Joint Pain Medicine

Question by cherise: Had knee surgery that left me with muscle atrophy in leg Working muscle but feeling pain. Is this typical?
My quadriceps are really weak, and now painful from my routine. Is it best to “work through the pain?”
Who’s Merlene? lol! Yes, the surgery is healed. I didn’t think of putting ice on it.

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Answer by Dazzle
Merlene? is that a real name,,anyway yes it’s going to hurt,keep working it.

put ice on it after wards.

I am assuming your surgery is all healed..if not you should rest a while longer.

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Question by Motorfae: Right ankle hurts without any swelling, bruising or broken bones!?
My right ankle has hurt off and on for about three months now. Lately it hurts more and more often. i have never injured it and when I went to the doctor about a month ago I had an x-ray and he said it looked fine. It doesn’t hurt to touch it, it doesn’t hurt more or less when I walk on it, it just hurts almost like it’s in the bone. I don’t wear heels, etc. There’s no swelling, discoloration, nothing! It’s like I’m imagining it but I’m not. The doctor said it was probably “tissue pain” and to take tylenol when it hurts. I’m afraid there’s a tumor growing in there or else a blood clot! Please help. Thanks!

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Answer by answergiver
does anything else hurt, sometimes arthritis from an old injury can be setting in that way, there are many kinds of arthritis, there is also something called a shin splint, but that is felt on the shins. go to web md and type in your symptoms and then it will come up with some possible answers for you to research. If you start feeling the pain moving up your leg, I would definitely go see a doc, but a blood clot–why do you think it is that? Follow your instincts and keep pursuing it if it continues to hurt, you know your body better than anyone else, and pain is your body’s way of telling you–something is wrong here–take care of it, give it some rest.

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Question by Johnny D: Joint pain – Gout? Psuedo-Gout? Something else?
I am 30 years old, and every once in a while I have some sort of joint pain “flare up” – almost always in my ankle, the top of my foot (not my big toe) or my knee.

It USUALLY lasts 3 days. It’s mildly annoying the first day, super painful the next day (so I can just barely walk) and then stiff and a little pain the third day. By the fourth day it usually just feels a little stiff with no pain.

Is this likely something like Gout or some other form of arthritis? I dont have other symptoms (that I am aware of, anyway…)

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Answer by Old Guy
It sounds like Gout to me. As you’re so young, probably a change of diet will fix your problem. (Watch the seafood intake, especially shellfish) Also if you’re into body building, watch what you use to bulk up. Go to webmd.com and search gout for details.

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Question by ABM1109: what can cause a swollen ankle?
My left ankle is swollen a little. It’s the area below your ankle where it dips in before it reaches your heel on the inside of your foot (if that makes any sense lol) It’s slightly swollen where it is out a little farther than my ankle bone. It is a little itchy, maybe from the skin sweling, and there are no bug bites on it, that I can see anyways. It doesnt hurt when I walk but does hurt a little when I sit down after I’ve been walking. It’s more of a “nerve-like pain” that runs through the middle of my ankle. I don’t remember twisting it or anything so I don’t think I sprained it. Could it just be water retention? I do walk alot due to my job but if that was the reason, I feel like both ankles would be swollen. I know you can’t diagnose me or anything and if the swelling doesn’t go down in a couple of days or gets worse, I’m going to go to my doctor to make sure it’s nothing serious

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Answer by alan
What ??mane is and SAMUEL AND MORO NO BRAZIL……KISSSSS

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Question by lady me: I have “growing pains” in my legs……why?
Im 19 just to clear that up and havent grown for about 6 yrs now……but i get growng pains in my knees and sometimes down to my ankles…what could this be from?

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Answer by Wiggy
You could have shin splints, to my understanding, it is a similar feeling.

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Question by Roland: Knee pain when lifting leg or going down stairs after running?
I trained for a marathon this year and everything went well during training. I even did a 22 mile run on my own. After that I started reducing distance and then resting mostly for the last week. The day of the marathon at about mile 7 my right knee started hurting and it just went on progressively to the point where I could barely bend my knee. Putting weight was no problem but lifting my leg, bending the knee or going down steps caused strong pain. It felt as if I had a knot towards the outside of my knee but still in the inner side (if that makes sense).

I took a 3 week rest period and went for a run last night. After the first mile the symptoms started to come back. I’m scheduling an appointment with a DR. but would like to hear if this is a common injury and if it has a name.

Here’s another symptom taken from another person’s post in the web. It describes well part of my symptoms:

“It feels like a muscle or a tendon that is connecting or holding my upper leg with the bottom is strained. Therefore when my leg is suspended in the air without any support the outside of my knee hurts and forces me to stiffen my entire leg, lock my knee in order to feel no pain.”

Thank you for your help!
I went to a orthopedist and was diagnosed with ITBS Ilotibial Band Syndrome. Something that apparently is only seen in runners.

It seems this is not a serious injury and will go overtime if you stretch frequently and maybe get some therapy massages.

Here’s a video with some good stretches for the IT Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c55IYpoGZQ)

Another video about massaging that muscle can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c55IYpoGZQ
Update: I just went for a 4 mile run after spending about 30 min stretching my IT Band using similar stretches to the ones shown in the video link above. I then massage my IT Band as shown in the other video above.

I started slow but then went pretty fast compared to my last run (about 2 min less per mile avg) and everything went great! At some point felt something very slightly so I quickly stopped and stretched the IT Band again, then continued. No pain at all during this run.

I hope this helps someone else with the same symptoms.

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Answer by Mubeen
It seems sciatica.There are many reasons of sciatica like pelvic injury, fracture, tumors or piriformis syndrome. Every reason has different treatment plan.
I had the sciatica due to piriformis syndrome. Its a body disorder, not disease. You can remove pains by stretching your muscle. These iPhone app link helped me to remove sciatica.
Here you can have a visual tour of whole sciatic nerve. Mark the pain area & get a set of rehab exercises in 3D format. There is also available complete medical history & notes.

http://blog.3drx.com/

http://www.3drx.com/sciaticaIphone

http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/id457029203?mt=8

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Question by getnabargain: Seems like all the sudden I have joint pain &swelling ,?
First my right wrist,for no good reason swelled & became very painful.I used a wrist support brace, helped.Then after working down on one knee that swelled was sore and clicked when I walked a few weeks later , all I did was cross my left leg over my right knee,then a few minutes later It swelled so bad I could not bend it for a couple days. Used crutches took advil,allseemed getting better.Wait,limped on right foot two months because of right knee, now 2nd toe on right foot swollen,wont go down two months.Throughout toe misery,favored left foot.Now left ankle sore [only during use]stand or walk on left ankle intense “nerve pinching pain”.Now after moderate use both right wrist &right knee back to moderate swelling and soreness,left ankle -screaming pain,My biggest question is the possibilty I have developed a debilitating chronic joint disease,or may bone cancer or ?Please truthfully tell me I have only slight age related [40′s}osteo or some temp strain I will be so happy If you can!

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Answer by Shayna
Could be many things. Please get examined. Do you have Rheumatoid arthritis? Please seek help.

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Question by maria rose.: REALLY BAD JOINT PAIN”LUPUS FLARE”???
can barley move my hands, shoulders and neck looks like my knees [or legs] want to start 2. i have lupus and since i’ve been diagnosed i’ve never had joint pain like this.. anything i can take? theres inflammation in my hands to. i can’t grab anything and if possible dnt reccomend prednisone i get too depressed , anythingover the counter? for the pain i went to the hospital and perscribed viccadin and or tylenold my question for that is it going to stop the swelling and painn.. i took tylenold but it only helped for my fever, which i also have infection in my throat. anything pleaseee!!!

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Answer by mrabrax
you need to take an anti-inflammatory. ie: naproxen, or ibuprofen. tylenol is not an anti-inflammatory, only a pain reliever/fever reducer. prednisone is a corticosteroid and is used only in severe cases of inflammation, but it does wonders.

if you cannot take the steroids due to, as you say, depression, and the over the counter nsaid’s are not working you may have to step it up to a prescription nsaid such as celebrex, but you will need to see a doc to get it.

my suggestion is to go with naproxen (aleve) to start with. i’ve had better luck with it than ibuprofen. if that doesn’t work then you will have to go with a prescription drug.

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Question by Mary: What is my knee pain?
I am a Teenage female and have been experiencing knee pain on only my left knee. It comes and goes and is more of a “shooting pain” on the top left side of my knee cap. I am not athletic and i usually wear converse tennis shoes. I have no family history of knee pain or arthritis. Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with my knee?

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Answer by Julie S
check with your doctor. i suggest physical therapy. i had that happen to me too before. very painful, i feel your pain.

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Question by : I am experiencing swelling and cracking in my knee (also water retention) from an impact injury-what is this?
I was in a car accident and my knee smashed against the dash. I also broke my wrist. The wrist was the “imediate pain” so the knee wasnt noticed until after the fact. For the first two weeks after the accident my knee was black and blue, swollen and very tender. I was having no pain while walking so I didnt believe that it was broken-just badly bruised. 10 months after the accident I still have swelling. When I press the area I can actually feel the “swishing” from the obvious water retention. If I purposely try to make my knee crack-it will repeatedly. In other words if I am sitting on a chair and extend my leg repeatedly the knee will continue to crack. I have no pain while walking, however, my joint seems to feel “tired” after walking (exercise pace) for about 15 minutes. I can kneel on my knee with a little discomfort. What is goin on?

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Answer by ianr1984
This could be caused by a bruised ligament, or you may even have a minor fracture. Now, I can’t be sure, because you seem to have a bit of a tissue problem in that region. I suggest going to your doctor again, and have him X-ray it. You could have misplaced your kneecap, which could still be allowing plasma to be leaking into the region, even after ten months. If it’s not really colored by the retention then there aren’t any blood cells in the region. You could also have air on the knee, which can be the reason it is swollen. If it’s air, it can still have liquid there as well, which could allow the feeling of swishing. Go to your doctor, because even if it is just water on the knee you need to be sure it isn’t going to endanger your joint’s health.

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