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.

Early facet arthropathy l5-S1, small annular tear with protrusion at L5-S1

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Any suggestions on taking care of this problem besides the shots in the back offered by pain management people. See chiro weekly with limited benefits,swimming for exercise,walking and low dose of ibuprofen,Biofreeze and Tiger Balm. Chiro stated its a bulging disc,I have needle feeling in my right...

by Guest over a year ago

10 month old diagnosed. Fusion surgery scheduled.

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So, my horse accidentally stomped right in the middle of my left foot last September. :-( It was extremely painful, but, I just decided to buck up and finished working with my horse that afternoon, came in and put it up and iced it. My foot was very swollen across the top, but I could still...

by bnj1969 over a year ago

wearing down from shoulder surgery

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I saw that someone posted that ibuprofen impedes healing. How can this be? Oh My God. I have been taking ibuprofen in the daytime, the Lortabs at night. The surgeon did not give me enough Lortabs. And my primary care doctor flew the coop, gone. Right now I don't even have a PCP. I have no...

by Guest over a year ago

Dissolvable stitches and red bumps

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I had surgery to remove a bone chip in the joint of my big toe 5 weeks ago. The doctor used dissolvable stitches but they don't seem to be dissolving. I went for a check up last week but since then I have developed small red bumps at the site of 2 of the stitches. The doctor did tell me to...

by sarah388 over a year ago

finger joint severe damage

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Hello my name is lance tennyson and I am 20 years old. I'm a junior at the university of mississippi and I was involved in a table saw accident one month before school started. Half of my my thumb was removed and my index can no longer move due to severe damage to the top two joints. I'm...

by ltennyson1 over a year ago

is there a connection between carpal tunnel and tietze syndrome

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is a there a connection between carpal tunnel, ganglion cyst on inside of wrist and tietze syndrome

by lynnette over a year ago

Bunion laser surgery

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My cousin had bunion surgery over 15 years ago in New Zealand. At 57 years old her recovery was quick and little pain. She became a top Jazz dancer only starting dancing after her surgery on both feet. She is still fine today. The surgery she had was laser. In England you never seem to hear about...

by Guest over a year ago

Left pain in rib area

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I was working out about over a month ago and have stopped since. Now my stomach area felt tight as I was working out. I was laying in the bed one night touching my left rib cage area and noticed that when I move my skin up and down, I felt a lump. It has me scared. I sometimes also have a pain...

by Guest over a year ago

Question about upcoming anterior cervical disectomy of 3 levels looking for peace of mind

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Hi... I am having Anterior Cervical Discectomy w/ fusion on c4-c5. c5-c6, and c6-c7 on August 5th. I am very nervous because i don't know what to expect. I have read on here that there will be some problems with swallowing. What do i do to prepare for that? What foods seem to work? Also, how...

by daladypaints156537 over a year ago

Running with patellar dislocation? Is it dangerous?

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I'm thinking about joining my high school cross country team (because a lot of my friends are doing it and I've heard it's SO fun!), but I haven't really run before (like track, cross country, etc). I haven't really ran at all actually.So this would be my first big experience. Granted I did soccer...

by ellydances29155500 over a year ago