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.

Ribs Ligament broken

Hi there, my mother in law was in the gallery bent and peeping down, so she felt severe pain in her ribs area and back . now when she visited a doctor he says the ligament got break and started a therapy. My enquiry is that is there any kind of belt suitable for ribs area so that it can atleast...

by Richa Tandon over a year ago

Random Shock Feeling Through Foot

This only happened just today. The reason I'm posting it is because I'm really worried, as I've never had this problem before. So I was sitting down, on my computer, like I normally am, when suddenly. my foot had a sharp, sudden shocking feeling through it. It hurt a lot, but it was only a split...

by Guest over a year ago

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