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.

Hip repair surgery

Five months ago I had hip repair surgery, titanium rod in femur and pins. I now experience quite a bit of thigh pain in the leg. I have been doing my at home therapy, and also going to the gym 3 times a week to do the therapy in their pool. I have improved over the months in things I can do, and...

by louiescoob over a year ago

back shoulder pain and chest pain

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The back of my left shoulder blade is very tight and sore. I am on my second round of antibiotics. Between them I did a round of steroids. Now I have pain in between my breasts. I have not been coughing but I am fighting a fairly bad sinus infection

by Guest over a year ago

Pain in various parts of body that is unbearable when I try to sleep

Help I have shoulder and upper chest pain. Knee pain and swollen feet and ankles

by Pam over a year ago

Fractured rib

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Hi I was recently in a kung fu tournament and after the tournament I developed pain in the left side of my chest which was extremely painful to touch, breath and twist my body. I was examined by a doctor and was told that I had broken a rib. How long should it take to heal and when will it be safe...

by Morcia27625 over a year ago

Stress Fracture Question

Hey Everyone. I hope your trainign is going great. Mine however has haulted. I have a stress fracture in my right tibia. To make a long story short, I trained to hard to fast and got a fracture. I had a bone scan done at the beginning to diagnose the fracture. My question to everyone is it has been...

by maynes.j91936 over a year ago

Found Large Hole on the back of my leg 3 inches deep

I have been having really bad hip pain on the right side and i had my girlfriend check my hip area and she found a very large hole on the back of my right leg about 3 inches below my buttlocks . the hole is the size of a pencil you can drop one inside of the hole about 3 inches deep and its black...

by Guest over a year ago

Heart Arithium, Inflamation and an enlarge Esophagas

Ladies and Gentlemen: My friend Doug has had many football accidents in High School and college, along with a few car accidents. He is very short of breath and his Sternum is formed into an "S", he had found through surjury that he had Heart Arithium, Inflamation and an enlarge Esophagas....

by thanks over a year ago

Really Deformed Collarbone curved and a bony lump and sticks out further than other

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Ok so my collarbone sticks out further than the other one. Wait it gets better.... Not on does it stick out more but it is also curved a little bit and has the bony feeling lump on it near the shoulder but not on it. I would really like to find out what it is. I don't think it's anything serious...

by Guest over a year ago

sore and swollen hands

while im asleep myhands and arms start to hurt and then my hands sweel up and the pain is almost unbareable,i have to get up for a while for it to stop but then it starts again when i go back to sleep why dose this happen?

by percy1965106754 over a year ago

Anyone who has had septoplasty surgery

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Hi There, I am going to be getting my septoplasty surgery on Friday and I was hoping someone out there had some tips for me when I am recuperating. I am worried that it is going to be painful. I am going to be prescribed percocets, is that going to be enough? I've even since quit smoking, but...

by Little C over a year ago