Dr. Sachin Kulkarni

Backache in young age is commonly due to 1. Muscle strain resulting from improper posture. 2. Intervertebral disc bulge or prolapse. Your husband can follow these to get relief. 1. Take anti inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen round the clock for 5 days. 2.Take rest for 5 days but avoid total bed rest. 4. Do back strengthening and stretching exercises daily once pain is relieved. 5.Apply analgesic cream over back followed by warm fomentation. 6. Keep pillow behind your knees at bedtime. While sleeping on sides keep pillow between knees. 7. Do not bend and lift weights. 8. If back pain is accompanied with radiating leg pain or tingling , numbness or weakness, consult doctor immediately. For further queries consult again.

Get two tubs or plastic trays one with cold water and other one with warm water alternately immerse for 5-10 minutes.Spread a towel in the floor place your feet on the towel just grasp the towel with the hep of toes in both foot

X-ray must firstly if swelling is there and pain raise avoid long standing. Apply the ice pack for 20 min twice a day. At a present time. After x-ray report if normal go for physiotherapy treatment.

Apart from taking symptomatic treatment I will suggest you to do ice fomentation at regular intervals

Hi You may take help of a trained physiotherapist for guided exercises, massage, of arms, shoulder and neck Mild pain meds. Hot fomentation, use of cervical collar while sitting on desk work, intermittent isometric cervical exercises shall help. Refrain gym till you overcome your problems with mild to moderate physiotherapy exercises and nutrition supplements best wishes.

Therapeutic heat plays an important role in pain management and reduction of muscle spasms, muscle tension and joint stiffness.

I would like you give me some more details like fasting & pp blood sugar levels, hba1c level, lipid profile and medicines being taken. From your explanation it appears that diabetes control is not good. The swellings that you have mentioned are they red, pointing and painful on touch, if so they must be furruncles and on top this if you have developed foot ulcer then it is more serious matter. If you are not on insulin already, please start it straight away with your doctor's advise. If surgery is advised please get it done. Only antibiotics may not be able to resolve the matter.

Dear lybrate-user, get your mri done of lower back. You may be suffering from disc problems. And consult a physiotherapist for the same.

What you have described is very classic history of rotator cuff muscles tear. There is definitely cure for it. First confirm the diagnosis by checkup of shoulder and mri of shoulder at 3 tesla mri machine. After mri reports, I can tell you treatment.

A x-ray must to know bone condition if x-ray is normal then tk physiotherapy treatment and avoid long standing. And sitting toward bending sit straight and after physiotherapy treatment do spinal strength exercise.

3 things to avoid when you have knee pain due to osteoarthritis of knee joint.

1) avoid sitting on floor.
2) avoid too much of climbing and going down the stair case
3) avoid using indian toilet style.

Avoid sitting cross legged. Ankle stretching. Ankle strengthening exercises. Avoid squatting. Quadriceps exercises. Core strenthening exercises.

Hello, you can take homoeopathic medicine colocynthesis 30 (4 drops in little water) thrice a day for 2 days and revert.

Avoid toward y lifting weight, long sitting, do neck stretching exercise and isometric exercise, do hot fermentation in travel you can you use cervical collar.

You should take Acupressure therapy and take Biochemic Calc flour 200x + Mag phos 200x 4 tab each thrice a days with warm water and take it 5 days than consult private online.

Sleep on a hard bed with soft bedding on it. Spring beds, folding beds or thick matress are harmful use no pillow under the head. Do hot fomantation. Paracetamol 250mg od & sos x 5days. Caldikind plus 1tab od x10. Do neck, back & general exercises. It may have to be further investigated. You will need other supportive medicines also. Make sure you are not allergic to any of the medicines you are going to take. If it does not give relief in 4-5days, contact me again. Do not ignore. It could be beginning of a serious problem.

Please do the following for your condition: 1. Cold Compress -- Applying cold compresses to the painful knee is one of the best and easiest ways to reduce pain and swelling. The cold will constrict the blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the affected area and thus reducing swelling. It will also give you relief from the pain. 1. Wrap a handful of ice cubes in a thin towel. 2. Apply the compress to the affected knee area for 10 to 20 minutes. 3. Do this two or three time daily until your pain is gone. Take Mag phos 6x – 4 tabs twice daily for next 10 days. Continue treatment

Avoid prolonged sitting do regular exercises of back take vitamin d supplement try this for 2 weeks, if no relief than get mri of lumbar spine and send the images across.

Apply cold pack for 10 min every day and start calf muscle attaching exercise it's definitely help you because it happen due to calf muscle tightness.

Apart from steroids there are newer drugs known as biologics for Rheumatoid arthritis which are costly.Steroids also can be used at a low dose avoiding major side effects, using them in a wise manner on the advise of your doctor.Try discussing all your concerns and various treatment options with your Rheumatologist.