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.

shoulder sublux after stroke

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Hello My name is Robert and my girl friends name is Sharon.Sharon had a stroke april 4th 2012 This is where my story begins That crazy day in april when our lives changed forever. The ER ...man what a scary place...not much compassion there they deal with death every day and it shows they do what...

by subluxsling256886 over a year ago

has anyone sucesfully cured flat feet with exerxizes or surgery or other treatment?

has anyone sucessully cured flat feet with exerxizes or surgery or other treatment?

by jamie_ff238392 over a year ago

I need to have three hammertoes fixed.

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I need to have three hammertoes fixed. I would like to know others experiences with this. I am 65 but in excellent health. I don't do narcotics so I hope that Ibprofen will be okay. I would like to know if it is worth it. I also have one leg that is shorter due to a car accident.

by Jack1234256586 over a year ago

Runner struck down by knee pain, three surgeons and no solution?

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Problem summary: I am almost 30 years old and I have been running every day for the past 12 years. Earlier this year, my left knee began to have a “slipping” feeling. I saw the first orthopedic surgeon and he recommended I use a patellar stabilizer. I used this for a couple of weeks but I...

by alveolar21150408 over a year ago

swelling and pain on left knee no fracture no fluid

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It all started working, I kneel down to pick up some trash, and when I got up, I didn't feel no pain but I felt like a bubble popping out my knee, 30 minutes went by with a slight pain, but about 40 to 45 minutes the pain got so severe that I couldn't stand or sit,I could barely lay down, I was...

by mando c over a year ago

Mid/Lower Back Pain from running

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A few months ago, I started running on the treadmill about 4 times a week for one mile, slowly working my way up to a 7 minute mile. Took a week off, then ran a one mile followed by a three mile a half hour after. The next afternoon, I started developing a sharp pain that spiked when I walked and...

by Jordanbork over a year ago

Pain and swelling in my right ankle, elbow is also painful and neck got stiff

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i started getting pain in my right ankle ---- no reason why then it satrted swelling a lot --like a lot and it hurts immeninsly like a number 10 and at the same time my elbow hurt and stopped moving ----ad my neck got stiff

by Guest over a year ago

Thigh pain and leg length

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Hi there, I'm 40 years old and had a total hip replacement May 3, 2012. My surgery was done at one of the best hospitals in Boston with a very progressive surgeon, I had hardly any restrictions and walked into my hospital room 4 hours after surgery. All in all it's been a great decision. ...

by SpecialKR4 over a year ago

nerve injury w/ injection, buldging disc, and steriod epidural

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Back in April, I was injured with a needle during an IM injection in my butt in the ER. It caused numbness in both of my legs. I was also allergic to the medicine. After treated for the drug allergic with a steroid, the feeling came back to one of my legs, but not to the leg that I was given the IM...

by jessica over a year ago

My broken jaw

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I broke my jaw on monday august 20th. I just turned 17 and my junior year of high school wasnt so great so this summer i had to take precalc classes in the morning at a community college to graduate high school. So here I am on monday going to my math class. I leave the house at around 8:50 and get...

by erikaroui252895 over a year ago