Pain inside the knee after jogging. Can feel it atm.

For the past several months I keep waking up during the night due to pain and Charlie horses in my upper arms and shoulders. At times it gets so bad that I have to get up and either walk around for a while or go sleep in my recliner. I do quite a bit of work with my hands and arms and thought that it was related to something I had done.

For about three months I was able to get some rest if I took Ibuprofen. It got to a point that I was taking 8-12 a night just to get some sleep. My husband started noticing how much medicine I was taking and got on me about getting to a doctor. I put it off for another two months but finally gave in last week when I got to a point that even 20 Ibuprofen would not stop the pain.

I still thought that it was just something out of place or overworked so I went to a chiropractor. He asked me some questions and pushed around on my shoulders a bit to see if there were specific places that hurt. I expected him to offer an adjustment or massage treatment, but instead he told me that he didn’t think he could treat me and that I should go see my regular doctor to get checked out for arthritis. I was really shocked at this and when home to think it over.

After another night of no sleep I called went to see him. We talked and he did some x-rays and ordered several lab tests to look for signs of arthritis or infection. He told me that most likely I am developing arthritis since it is in both arms. He said that once the lab results are back he’ll have a better idea of what’s going on and hoe to treat it. In the mean time he gave me stronger pain medication to help me rest

Twenty-five years of running and being pulled along by two large dogs wore away my left hip joint. Scoliosis didn't help. I toughed it out for years with physical therapy and yoga, and finally had to have my hip totally replaced. I wasn't happy, but I got a great result and I can hardly remember it isn't mine, except when I go through airport screening. I am always wanded.

After 3 surgeries for various things including torn cartilage and loose bodies I started experiencing pain in my knee as I aged. As the pain got worse and I was literally dragging my keg behind me I decide to have it checked out. The doctor explained that the joint was riddled with bone spurs that was the start of arthiritis and would lead to eventual replacement. There was space left between the joint and no bone on bone so we thought I still had time. he suggested some experimental shots taken in a series but I declined. iw as going to opt for what I calle d a roto rooter procedure and clean out the bone spurs to buy some time. I started using glucosamine with chondritin and the culmative effect of the treatment really helped. However the pain did get worse and I opted for total knee replacement before I was too old to recover quickly. The best thing I ever did.

I first hurt my knee in 1986 playing basketball with some teenagers. I got kneed in the side of my knee. My knee hurt for about two weeks and then went away. Since then if I do too much strenuous activity it starts hurting a little during the event but the next day it will hurt a lot. It doesn't swell it just hurts. The two activities that always make it hurt are playing basketball and running. The reason that I have not been to a doctor is that I can not stand the thought of being laid up for weeks and I can't afford to miss work. Also I have found self remedies that have helped to manage my knee problem. I don't play basketball anymore and I don't run. Plus I use some home remedies that really do manage the pain.

I was diagnosed with two degenerative discs in my lower back after lifting a ladder at work. The incident sent me to the emergency room and I was out of work for months. During my absence from work I received many different forms of treatment. The doctor put me on pain killers and Flexerill to help with spasms. He recommended that I take Glucosamine daily. He referred me to a chiropractor and a physical therapist. The chiropractor was trained in the Cox Technique which manipulated muscles and the spine in my lower back. This technique loosened tightened muscles and allowed for better movement. The physical therapist worked with me to help strengthen lower back muscles. The therapist started me on light table exercises and then we moved to aquatic therapy. I did aquatic therapy three times a week for several months. I noticed that I was looking trimmer as well as feeling stronger. Despite these treatment, the pain was still very intense. The doctor suggested cortisone shots. The treatment was extremely painful but after a couple of weeks I noticed improvement.
I still have lower back pain but I continue to exercise and take supplements. I have not had a repeated incident where I was unable to move or experienced terrible spasms.

I have been a nurse for 20 years now, working full time at at least 1 job. More times than not 2 or more jobs for the entire 20 years. I've had health insurance some of that time, but most of that time it wasn't offered by my employers.
In 2001 I was in a very serious car accident and my right kneecap was fractured into three pieces. At the time I was working at a nursing home in California and luckily was covered by insurance, My kneecap was repaired but I was still laid up for close to a year, and then went back to work. I was supposed to return to the same surgeon a year later and have the pins and wires in my kneecap removed.
Unfortunately, when I returned to the same nursing home a year later, they no longer offered health insurance. So the surgery was not done. I moved on to other employers but none of them offered insurance either.
So now it is 8 years later. I now have moved to Arizona and am employed at a state run facility and have insurance. So I am checking into finally having the pins and wires removed, and hopefully the condition won't be excluded because of a pre-existing problem.

I was involved in a sports accident in 2003 which resulted in a crack in my lower spine right above my tail bone. The doctors who diagnosed the problem advised me that they could do surgery but there would only be a 50% chance of being able to walk afterward. I took the chance and opted for muscle relaxers and pain medication to treat the symptoms. It has gotten increasingly worse over the past few years, and I plan on seeking treatment in a month or so just to see if the odds are better now with medical advancements.

I am including this supplement to note the numerous treatments that did not work. These treatments included the use of anti-inflamatories, ice, muscle relaxants, pain medications, physical therapy, and three cortical steroid injections were given over a period of one year. Pain medications were increased from norco, to percocet, to oxycontin to fentanyl to combat increasing and uncontrollable pain. Initial physical therapy made the pain much worse. I did change physical therapists several times to locate one that agreed with the philosophy that pain should not drastically increase as a result of the therapy.

A year and a half ago I was suffering from intermittent stabbing knee pain. After a couple months my dance partner encouraged me to go to the doctor. I was diagnosed with bursitis and told to stay off it. I could return to dance after 2 days of no swelling no pain. After 3 weeks I tried it again and didn't make it through the warm up.

This started a long series of doctors and tests (xray and MRI), sports medicine and orthopedics. It took 2 1/2 months to get a diagnosis of a torn meniscus. 4 months after my first doctor's visit I had my surgery. Despite my doctor swearing that I'd be back to my pre-injury workout schedule in 3 months, it was nearly a year before I could train as before, and I still have swelling and occasional pain.

My knee is much better now than pre-surgery (I couldn't walk). If I were a couch potato I would be at 100%. For a dancer, I'm at about 70%.