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.

PoIymyalgia Rheumatica find it difficult to understand why I got Polymyalgia Rheumatica??

I am 79 years of age and worked until I was 67.. As a Manager was demanding work.. I fell in my garden 2 years ago and broke my right arm in 8 places.. Wonderful Dr repaired it all 100%.. Bumped my left arm whilst working in the garden, it got swollen, so put frozen peas on to help remove swelling....

by Smiler 2215323 over a year ago

ReHab following ACL Reconstruction

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Hello. I have (four days ago) had an ACL Reconstruction on my right knee, as well as a third partial Meniscectomy. I have around 15 staples in the main wound, staples in the other locations and yesterday had the dressing reduced. I am doing the rehab exercises, but I am finding that despite my...

by Robert Tech-Geek Goode238889 over a year ago

Squeezing, burning, aching pain in my chest, my heart is ok

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I'm 30 years, I have been having pain in my left chest at the base of my breast bone for about 8 years now. Recently I started having pain in my neck, shoulder, shoulder blade, and arm. I did ECG I was told my heart is perfectly ok, and I was asked to do FBC again the result was PVC-45,...

by Guest over a year ago

hammertoe recovery

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I am 69 years old if that makes a difference. I had injury to a second toe that had previously been repaired for hammertoe. This repair surgery was 68 days ago and while it sometimes looks normal, mostly it looks like a boiled sausage, is this normal and long does it last? It swells by the...

by grammab over a year ago

Hammer Toe Surgery still in pain after 1 year.

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Years ago I had surgery to remove my 2 big toe nails and their roots. After about 6 weeks I was back to normal with no pain. For about 10 years I have been suffering with one other toe that had a fungus toe nail and a callous at the end of it. When I was on my feet for a long period of time I...

by Genie 36235637 over a year ago

same severe pain I HAD BEFORE THE SURGERY

I had a total left hip replacement almost three month's ago and i am still experiencing the same severe pain I HAD BEFORE THE SURGERY. I live on pain med's ,I do pool therapy , or exercises at home. Nothing help's. My x-ray's looked good, the appliance is in good place, but I'm still in horrible...

by karen anderson over a year ago

pain on the right side bones

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i've been having pain over my right scapula rib cage right limbs( both upper and lowe) especially towards the lateral part of the limbs along with right breast pain for over 2 yrs. the pain exaggerates while long standing hours... any1 can help me regarding the cause of this? am 23

by lifeispainful228185 over a year ago

joint supplement side effects (heart problems)

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Has anyone had any heart problems,spasams,heart attack,chest pain crushing,burning in chest,shortness of breath,light headed,cold sweat.pain in back,in to upper stomach.left to center of chest,left arm.neck lft.side jaw.from taking this.DR.JOINTS

by lilsquirt over a year ago

right knee and femur

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I am 33 years old, I have been dealing with knee pain for quite some time now. I had a CT scan done on both knees. The results are, I have a 3 x 1.5 cm healed ossifying fibroma of the lateral posterior aspects of the distal metaphysis of the right femur. What does this mean??

by Becky Infamouswhitegurl Shannon- over a year ago

right knee and femur

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I am 33 years old, I have been having problems with my right knee. I had a CT scan done on both my knees. I have a 3x1.5 cm Healed Ossifying Fibroma of the lateral and posterior aspects of the Distal Metaphysis of the right femur. What does this mean?

by Guest over a year ago