#osteoarthritis of the elbow

[laservetbcure]

Osteoarthritis of the elbow can significantly impact a dog's quality of life, causing pain and hindering their ability to enjoy normal activities. Recognizing the early signs of the condition, understanding its progression, and implementing a comprehensive management plan are essential for maintaining your dog's well-being. A combination of medical interventions, lifestyle adjustments, physical therapy, and alternative therapies like laser light therapy can work synergistically to provide relief and enhance joint function.

[anftherapy]

Is that nagging elbow pain got you down? Elbow bursitis could be the culprit. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, and even advanced treatment options in our informative post!

[dollarstorecrush]

I fucking hate having not one, but TWO types of arthritis in two different locations

[bfstkb]

Arthritis is a very painful condition caused by inflammation in the joints. It can make almost everything in your life more difficult, and no one should have to live with extreme pain. There is no known cure for arthritis, but there are ways to reduce your pain and manage your symptoms.

To reduce pain and swelling, the most effective things you need are: increased blood flow, deep tissue heating, and compression. By increasing your blood flow, the blood will transport healthy nutrients and oxygen to the source of your pain, and carry away waste, making your soft tissue healthier and stronger.

Traditional heating pads are only able to heat the surface of the skin. King Brand's medical device called the BFST (Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy) produces electromagnetic energy, which is able to penetrate the skin, fatty tissue, and soft tissue. This results in increasing the circulation, strengthening the entire area you treat, and alleviating arthritis pain.

Compression is also essential when treating arthritic pain, because it reduces swelling, but it also protects and supports the joint. This takes pressure off of your joints, resulting in less inflammation and less pain.

The BFST is able to provide all three of these necessary methods of treatment in one FDA approved medical device. This device comes in multiple different designs, so it will conform to almost any body part to give you the best coverage and the most efficient treatment.

Nobody should have to live with extreme arthritis pain. There is a way to get relief - through blood flow stimulation therapy.

[tanyx-india]

How TANYX Works? | TENS Therapy 

TANYX principally works by using TENS therapy technique. This user-friendly product is a clinically proven and approved by USFDA, ANVISA BRAZIL, CE and UL. This cutting edge instrument uses therapeutic levels of electrical pulses to alleviate pain in a healthy, efficient, and drug-free way. TANYX is a gel pad which is placed carefully on the corresponding TANYX electrode after removing the protective cover. The other one is put on the affected area and the process is repeated. Then the desired intensity level is selected after pressing the power button for three seconds. TANYX will then begin to release electrical stimulation at your convenience. There are three buttons provided to choose the massage intensity: "L" stands for low transfer intensity, "M" for medium, and "H" for TANYX's highest level of intensity. Once finished, it can be taken out and stored for later use.

Visit: - https://www.tanyx.in/

[marumaruz-haikyuu-agere]

Hq disability Headcanons

A somewhat detailed list of my haikyuu medical headcanons

Nishinoya Yuu - Type 1 diabetes and sensory neuropathy

Was diagnosed at 5

Inherited from parents

Prefers an insulin pump to insulin injections

Diabetes causes his sensory neuropathy

Nerve damage in his arms causing bruises because he can't tell when to stop practicing

Kenma Kozume - Hearing loss in both ears, noise damage

Plays games and music with the volume too high causing damage from all the years he's been doing it

Doesn't like to admit that he has hearing problems

Uses CIC (Completely In the Canal) hearing aids because they're small and unnoticeable

Also uses his hair to cover them because even when he knows they're hard to see he's still pretty self-conscious about them

Tendou Satori - Vitamin B deficiency, Motor Neuropathy, Audhd

Tendou has a vitamin B12 deficiency which results in him developing peripheral neuropathy, more specifically motor neuropathy

It causes him muscle spasms/twitching and gives him a barely noticeable foot drop

I think he has Audhd and struggles with paying attention and wanting to move around a lot

He doesn't have a specific hyperfixation exactly but is full of lots of little facts about lots of things

Hinata Shoyo - Audhd, Dyspraxia

I don't think i really need to explain Hinata's Audhd but I will anyways

It's one of the reasons he has so much energy while he's practicing, because he already struggles with staying still but also because it's one of his special interests

It helps him more if things are explained at the speed his brainis going instead of going slowly

I think he has Dyspraxia too because it explains a lot of his struggles in volleyball

It also ties into why the quick attack pair works so well because Hinata has to focus less on getting everything right himself and can put his attention into his motor skills

Oikawa Tooru - Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is pretty common

It causes joint pain and stiffness in most cases

And it's most common in places like the knees

It's usually from old age but in Oikawa's case it's from trying to play after an injury without letting it fully heal

But he refuses to admit that he has a problem

Kageyama Tobio - Dyslexia

He's incredibly dyslexic

Nobody knows though, everyone just thinks he's really dumb

He has consulted someone about it unfortunately he talked to Hinata who also has mild dyslexia mixed with the fact that his eyes won't stay on one point on his page

They both think that letters and numbers do that for everyone and that they just haven't figured out how to read it properly

Ushijima Wakatoshi - Autism

Definitely autistic

Pretty high functioning though

He's pretty slow on some social cues but the basic ones have been worked out in his brain

He has quite a high tolerance for most stuff but he's not the biggest fan of messing up schedules

Tsukishima Kei - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Was partially inherited because Akiteru showed signs of it but not enough for a diagnosis

I think he specifically has cEDS (Classical EDS) because it fits him the most

I think he's been pretty used to his joints dislocating sometimes but doesn't realise that everyoen else around him isn't

The first time Yachi saw it she almost fainted

Particularly with cEDS people have easily bruised/breakable skin on their forehead, knees, shins and elbows

He has a few pretty big scars on his knees and shins from when he was a kid

They're also quite wide because with cEDS wounds heal quite slowly and leave wide scars

Bokuto Koutaro - Borderline Personality Disorder

This wasn't originally my idea (He wasn't actually going to be on here but it got pointed out to me yesterday)

BPD comes in four stages, Emotional instability, Disturbed patterns of thinking, Impulsive behaviour and Unstable relationships

With emotional instability it's usually intense negative emotions and severe mood swings which could contribute to his 'emo modes'

During disturbed patterns of thinking he'd get upsetting thoughts (like his emo mode) and hallucinations and distressing thoughts that he can't be talked out of

Impulsive behaviour is one i think he has less negatively but it's commonly negative in most cases

His impulsive behaviours are less harmful to himself and others

Unstable relationships are when he attaches himself to someone and I think that person/people would be Akaashi and Kuroo

Them trying to leave him would not go well, it's why he contacts them all the time because he doesn't like the feeling that they might leave him

[cripplecharacters]

Hey there! I'm currently trying to write a character that uses elbow crutches, but i have little knowledge of disabilities that could result in their use. Im thinking this character has some kind of chronic pain disorder, but im not quite sure what specifically. I guess this is kinda vague but generally what advice would you give for writing him? or what specific disorders i should research/fit my ideas?

-hhrng (because i will forget i wrote this)

Hey!

We have answered a very similar ask about some possible reasons for using crutches! You can take some inspiration from there or from the replies.

For chronic pain specifically, almost anything could probably be a reason to use crutches (assuming it's not like, just in the shoulder or something. But lower body and back are fair game). Some common things that I could think of from the top of my head;

leg or back neuropathy,

spasticity (e.g. multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, brain damage, cerebral palsy, arthrogryposis etc.),

various types of arthritis in the lower body (osteoarthritis, psoriatic, rheumatoid, etc.),

vascular leg pain (caused by Peripheral Artery Disease, for example),

structural differences (or "deformities") like Nail Patella syndrome, scoliosis, kyphosis, poorly healed fractures, or anything else that causes lower back or leg pain really.

There's obviously a lot more, but that's just a few options.

Remember that all of the above will have more symptoms than just using crutches.

mod Sasza

[coulsonlives]

Real talk for a moment. Today I was looking on youtube, and I came across a video that was hm... highly sus.

In this video, a doctor claimed that he could treat very specific airway problems with something called "prolotherapy". And immediately, red flags went up because I was like, no... those specific airway problems happen because of nasal, jaw, or soft tissue structure issues. That's not something an injectable substance can cure.

Then I saw the rest of their channel and my jaw dropped.

In these 3 screenshots alone, here's a list of everything this quack claims to cure with "prolotherapy":

Cervical instability

Knee instability

Elbow instability

Knee injuries

Osteoarthritis

Being wheelchair bound

Big toe/bunion pain

Upper airway resistance syndrome

Vagus nerve degeneration

Lower back pain

POTS

Snapping scapula syndrome

Pes anserine bursitis

Thoracolumbar syndrome

Trigeminal neuralgia

Achilles tendon pain

Post-concussion syndrome

Seizures

"Atlas misalignment" (chiro stuff)

Wrist instability

Carpal tunnel

Scoliosis

If you're familiar with at least a few of these things, you'd know it's way more complicated than injecting some miracle cure into those areas. He also centers a lot of his videos around "cervical instability", which he attributes to causing all sorts of stuff:

Visual snow

Migraine

Itchy arms

White matter lesions

Dissociative episodes

Seizure disorders including absence seizures

POTS

MCAS

(Etc)

And he also uses terms that, if you google them, show up exclusively on his own website and nowhere else. One of the terms was cervical "dysstructure".

So um. Friendly reminder not to get sucked in by charlatans like this who claims to have a cure for a stupid amount of unrelated illnesses. You're just gonna get bilked out of your money, and you might even end up worse than before. These people prey on your desperation, and they're really good at it. Someone documented their experience with this "doctor" here. Reddit and other sites are full of negative reviews about him. Many people call him a scammer.

Don't let these quacks win. Do your research and take a breath before throwing money at them.

[cripple-culture-is]

I'm not sure having arthritis would really make you physically disabled/crippled. Yes, it's a leading cause of disability, but not everyone with arthritis is disabled. My grandma has arthritis in her hands and hips, and she isn't disabled because of it. I also have a friend with juvenile arthritis (oligoarticular), and she isn't disabled because of it, nor does she consider herself disabled. Even though arthritis IS a disability, I'm kind of concerned that you are calling yourself crippled when you likely aren't. Juvenile arthritis isn't that severe of a disability

With all due respect, you don't know my history. When it comes to your grandma, we're likely talking about two different forms of arthritis. There's a high chance she has osteoarthritis, not autoimmune arthritis. Someone CAN be physically disabled due to osteoarthritis, but I can't sit here and pretend that the two are the exact same thing when they aren't.

As for your friend, they're not the same as I am. You are right in saying that not every single person with arthritis is disabled. Not all of them are. But we can't compare my struggles with JIA to your friend's struggles with JIA.

I don't like playing the comparison game. I think it invalidates the struggles of other people. I don't believe that there's a disability 'hierarchy' of sorts. However, at the same time, oligoarticular is a form of juvenile arthritis that has 1-4 joints affected by arthritis. The max amount of joints affected for oligoarticular is always four. The moment you get 5+, you have polyarticular.

My type is polyarticular. And while I'm RF-negative, not having the same disease progression and severity that many people with RF-positive have, that doesn't mean my struggles are any less valid.

I have arthritis in my jaw, cervical spine (neck), shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, hips, knees, ankles, and toes. I also have arthritis in my ribs, collarbone, and spine. Not including those three though, that means that I have a MINIMUM of 59 joints affected by my arthritis.

The human body is estimated to have 250-350 joints in it. 59 joints is either 1/6 or 1/4 of the joints in the human body.

And actually, when I was diagnosed, my parents were told that I had arthritis in every single joint in my body, if that means anything to you.

Like I said, I hate playing the comparison game, but I don't think that we can compare your friend's 4 or less joints affected oligoarticular JIA to my 59+ joints affected polyarticular JIA, just like I can't compare MY arthritis subtype to someone who has organ involvement such as occurs with systemic.

Just because one person with arthritis isn't affected that severely doesn't mean that there aren't people with arthritis who ARE affected severely.

When I was 6 years old, I was given a disability placard and plates due to my arthritis, so I AM actually physically disabled. Due to my issues walking as a kid, I was even offered a wheelchair that I ended up refusing.

You don't know my medical history. I am not 'parading around' as physically disabled. I AM physically disabled. I AM crippled. And I think my disability parking permits and my minimum of 59 joint involvement (again, not including my ribs, collarbone, and spine) is enough for me to call myself crippled.

I don't technically have to explain myself to people like you, though I will, solely to educate others if they wonder the same thing you do.

[shouta-aizawow]

Asking for aizawa headcannons ❤️

Heyooooo!!!

Aizawa definitely has early-onset arthritis, specifically osteoarthritis (which I think is the one ppl most commonly think of with elderly ppl) and it got a lot worse after the USJ incident

It’s especially bad in his knees, fingers, and elbows, and especially in the morning/when he’s tense or in one position for a while, they tend to lock up

It started bc of his tendency to get badly injured during underground work, and he’s actually had a tone of surgeries and some replacements (so he takes meds for his chronic pain). I think bc of all that, he also has some damaged nerves

It was easier to maintain after becoming a teacher, because although he still did some hero work, it wasn’t nearly as demanding on his body. Still bad, because teaching hero students is also very physically demanding. After USJ, however, he started getting more flares of pain and things acting up, and his poor resting and sleeping schedules don’t help with that in the slightest

He’s just……. Really bad at resting. Like he really doesn’t give himself enough time to fully heal before doing something else. I think that because of this, he has several alarms set on his phone (by Hizashi ofc. He never bothered to turn them off and won’t admit it actually helps) telling him to eat something, drink something, take his meds, etc The alarms are set for the weekends bc he doesn’t really have the structure of school schedules to remind him, so he’s much more likely to forget that he’s a human with human needs

[leanstooneside]

Confess and be hanged

Kathy Griffin's elbow (Other congenital malformations of hair)

Dave Navarro's forehead (Subluxation of lens, unspecified eye)

Jessica Biel's eye (Other hammer toe(s) (acquired), left foot)

James Franco's fist (Solitary bone cyst, left ulna and radius)

Simon Doonan's thigh (Malignant neoplasm of left orbit)

Carson Palmer's head (School (private) (public) (state) as the place of occurrence of the external cause)

Pitbull's eye (Chondrolysis, hip)

Kevin Federline's eye (Osseous and subluxation stenosis of intervertebral foramina of abdomen and other regions)

Tate Donovan's thigh (Chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR/ABL-positive, in remission)

Ryan Gosling's arm (Pedal cycle passenger injured in collision with fixed or stationary object in traffic accident)

Sean Combs's neck (Mixed pediculosis and phthiriasis)

Katharine McPhee's chin (Calcific tendinitis, right lower leg)

Katrina Bowden's back (Kernicterus, unspecified)

Balthazar Getty's hair (Toxic effect of contact with other venomous marine animals, assault)

Elizabeth Taylor's ear (Displaced trimalleolar fracture of left lower leg)

Kelsey Grammer's eye (Major laceration of left kidney)

Kerry Diamond's neck (Scrotal transposition)

Jason Lee's wrist (Papyraceous fetus, first trimester)

Josh Holloway's upper arm (Activity, swimming)

Desiree Hartsock's ear (Swimmer's ear, left ear)

Jared Leto's eyebrow (Pathological fracture, right hand)

Rumer Willis's eye (Lesion of plantar nerve)

Ramona Singer's arm (Other specified injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot)

Emily VanCamp's calf (Nicotine dependence, cigarettes, with withdrawal)

Jane Krakowski's fist (Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip)

Vince Vaughn's lower leg (Unspecified complication following infusion and therapeutic injection)

Olivia Palermo's shoulder (Laceration without foreign body of right back wall of thorax with penetration into thoracic cavity)

Russell Brand's wrist (Malignant neoplasm of left orbit)

Jackson Rathbone's belly (Primary cyst of pars plana, unspecified eye)

Garth Brooks's eyebrow (Nondisplaced fracture of anterior process of left calcaneus)

Adrian Grenier's nose (Military operations involving flamethrower, civilian)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson's hair (Retinal hemorrhage, left eye)

Martin Lawrence's ankle (Hemorrhagic disease of newborn)

Spencer Pratt's neck (Perforated corneal ulcer, unspecified eye)

Ashley Hebert's bottom (Major laceration of left kidney)

Hugh Jackman's bottom (Laceration of radial artery at wrist and hand level of left arm)

Paris Hilton's chin (Preterm labor without delivery, unspecified trimester)

Simon Cowell's arm (Contusion of small intestine)

Tila Tequila's cheek (Other superficial bite of hand of unspecified hand)

Jennifer Grey's toe (Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon)

Brody Jenner's hip (Laceration without foreign body of back wall of thorax without penetration into thoracic cavity)

Ciara's hair (Diffuse cystic mastopathy of unspecified breast)

Molly Sims's chin (Urticaria due to cold and heat)

Luke Bryan's buttocks (Urticaria due to cold and heat)

Richard Gere's breast (Endometriosis of pelvic peritoneum)

Jensen Ackles's calf (Other ulcerative colitis with intestinal obstruction)

Teresa Giudice's head (Laceration of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left middle finger at forearm level)

Stavros Niarchos III's ear (Striatonigral degeneration)

Winona Ryder's thumb (Acute embolism and thrombosis of right femoral vein)

Scott Disick's forearm (Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type)

[ramblingandpie]

Uiuuuuugh my hand was having pain issues before the bar exam and I chalked it up to exam prep and figured it would subside after the test BUT NO it's gotten worse? And it feels like it's the osteoarthritis in... all my fingers/knuckles except my index finger somehow? Worst in my thumb and middle finger to the point that today I couldn't hold a pen. Also my right elbow and shoulder hurt. So. Uh.

Whyyyyy???

[heart-buzz]

Disability Question!

I have widespread musculoskeletal pain, and I am low-income. Is there a wheelchair suitable for me? the majority of my pain is in my lower body, but my elbows, wrists, and shoulders can sometimes be affected as well. I've been diagnosed with moderate/severe Central Sensitization Syndrome, AKA Fibromyalgia. i have Osteoarthritis in my knees, as well as hyper-mobility that causes my knees and elbows to bend too far when straightened. i also have bone spurring in my lower back that doesn't cause stiffness, but does contribute to pain.

are there wheelchairs I can use? will my future be dependent on powerchairs (no shade with that, it's just a monetary boundary (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠))? i currently get around my house using my cane on a good day, and my walker on a bad day. some days i don't move at all because the walker is not enough support.

any input is appreciated!

[dr-smita-goel-homeopathy-clinic]

*Dr. Smita Goel Homeopathy Clinic*

www.thehomeopathyclinic.co.in

Joints are the parts of your body where your bones meet. Joints allow the bones of your skeleton to move. Joints include:

• shoulders

• hips

• elbows

• knees

Joint pain refers to discomfort, aches, and soreness in any of the body’s joints. Joint pain is a common complaint. It doesn’t typically require a hospital visit. Sometimes, joint pain is the result of an illness or injury. Arthritis is also a common cause of joint pain. However, it can also be due to other conditions or factors.

Arthritis

One of the most common causes of joint pain is arthritis. The two main forms of arthritis are osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

According to many medical orgainisation, OA is most common in adults over the age of 40. It progresses slowly and tends to affect commonly used joints like the:

• wrists

• hands

• hips

• knees

Joint pain due to OA results from a breakdown of the cartilage that serves as a cushion and shock absorber for the joints.

The second form of arthritis is RA. It more commonly affects women than men. It can deform and debilitate the joints over time. RA causes pain, inflammation, and fluid buildup in the joints as the body’s immune system attacks the membrane that lines the joints.

Other Causes

Joint pain can be caused by:

• bursitis, or inflammation of the cushioning pads around joints

• lupus

• gout

• certain infectious diseases, such as mumps, influenza, and hepatitis

• chondromalacia of the patella, or a breakdown of the cartilage in the kneecap

• an injury

• tendinitis, or inflammation of the tendon

• an infection of the bone

• overuse of a joint

• cancer

• fibromyalgia

• osteoporosis

• sarcoidosis

• rickets

Symptoms

In some cases, your joint pain will require you to see a doctor. You should make an appointment if you don’t know the cause of your joint pain and are experiencing other unexplained symptoms. You should also see a doctor if the area around the joint is swollen, red, tender, or warm to the touch, the pain persists for three days or more, or you have a fever but no other signs of the flu.

Go to the emergency room if any of the following occurs:

• You’ve experienced a serious injury.

• The joint appears deformed.

• Swelling of the joint occurs suddenly.

• The joint is completely immobile.

• You have severe joint pain.

Diagnosed

Your doctor will probably perform a physical exam. They’ll also ask you a series of questions about your joint pain. This may help to narrow down the potential causes.

A joint X-ray may be necessary to identify arthritis-related joint damage. If your doctor suspects there’s another cause, they may perform a blood test to screen for certain autoimmune disorders. They may also perform a sedimentation rate test to measure the level of inflammation in the body or a complete blood count.

Complications Associated with Joint Pain

Joint pain is often a result of the damage that occurs through normal wear and tear. However, it can also be a sign of an infection or potentially debilitating RA.

You should see your doctor if you have any unexplained joint pain, especially if it doesn’t go away on its own after a few days. Early detection and diagnosis can allow for effective treatment of the underlying cause of your discomfort.

[this-is-me19]

Osteoarthritis, possible bone spurs, at least one tendon nodules, and ran out of pain meds. What do I do? KT Tape

Yes, the cheap KT tape at Walmart actually works. Sometimes, it is better than the more expensive tape but only lasts about three days when water is involved, like a shower.

[ID: To tape for swelling in any area of the body, follow these steps:

To begin, start with one fan-cut

Apply the anchor proximally to the area of swelling, ideally close to a lymphatic drainage point.

Remove the backing of the kinesiology tape up to the tail ends of the fan strip.

Apply the tails over the swollen area at 25% tension.

Rub the kinesiology tape down onto the skin to ensure optimum adhesion.]

[astroyongie]

Yongie for any physical pain you can take collagen supplements. Especially if it's from fish. I have a torn tendon at my elbow. I was in pain for 3 months despite strong medication. 1 one week of taking collagen I noticed a significant reduction of pain. Now it's been a month and I made more progress in one month with collagen than 3 under anti inflammatory pills and physical therapy.

So maybe you can look into it :) it won't cure your hernia but there's a high chance of it making you day to day life easier. I take mine in powder form, I take the neutral flavor because the flavored one doesn't taste good.

Hope it can help anyone. I know it helps for muscles pain, joints pain, tendon pain, ligaments also, osteoarthritis and so on.

Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I’ll definitely look into it.

My doctor prescribed me some painkillers with small doses of codaine and the first months I took it during agude pain it worked very well but my body got used to it too easily and it wouldn’t work anymore.

Now I usually don’t take anything. I just wait for it to leave. But I’ll definitely try it out thank you so much ❤️