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.

Injury to repaired knee

Hi All I broke my knee cap into 4 pieces 2 weeks ago. Had my 1st checkup today and the X-ray showed, so far, so good.I understand it is relatively easy to re - injure the knee cap as it is still very week. Is it possible to cause injury e.g. Separate one of the bones, without realizing you did it?...

by Dennis Klager over a year ago

extremely happy with bunnionectomy!!!

I've now had bunnion surgery on both my feet. My left foot was done last year. I had to have two surgerys on that foot, the first was a lapidus bunnionectomy. All went fantastic, except that my toe wouldn't touch the ground when I stood on it, but that was easily fixed with a second surgery. The...

by TiffanyPe over a year ago

Lower left rib cage contraction sensation

I've been having same spasm/contraction/fluttering feeling under left rib cage for about six weeks and the duration is increasing. When it first started I also had what I describe as a "squirting" sensation in same place. Also felt very lightheaded for a few days, not sure if it's related. I'm a...

by Thebottomofit over a year ago

chest pain after sugery

Answered by a doctor

i am experiancing horriable chest pain around my collor bone area could it be from the breathing tube during surgery?

by Guest over a year ago

Enbrel itching after years of treatment

I've been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for several years now and big part of my treatment is Enbrel, but for the last week I've started experiencing almost unstoppable itch, almost all over my body - even the eyelids and inside ears. There is nothing I managed to do to stop the itching. I...

by Mike over a year ago

shoulder and arm pain

Im having pain upper part of left shoulder blade moving down under my armpit and down my arm behind the elbow and theirs a lump on upper part of my left arm pain i been having its going on for a month now could you tell me what the problem is i've been to a specialist he said its fatty tissue and my...

by cynthia over a year ago

i touch my sternum with my finger and its tender why?

i touch my sternum with my finger and its tender its been hurting for days now why?

by beth over a year ago

Weird case of "Economy Class syndrome"?

Hello everyone! I have pretty frustrating problem, which I doubt is too rare but is frustrating nonetheless. When I sit on a chair (normal one, without cushioning, no manger's or herman miller etc.), after around 30-40 minutes, when I get up, my legs feel "tighter". When I move around I feel it...

by Cupertino234135 over a year ago

Little Finger Displaced

Three months ago I was using a power sander with my right hand while my left hand was holding the power line. The power line got caught in the sander disk and twisted my left hand against the spindle that held the power line. The little finger was suddenly pulled into a 90 degree angle at the...

by Guest over a year ago

dislocated my anle-now need surgery

a year ago i dislocated my ankle playing basketball and i still have problems. my mri showed i have a partially torn and a strechted ligaments. also my doctor found syndovitis fluid and says he needs to shave the bones on my ankle. i was wondern if anybody could give me information on any of this...

by Big Al 9135484 over a year ago