The patient had a level 3 ankle sprain over a year ago. Saw one of the supposedly-best-Harvard-grad orthopedic surgeon in Dallas who put her in a boot for 2 months. After the boot came off, her left ankle was still swollen and in pain and her range of motion was very limited. I also started experiencing pain and ‘popping’ in my left knee. She felt that being in the boot had allowed her ligaments to heal, BUT over her still-misaligned ankle, which seems to defeat the purpose of wearing the boot to heal her ligament in the first place. She went back to the surgeon with my concerns, and he told her that her choices were to go for physical therapy, or he can do an exploratory surgery to see if there is an underlying problem. She was not going to let someone cut her up to just look around? So, she started going for physical therapy for almost 3 months with basically no improvement. she then started to see a Chiropractor for almost 30 sessions. Range of motion increased but not fully recovered. The Chiropractor performed dry needling which was painful and did not seem to be effective. After his sessions, she still couldn’t bend my ankle or squat, and she would still get pain each time she would walk, both on my ankle and knee. At this point, she was pretty dejected.
When she came to us, she recounted her story as written in history.We started her on Acupuncture and Tuina sessions. She was very
hesitant at first due to her immense fear of needles and lack of knowledge of what it entails. I was skeptical as I didn’t have a good
experience with dry needling and I thought the 2 procedures were similar. After her first session with us, she felt more than 50% relief on the tightness around my ankles. Her knees did not pop or hurt as much. Since her sessions with us, we are happy to report that her ankle and knee feel better than before.
Patient’s own words:
What really caught my eye was his vast knowledge in the field and his continuous thirst in upgrading himself in the industry. Besides being extremely nice, understanding and patient, Dr. Chapa took the time to listen to my looong account of medical history, injury details and concerns, he explained the difference between dry needling and acupuncture. He sincerely described the treatment plan in details, he
reassured me he was going to use his super fine needles that he uses for kids, so there will be minimal pain. He was right, I barely felt the needles. I am very happy and grateful that I decided to give it a try!
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