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.

swollen hands after busted elbow

I pour concrete for a living. One day I was pulling forms and busted my elbow open and didn't get the numbing to go away for the rest of the day. Now my hands are swelled and I can hardly close them to grab my hammer everyday and I'm only 27 yrs old. Any suggestions.

by Guest over a year ago

Tingling sensation one the left side of the rib cage

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Hello, I am male and 28 years old and I am suffering from a weird tingling (tickling) sensation-pain on the left side of my rib cage. More precisely on the coastal cartilage in the area that attaches to the sternum. I feel this tingling sensation even while sleeping. It also seems that sleeping on...

by vocabulary323556 over a year ago

dutch sesamoiditis part II

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Finally after about 4 months I am able to walk again. It all started half februari 2014, it is now first of juli. On the Mri, taken about 2 months after the first complaint, it showed that my inner sesamoid did not light up and the orthopedist said it was 'defragmentating', it was dissolving and not...

by Guest over a year ago

Scoliosis and Asymmetric Chest deformity

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Life seems so unfair. I was born with a chest deformity and scoliosis that pretty much made my childhood and teenage years a living nightmare. Now I have to spend several hours everyday re-aligning my muscles just to feel decent enough to get through the day. I look at people with regular bodies and...

by Richard241322611 over a year ago

32 year old woman, tendonitis in multiple locations

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Hi! I am a 32 year old woman who has been diagnosed with tendonitis in 4 locations on my body. I started having difficulty around the time I turned 21. My wrist was the first diagnosis. When I was 24, I was diagnosed with arthristis in my back and degenerative disks. At 26, I was diagnosed with...

by aarcuri16322606 over a year ago

4 weeks after rotator cuff surgery, My shoulder finally loosened up and less pain

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4 weeks after surgery. My shoulder finally loosened up and less pain, finally got about 6 hours sleep. Not wearing my sling as much and I think that alone helped loosen things up. Still have to be very careful not to fall. Went to PT yesterday and now back to pain and less sleep, but the PT...

by Jim over a year ago

Swelling in Collarbone

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I have have a reoccuring lymphadema type swelling on my left collar bone. I can feel the pressure in my throat and it is uncomfortable. It comes and goes. I am a 26 110 lb woman. Anyone else? CT just showed fluid like substance in tissues.

by ashaw815322364 over a year ago

What would cause severe pain at the base of my neck

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What would cause severe pain at the base of my neck.

by Guest over a year ago

I stretched my ligaments jumping on boxes in football practice about 25 years ago

I stretched my ligaments jumping on boxes in football practice about 25 years ago. Went to Dr and that was the diagnosis. Ever since then I get the pain about once a month. Or it hurts just poking my belly button. Pain is worse after some exercises and is worst for me when dehydrated. I had...

by jerry over a year ago

had total hip replacement was doing great now cant move my left leg from the knee down

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hip replacement now got i got a drop foot cant get out of bed by my self feel like a million needle sticking me cant move my leg from the knee down plz tell me what going on

by BilGaiClaHal321385 over a year ago