Moan, Moan, Moan - 2012

[David Nicholson]

Ahhhhhhhh the pain Re-potting is progressing on one good leg at the moment and it ain't easy. Keep putting off going to see the Quack but after a quick consultation with a neighbour who has long standing (no pun intended!) dodgy knees it's possibly cartledge damage. I've had it since the night England played Italy which I watched with both legs up on the pouffe, legs crossed as is my norm, and at the end of the match found I couldn't get up without pain in my left knee. Sign of growing old I suppose?

[Gerry Webster]

A young chap like you?
It starts in the knee, then moves to the hip, then to the elbow, then to the forefinger, then disappears (hopefully).

[David Nicholson]

A young chap like you?

I like this man

I suppose we all disappear eventually Gerry! I've had the elbow out of sequence though, thought my Friday nights of elbow bending were gone for ever

[Maggi Young]

I like this man

I suppose we all disappear eventually Gerry! I've had the elbow out of sequence though, thought my Friday nights of elbow bending were gone for ever

 Bendy drinking straw?
 

[David Nicholson]

No, just changed drinking arms but struggled with a left handed glass

[annew]

I've had it since the night England played Italy which I watched with both legs up on the pouffe, legs crossed as is my norm, and at the end of the match found I couldn't get up without pain in my left knee. Sign of growing old I suppose?

I always said sport is bad for you.

[David Nicholson]

 

[Maggi Young]

I always said sport is bad for you.

 That's one answer, Anne . If his team had scored a few times though, he'd have been able to leap up in glee and wouldn't  have sat still for so long that everything seized up 

(I understand this phenomenom, I've watched Scotland matches!  )

[David Nicholson]

(I understand this phenomenom, I've watched Scotland matches!  )

Way to loose the will to live!

[jomowi]

I've had it since the night England played Italy which I watched with both legs up on the pouffe, legs crossed as is my norm, and at the end of the match found I couldn't get up without pain in my left knee. Sign of growing old I suppose?

One of the things I learned from having hip replacements is that you should never sit with crossed legs (at any age). Even lying on your side in bed, you should try not to let one leg settle in a position where it lies over the other. Long term it distorts alignment of the joints.  Someone medically qualified would be able to express it better than I have.

[Lesley Cox]

That sound's quite lucid to me Maureen. Someone medically qualified would probably be so scientific that the "ordinary" people (like thee and me David) wouldn't have a clue. I've noticed myself, that lying on my side can be painful to my hip area. Portents of things to come I suppose.

[fermi de Sousa]

That sound's quite lucid to me Maureen. Someone medically qualified would probably be so scientific that the "ordinary" people (like thee and me David) wouldn't have a clue.

I rather think I explain things quite clearly when I deal with clients after hip surgery!
I'll arrange a "pre-op" consultation for you when we're in Prague, Lesley!
Maureen, if you can't cross your legs ever again after total hip replacement (THR) your physio didn't finish your rehab completely - 12 weeks after THR you should've been started on exercises to allow you to return to normal movement.
David, you've possibly strained your lower back - go and see your physio!
cheers
fermi the grumpy fyzzio!

[David Nicholson]

David, you've possibly strained your lower back - go and see your physio!

According to my Doc, who made the classic quote "Oh, I suffer from it too" which did a lot to reassure me, I have Bursitis or housemaids knee. And don't anyone dare laugh, it's bloody painful

All he could suggest is take ibroprofen and use cold/hot compresses oh, and don't kneel down.

[ronm]

I have Bursitis or housemaids knee. ....All he could suggest is take ibroprofen and use cold/hot compresses oh, and don't kneel down.

And don't even think of cleaning the windows!!

[Darren]

I concur with Fermi's advice, a good physio could be more helpful than your GP.

I had severe pain in my right shoulder down to my finger tips for months at the end of 2009, and my fingers in both hands were going numb during the night. Repeated visits to the doctor resulted in ever-increasing doses of Ibuprofen and then stronger alternatives. His diagnosis was carpal-tunnel sydrome even though I myself could see the symptoms did not match. Eventually he sent me to the physio who took one look and told me that it all stemmed from posture damage to nerves in my neck, coupled with bursitis (from the same cause) in the right shoulder, due to being cold, stressed and doing too much computer work. With her advice I changed my workstation and other things, started regular massages and eventually joined a gym. Within a few weeks the neck problem had gone. The bursitis hung on until I stumbled and wrenched the shoulder one day the following summer. The pain in that shoulder was indescribable for the next 48 hours but when it went so did the bursitis. Now I'm fine so long as I don't spend too much time in front of the computer, especially in the winter.