Video #4

This is my fourth video of the morning that shows, conclusively, that this is an ankle problem. Please see the previous videos here and here.

This video shows me using a TENS unit, off-label, to do the work of a WalkAide, by placing the electrodes exactly where the WalkAide does. My foot moves, that is a certainty, but this is intended to fully compensate for nerve damage by activating those nerves, and this does not do that because there is an exact spot where the big toe should lift up directly, but it cannot do it and instead flings to the right. It can go up a certain amount straight, but before it finishes lifting, it flings right. The way to complete motion is blocked. The WalkAide therapist could see this and also saw how my leg responded at incredibly low settings (here, 5.0/60.0) because the nerve conductivity is still VERY good. But the way is shut, by the hip and the ankle. I need surgery. Any doctor who does not believe my four videos and their explanations will cease to be my doctor. These are not central nervous system issues, but hip and ankle issues. The hip started me down a dark path and the sprained ankle cemented me in that place. I'm strong enough, maybe even in the hip, but fighting that ankle is like doing everything with Arnold Schwarzenegger pushing back. No wonder I can't exercise and see improvement. No wonder all of my doctors and therapists (10 and counting!) have been lost and the drugs don't work.

Video 2 is here to dispel the myth of video 1 that it is a hip problem due to the apparent displacement of the knee. I hope it further emphasizes that this is not a MS problem. I start with my knees neutral in the recliner and try with all the strength and nerves I have to turn the right leg parallel to the left, but that right ankle's improper leanings swing everything right back. This is clear and obvious.

Video 3 (excuse the hairy pot-belly) is here to show that my hips and torso can exist and function in proper relation to my knee, which looked really off in the first video. Now, we can see that the problem is due to an improper knee/ankle relation.

The objections are first that it is MS, but this is physiological. The physiological problem was caused by a lack of mobility due to MS and was not fixed correctly because of MS and the hip problem, but that is no excuse for not fixing it now. The hip problem came about in 2007 as a result of MS and a knee brace worn for too long, and also brought about a lack of stability so that the ankle could not heal correctly and wound up healing with such an inward bent. None of these change the fact that there is a physiological problem with my ankle that is rendering me incapable or walking. I will press doctors to fix this ankle and threaten to cut it off if they say that nothing can be done.

This is not Multiple Sclerosis. This is an improperly healed sprained ankle that requires surgery at this point. Either that, or I cut the bottom half of the leg off. I guess that's still surgery.