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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.

reactive arthiritis

Answered by a doctor

Hello. I have a few questions regarding reactive arthiritis. What exactly is reactive arthiritis, how common it is and who develops it. Is it determined by sex? What are signs for reactive arthiritis? Thanks in advance!

by User avatar cruikshank1537

How accurate was your MRI?

People say MRI's are not accurate... I had one and it indicated tendonitis in one tendon of my rotator cuff but I have severe pain in all 4.... Have any of you out there had an MRI and had it not be accurate or was it accurate? My pain is real and it hurts but the MRI said my rotator cuff was...

by User avatar IMachine189214

Broken Bones Healing

Does anyone know what the average time for broken bones to heal is? My mom is 53 and she broke one of the bones on her left foot. It was almost 3 weeks ago and she is still in pain. Is healing slower that it should be with her because of the osteoporosis that she suffers from? I would like to know...

by User avatar Guest

laproscopic knee surgery

Hi there! I heard that a laproscopic knee surgery is done by opening a couple of small holes and then through one of them a camera is being placed so that a surgeon can see what he is doing. I hope I got this right. What I wanted to know is it possible to see those pictures that camera made during...

by User avatar hartzog1193

pus and drainage fron knee

had knee surgery the 3 july 08. have had drainage and pus from 2 incison that came open. knee has a constant slush

by User avatar dphillips78576

Hyperostosis Frontalis

What is hyperostosis frontalis interna? How is mostly affected with this condition?

by User avatar Guest

ultrasound anterior fontelle

My niece had horrible headaches as an adolescent and hers stemmed from an exostosis on the base of her skull near or on the occipital bone. Once she had it removed her headaches improved, but surgery did not remove any part of her skull whatsoever. The doc said that it had a very slight tendency to...

by User avatar Guest

bone density test

Hi! I am 60 years old woman. I have increased risk from osteoporosis. Should I have bone density test. Does anyone know something bone density test? How do you prepare for a bone density test?

by User avatar Guest

Toe realignment (pin on the toe next to big toe)

The pin on my toe 3 weeks after surgery got caught on something and pulled out a little , what do I do ? I called and left a message for my doctor, it's after hours now . Will that have a bad effect on my surgery ? I am getting the pins out in 4 days .

by User avatar Guest

Knee revision worst than first

I had a TKR in feb 2012 and continued to have swelling and unstableness for the next year. My patella was also malaligned and the surgeon did a Lateral Release a year later which was unsuccessful. I went to another Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in revisions and he said the implant was...

by User avatar minnkos331957