If you decide to try some alternative treatments before you change your mind for a surgery. I strongly recommend you to see a chiropractor for special treatments. Note: Some chiropractors do not have these equipment because they cannot afford to have them for their business.
There are two special treatments that solve your problem. The treatments are:
(1) a special footbath (not what you are think of a regular bath...)
(2) erchonia laser (cold laser) - many pro players use the treatment
There is another one which called QXCI. This will analyze your body to see what cause you the problems, but the footbath and the laser are first choice for now. QXCI will be also useful after you finished the footbath/laser. These devices are non-surgery, and of course they are harmless. If you already had an operation and still bothers you, that is a permant damage. These treatment cannot guarantee you but maybe to give you more relief pain for some times. You could try them anyway.
You wanna to investigate yourself about these treatments by searching on google search. Here are some links:
footbath - http://www.biocleanse.info/qa.html
erchonia laser - http://www.erchonia.com
QXCI - http://www.theqxci.com/qxci_practioners.html
(QXCI practitioners - http://www.qxciscio.com/qxci-world.html)
