Anyone with arthritis? (1 Viewer)

[General Malaise]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

 

[beer 30]

I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

I've come to love that numb cold relief you can only get from a bag of ice, glorious!

 

[belljr]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

Does your face hurt?

 

[General Malaise]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

Does your face hurt?

Only when I look at it.

 

[BeTheMatch]

I think I'm developing arthritis in my hands. Anyone here dealing with that?

Me too

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I have no cartilage left in either knee. It just melted away. My right knee also has bone spurs. Ugh. I'm using a walker since it involves both knees. It sucks.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Doctor recently told me i have severe arthritis in my ankle due to my injury.

Anybody ever try platelet rich injections?

 

[SWC]

if any of you are of scandanavian decent there is that viking disease thing to look out for an im not joking take that to the bank brochachos

 

[dkp993]

Anybody ever try platelet rich injections?

Yes, for one of my meniscus tears. Didn’t work for me.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

I hurt my left knee 2 weeks ago. Still awaiting an mri. I have bad arthritis in it already. Bone spurs, no acl, no meniscus. The works. I ice the whole knee. Front and back like I just pitched a complete game every night. It’s glorious.

 

[General Malaise]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

I hurt my left knee 2 weeks ago. Still awaiting an mri. I have bad arthritis in it already. Bone spurs, no acl, no meniscus. The works. I ice the whole knee. Front and back like I just pitched a complete game every night. It’s glorious.

What are you guys using for ice packs? I just threw some in a ziploc but it never really got very cold. And another thing, do you just rest with ice on your knee? I don't really enjoy sitting still for long periods of time, so if you are sedentary, how long are you icing?

 

[beer 30]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

I hurt my left knee 2 weeks ago. Still awaiting an mri. I have bad arthritis in it already. Bone spurs, no acl, no meniscus. The works. I ice the whole knee. Front and back like I just pitched a complete game every night. It’s glorious.

What are you guys using for ice packs? I just threw some in a ziploc but it never really got very cold. And another thing, do you just rest with ice on your knee? I don't really enjoy sitting still for long periods of time, so if you are sedentary, how long are you icing?

Big ziplock full. Ace bandage to keep it where you want it if you are mobile, just laying it on the knee if you're sitting on the couch. There is an inflection point between getting the area cold and it becoming numb. That's usually the worst part for me but once you get through it, it becomes almost euphoric.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

I think other things that help are stretches and just continuing to walk as much as possible. It's a nagging pain and the swelling can get bad at times but I'm just moving ahead with life and hope it doesn't get worse.

Ice is your friend and build up the muscles around your knee as much as you can. Ride a bike, walk, elliptical, anything that keeps most of the load/impact off your knee. Squats aren't a good substitute at this point.

48 and have had 4 knee surgeries (2 on each knee), all due to Meniscus tears. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of great news for you. It’s typically a slippery slope of degeneration. Ice, strong quads to help stabilize the knee and knee braces (start with neoprene ones first then go up there from there as needed) to support the knee are your path forward. The meniscus gets very little to no blood flow so healing is slow to non existent depending on where the tear is.

I have two bad knees but one is a lot worse than the other. They tend to pop out of socket when you do stupid stuff and hurt like hell when you straighten them and it pops back in. Had 2 meniscus operations on the really bad one and went in for a 3rd. Doc said, "I got good news, you don't need another meniscus operation". I thought alright, finally a break! "You don't have any meniscus left to operate on!" The outside corner of my knee is bone-on-bone but it hasn't really bothered me until recently. Even then, I was still running some and biking a lot.

Fast forward to a month ago, helping a friend move and slipped coming down the stairs. My foot (bad knee) stayed in place, the rest of me twisted about 90° and slid down about 5 steps. It was pretty brutal, very swollen for 2 weeks, am just now starting to feel close to normal. Got on the bike this morning for the first since it happened May 12th. Not bothering with a doc visit, it will either be ok or it won't but the next step is replacement and I'm still too young for that. I have all the braces and know what to do so fingers crossed I can weather this storm on my own.

At the risk of embarrassing myself further, I played 63 holes of disc golf over the weekend and have a little soreness in the knees from it, but I'm going to just keep at it. Local course has some hills and I try and play quickly, so it's at least something akin to a workout. I have never been any good at icing things. I don't like being cold.

I hurt my left knee 2 weeks ago. Still awaiting an mri. I have bad arthritis in it already. Bone spurs, no acl, no meniscus. The works. I ice the whole knee. Front and back like I just pitched a complete game every night. It’s glorious.

What are you guys using for ice packs? I just threw some in a ziploc but it never really got very cold. And another thing, do you just rest with ice on your knee? I don't really enjoy sitting still for long periods of time, so if you are sedentary, how long are you icing?

I have gel packs and an 8” wide ace bandage. Slap them on front back, wrap it up. Chill out at the end of the day. 20 minutes is plenty. I leave it on until the gel packs aren’t cold anymore. Maybe an hour. And I can walk around if I need to.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The first couple minutes are hard/painful but once it goes numb it’s great.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I forgot to mention that my orthopedist recommended hydro therapy. Swim on, dudes!

 

[Hastur]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

 

[beer 30]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

You can expediate the results by cutting out the golden raisins and upping the amount of gin

There are a ton of "home remedies" for arthritis. If it works, it works, run with it until it doesn't.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

I just drink whiskey. Seems to help.

 

[dkp993]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

I just drink whiskey. Seems to help.

Rumor around the campfire is that something called THC helps too. Or so I’ve heard.

 

[General Malaise]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

I just drink whiskey. Seems to help.

Rumor around the campfire is that something called THC helps too. Or so I’ve heard.

I do think the THC/CBD cream helps a little too. Curious if others have success with it. CBD alone is snake oil but the THC 1:1 seems to bring it.

 

[nirad3]

if any of you are of scandanavian decent there is that viking disease thing to look out for an im not joking take that to the bank brochachos

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Take the following with a grain of salt, as I don't have arthritis and haven't tried this(but a very smart older friend of mine swears by it).

Take a dozen or so golden raisins and soak them in gin for an hour, then eat the raisins. This is supposed to help tremendously.

I just drink whiskey. Seems to help.

Rumor around the campfire is that something called THC helps too. Or so I’ve heard.

I do think the THC/CBD cream helps a little too. Curious if others have success with it. CBD alone is snake oil but the THC 1:1 seems to bring it.

I’ve tried them. Agreed on the cbd only. The thc ones are so so for me. Voltaren works well for me.