proximal tibiofibular joint injury/instability help

[Daglias]

Hi All:
Anyone ever have this and wat was the treatment-

I went to see an orthopedic doctor due to noticing a few months after a skiing injury. I was having severe knee pain and it felt like my right leg was going to give out on me even when walking. I also noticed that my fibula head was sticking way out. They diagnosed me with a proximal tibiofibular joint injury/instabilityand my knee is and joint is very unstable. They wanted to see if PT would help. My therapist was very weary of working with that leg and after 4 weeks of therapy and tapping they referred me back. I now have ankle pain and numb. I feel like my right foot actullay drags. I know they are going to discuss surgery but not sure what procedurethey are going to discuss. I am very atheltic and as well as work for a local rescue squad and mountain rescue so what ever they do it needs to be very succesful. Can anyone tell me what type of options there are on how to fix this at the stage my injury is in.

[Heidi]

If surgery is offered then it will be very specific to your particular case so I don't think anyone could really advise you on that.
The best thing you can do is to try to keep the whole leg as strong as you can by doing your exercises in the run up to the operation. This will make your recovery faster.