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.

swelling and redness

RIGHT KNEE FIRST SWELLED UP 2 YEARS AGO AFTER A 1/2 MARATHON AND EVENTUALLY THE SWELLING WENT DOWN SOME. THE KNEE KEPT HURTING AND STILL DOES, NOT CONSTANT, BUT USUALLY STANDING FOR LONG PERIODS OR DURING/AFTER ACTIVITY. I KEPT RUNNING SOME, BUT EVENTUALLY THE OTHER KNEE STARTED HURTING AS WELL....

by ebanny11282662 over a year ago

How to live with adactylia?

Are there any actual people on this forum who suffer from adactylia, the condition where you are born without toes or with very tiny toes? I understand that people with adactylia can never learn to walk, or at least have terrible balance problems. So, how do you live this? Please tell me more!

by rustie1379172147 over a year ago

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

Answered by a doctor

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

Answered by a doctor

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

Answered by a doctor

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