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I came in after 6 months of lingering ankle pain due to an ankle sprain and elbow pain from hyperextension from sports. At that point, western docs said they're healed and it's just residual scar tissue that's causing the pain. Looking for another way to get rid of this pain, I came in to see Dr. Ming Fai Chan. He took a look at my ankle and explained that the pain is due to "dried blood in the joints causing friction". Just that phrase alone got me skeptical. He said I would need 7 doses of herbal patches to be left on for 12 hours a day. I may need an additional 7 doses if the pain doesn't go away. I asked what happens if I leave it on longer? He said "the bad stuff that were absorbed into the patches will be reabsorbed into the body". Honestly, hearing that, I was thinking what's stopping the bad stuff from going, "oh 12 hours is up, time to go back into the body"? That doesn't make sense but because of the reviews here and the fact that western docs said there's nothing they can do about the lingering pain, I gave it a chance. But honestly, if the reviews below are true about Dr Chan having an MD, I'm very surprised that he truly believes what he's saying.
He goes on to examine my elbow. One light touch on the joint and he says I have tennis elbow. He attempts to prove his point by pressing harder and asking, "does it hurt"? I told him not at all and it only hurts when I manipulate my elbow a certain way. He proceeds to try and prove his point by pressing in different spots around my elbow which I knew would not trigger any pain. Nonetheless, his prescription was the same herbal patches for 7 day, 12 hours on. I watch him prepare all 14 patches for ankles and elbows with the same herbal stuff.
Guess what? These patches did nothing for me and I'm not about to spend another chunk of money on another 14 patches. Not only that, he overcharged me. His price list in the clinic said $50 a dose. $50x14= 700. I ended up paying $1200. Even with the consultation fee and new patient fee, it would never come close to $1200. I guess the doc assumed I couldn't read Chinese so I wouldn't be able to translate his price fee. I should have called it out but I didn't have the guts to. At that time, my number one focus was to get rid of the pain at any price.
My much more fob Chinese friend went into the clinic for a separate problem (he is a believer in Chinese medicine). Same herbal patches, $50 a dose confirmed. I'm so annoyed that I got overcharged and the patches didn't even work!
I went on to see a physiotherapist a few weeks later. I've had 2 months worth of treatment there and my pain and scar tissue has been significantly reduced. So lesson of the day, sports injuries are best treated by a physiotherapist.
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