appointments in a wheelchair, his next couple appointments on crutches, his next couple appointments with a cane, and then no assistance at all after that. After going from being an athlete to relying on a wheelchair for four years, this was a huge win for him to be able to walk on his own again.