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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.

Have you ever heard of a fatty tumor in the clivus bone ?

My son is 15 years old and after a concussion in football, we discovered a possible fatty tumor in clivus!? Has anyone heard of this and how it is treated? Thank you

by User avatar Guest

hip implant done 3x, too short, cracked now infected no doct

I am ready to call the news. I have a confirmed infection on my implant. I've done this surgery 3x's already. No doctor in my area will attempt the 4th surgery. Am receiving IV antibiotics 3 hours a day by primary but they cannot find a surgeon willing to take me on. They all say parts need to...

by User avatar Guest

appeal for SSI

I have a really bad back that keeps me from walking good. I can hardly feel my toes any more, and when i walk my leg sometimes just falls right out from underneath me. recently i have learned i have another herniated disc, and lots of scar tissue around the nerve running down my right leg. Starting...

by User avatar Sherry Freeman

Is this cracked rib?

Answered by a doctor

i was running in a gym... i ran about 1 mile. afterwards i stretched and then went to change. while i was pulling my shirt over my head i noticed a sharp pain in my ribs. it has been like this every day since (3 days) and a stretch and work out every day. is my rib cracked?

by User avatar Guest

herbs for joints

I have some very sore and swollen joints at the moment. It is not a nice feeling, and that is making a bit of an understatement. What I am hoping for is some great advice from people who have gone through the same thing as I am currently going through. I am enormously interested in using herbs to...

by User avatar peadar1717219018

bilateral oxford knee replacement sleeping problems

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Am 71 and had both knees done 10 weeks ago.  Up and walking without anything in about 8 days.  Driving in 3 weeks.  PT was horrible as my PT specialist apparently specialized in giving pain to the point of crying out stop!  Learned I wasn't the only one.  After nearly each PT session, several...

by User avatar gh1253308247

surgery or not

So  i'm 4 weeks into my injury. I went to two doctors, one said that by this time the bone is already healing and that it would be ridiculous to try to move the bone back into place now, but the other doctor wants to do surgery. I'm so confused and have no idea what to do. The bottom of my bone was...

by User avatar sallymay1991

problems with Late Lisfranc injury diagnosed

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My 16-year-old daughter injured her foot running into a gopher hole while playing soccer Sept 2006. Was diagnosed as sprain and she was on crutches for a week and then began putting weight on it slowly. She was on the highschool tennis team at the time and went back to playing tennis 3 weeks after...

by User avatar soccermom17078

need 3rd replacement in 3 yrs

Hello everyone, Yes ive had 12 operations since 2001 all to my right knee. You name it, ive had it done. microfracture, bone harvest & reimplanted after being grown in lab, partial replacement & total replacement. Theres been a few cleanings & other stuff. My last replacement was in...

by User avatar cdny1975145519

Bone protruding from upper-left skull

I am 22 years old and I too have had one for at least 5 years. It definitely feels like a bone protruding from my upper-left forehead. Though it has stayed roughly the same size over the years, it still worries me every once in a while. I am not a physician though, so who am I to know. If anyone has...

by User avatar Cody Wilson