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Living with a bone, joint or muscle disease
broken sacrum
- By MaryKarnes · New reply November 15, 2009
- 4 replies
- Painful in the a.m. dr. has me on pain meds but tells me not for long ...
Wheel chair anyone?
- By nanascorner · New reply November 13, 2009
- 4 replies
- I am frustrated today. Although two years ago, I was battling weakness so bad in my legs that I could barely walk to the bathroom , with or with out a cane. It was a bad ankle that was loss in the socket ...
Back exercises without pain afterwards
- By am1_4god · Posted October 29, 2009
- 0 replies
- Howdy: I'm new to this type of messaging. I don't want to use this to dwell on my pain, but find others who have found ways to cope with the daily pain. My pain is mostly low back and left hip. The disc ...
chronic pain
- By KateG · New reply October 11, 2009
- 2 replies
- even though i take narcotic medication and muscle spasm medication i still experience chronic pain on a daily basis. weekends are not as bad because i can rest more. during the week is different. i'm ...
Gentle Stretching
- By nanascorner · Posted September 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- The body can cope with pain better when it is not crunched up and tensed. The normal tendency with pain is to tense up and you may not even realize you are staying tensed all the time. This is a terrific ...
so ace-ie and tired all the time.
- By MotorcycleBobbi · New reply September 10, 2009
- 1 reply
- some people think it's all in my head. Well it's not. It's the real thing .I drop things I can't turn knobs open jar's turn car key's you name it and I can't do it after 4pm. Meds help in the am and in ...
Fibro??? What the heck???
- By onewaybetty · New reply September 4, 2009
- 12 replies
- I am 38 years old & frankly feel like I'm 88. Heck, there are probably alot of 88 year olds that feel better than me. I couldn't figure out what was going on with me. I was constantly in leg pain, not ...
migraine connection?
- By nanascorner · New reply August 24, 2009
- 1 reply
- I began taking Advil for migraines when my arms began to hurt so bad I could hardly move them. While other over the counter medication never touched my fibro pain, this medication has. I have thought ...
Has anyone any experience of Protelos 2g?
- By Oakside · New reply August 9, 2009
- 7 replies
- I have been taking 2g Protelos daily for about 6 weeks. During the last week I have had problems with glare, from lights in shops, PC screen, and when I was painting a wall white. The reaction I get is ...
Safe Exercises in Osteoporosis
- By nathji · New reply August 9, 2009
- 4 replies
- Almost all the doctors and medical literature are unanimous in hailing exercise as a powerful bone building aid that delays osteoporosis. However which exercises are SAFE? That is the main question. They ...
Help
- By 7888942 · Posted August 9, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hello, my name is Dianne and I have r. arithritis and am losing all muscle tone in legs and booty.Please help me on how to get muscle tone back ...
Went from teaching (active and on my feet all day) to editing (sitting)
- By youdeet · New reply June 14, 2009
- 7 replies
- Could this year of inactivity have contributed to a 4% decease in bone density? Doctor wants me to take Actonel, but after reading about it I would rather try diet/exercise. I am 53. Any ideas ...
Trying Tia Chi
- By nanascorner · Posted June 13, 2009
- 0 replies
- Three weeks ago I bought a Tia Chi CD by Joey Bond. I was having problems with conventional , exercise because of Fibromaylgia. Exercises causing me a great deal of muscle and joint pain, especially those ...
Nothing I can do, or so I was told
- By tneevel · New reply May 19, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hello, I am new to this board. I am a 37 year old mom of 4. I have Scoliosis - had major surgery at the age of 13 and had a spinal fusion with a Harrington Rod. Over the years I have had increasing back ...
The Hell of knee replacement surgery
- By clcwho · New reply January 31, 2009
- 2 replies
- I had a total knee replacement surgery in 2005...since then I have had a total of 8 more surgeries. First it was the replacement was loose and this was only 14 months after the original surgery. Then ...
Finding Appropriate Medical Care
- By psjaquith · New reply January 22, 2009
- 2 replies
- I've been diagnosed with a connective tissue disorder which is now diagnosed as Sjogren's. I have a lot of inflammation in the joints, especially hips, knees and shoulders. I have had bouts with different ...
Lights on / nobody home
- By Rj · New reply January 22, 2009
- 3 replies
- I'm a post op nsclc stage III 'survivor' no mets to the bones or brain, that can be diagnosed YET been to all the ortho specialist and MRI,CT,& Bone Scan light up like a Christmas tree. butt, We(docs ...
recently diagnosed neck O.A.
- By newerguy · New reply September 26, 2008
- 2 replies
- having problems with pain relief cannot take celebrex or other cox2 or nsaids due to stomach concerns, tylenol doesnt cut it, i have a water pillow for support and go to physio weekly, do stretches x3 ...
