straighttothepointe

FWIW...my daughter had several types of imaging on her ankle, ultra sound MRI and X-Ray but unfortunately it was not until the surgeon 'went in' that the bone spur was discovered. It was tiny but was enough to cause a myriad of problems for a ballet dancer in training. Had we known that from the beginning the route we took to resolution may have been different. I do agree however surgery has to be the last resort option.

Would it be ok to ask what sort of pay cruise ship dancers get? I guess the bulk of their living costs are catered for? Thanks

So if its a female its Mrs, Miss or Ms. Yes they were often barbers hence the candy striped barbers pole outside their place of work to signify blood and bandages

Its very archaic as are a lot of things this side of the pond. Back in the day there were the medically trained people, the Doctors and then there were the non medically trained surgeons, who, were generally and literally butchers (and barbers) so just had the title Mr. For some reason it still stands today although thankfully today surgeons are a little more adept at their craft than they were a few hundred years ago. Sorry I resorted to a generalisation of the fact that they both are in fact doctors!!

My daughter had a very similar problem with her ankle. We also saw Dr Wolman who advised the cortisone jabs plus physiotherapy. Unfortunately this was insufficient to help her get over her situation and eventually surgery was necessary. This was done by an associate of Dr Wolman, Mr Nick Cullen. Both Dr's were marvellous and it so helped that they fully understood the demands placed on the joints of someone wishing to be a professional dancer, not always the case with some of the doctors we saw initially. Its been a bit of journey from prognosis in my daughters 1st year of 16+ vocational school to where we are now but she has come through this a much more resilient person emotionally. I wish you the very best with whatever route you go down.