Bone, Joint and Ligament Problems

Bones can’t move without joints and ligaments. Discuss all bone, joint and ligament alignments in this forum. They include but aren’t limited to osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, osteomyelitis, fibrous dysplasia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, cervical spondylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, infective arthritis, ligament sprain, tendonitis, and ligament inflammation.

I have cracked rib

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i played rugby at the weekend and after a tackle i hurt my ribs just below the coller bone. it now sticks of futher than the rest and hurts to laugh ,cough snease and strech . should i go to a doctor or will it heal on its own?

by munch over a year ago

popping near sternim from deep breath/shifting sleep positions.

3 things: 1.If I'm lying still on my bed, I shift/deeply breath end pop an area near my stern(e or i?)m. HOW normal is this? 2. If I make a sudden shift in motion (jumping up into the top bunk of my bed or suddenly getting up off a couch/bed) I get real dizzy for a while, almost yet never at the...

by Sigh guy298235 over a year ago

cysts in left ankle

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I had a MRI because of ankle pain. The Doctor said I have a large cyst on the ankle. He is sending me to a ankle doctor to dicuss this. What could it be or caused from. I have the same promblem on my right foot.

by raelinda over a year ago

sharp steady pain

I get SHARP STEADY PAIN under brest bone [sternum] FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER I EAT,then fades away.

by carl over a year ago

I have foot fracture

I injured my left foot in Sept. Went to ortho Dr. who came in looked at the xrays and said the nurse will come in to put a boot/cast on. 2nd visit two weeks later, the Dr. took another xray this time looked at the foot and sent me for an mri. The mri showed intense bone marrow edema in the foot....

by jkcrda@aol.com over a year ago

lump on finger tendon

The real problem I have is that there is a lump on my finger tendon and it is making movement very difficult! Are there any suggestions about the treatment or what I can do to ease this? Please speak simple English only. I am from Denmark and English is not my mother tongue. Thank you for any help!

by ira541221342 over a year ago

I have broken stunem

]I was in a car wreck on the 19th and didn't find out until two days later that I broke my sternum. the hospital took x-rays and a cat scan but I had to go back in two days cuz I could not breath and then they told me about my sternum being broke I had to again go back to the hospital because I was...

by Guest over a year ago

lump on wrist no pain

This lump has started developing on my wrist. Several people have commented that it looks like I have had a broken wrist at some point and it has grown back weird, but I don't think I can have a broken wrist because there is no pain involved. What do you think this could be?

by lucy368149523 over a year ago

my hip hurts

my hip been hurting for a a week know its not my bone its just below the hip and I don't know what can it be.I run track and have been in football. if that help any..thankz for any help.

by Anonymous over a year ago

Problem after rotator cuff surgery

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Hi and thanks for this oportunity to discuss my problems. My time lines are a bit hazey but my pain is accute. I am a58 year old man and I was very active for many years with sport, in paticular marathon paddling. Both my big headed tendons are broken, both have been repaired and both failed. My...

by elgs over a year ago