Orthopedic Surgery Questions

Your symptoms suggest knee osteoarthritis.
Try:
1. Regular knee quadriceps exercises (static and knee bending). 2. Ice pack application will help 3.Medications like Cartigen DN and Enzomac forte will help.
4. Intrarticular injections offer great help. Get FBS, CRP, ESR and URIC ACID and Thyroid profile done. Do not worry.

Physiotherapy exercises cannot be painless.
Relief from pain has to be made at knee level by your treating surgeon.
This can be in terms of medications, ice pack applications or intrarticular steroidal injection, PRP etc.
Once you are free from your knee pain, you can do knee exercises well.

Ice therapy would definitely help to reduce the inflammation. We also advise you to use knee cap which would help to prevent the knee from damaging further and also to maintain the quadriceps muscle tone. Stiffness might have developed due to weakness of the ligaments & inflammed cartilage. Specific knee exercises will also help ie. Keeping ball
underneath the knee and keep pressing it. That's the simple exercise which will help you to strengthen the knee
Simple Knee ExerciesSpecific kne...more

Do regular exercises and yoga to reduce your weight which will automatically reduce the weight around your knees .do half an hour walk 5 days in a week.

Hi lybrate-user yes physiotherapy can help. Please do hot fermentation on neck but see that sensations are not altered. Neck & arm exercises will help if learnt by a physiotherapist.

Symptoms of osteoarthritis may include joint pain and progressive stiffness that develops gradually. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may include painful swelling, inflammation, and stiffness in the fingers, arms, legs, and wrists occurring in the same joints on both sides of the body, especially upon awakening.
This is cervical pain (neck pain) and that's the reason the pain radiates until the shoulder blades. If you keep ice that would help and along side you can do hot water fermentation....more

Osteoarthritis has many stages, and accordingly the treatments differ. Each patient is different. So a clinical and radiological review is necessary to establish the stage of disease and management plan accordingly. Pls be under guidance of an orthopaedic surgeon and a physiotherapist.

Hi definitive management for diaphargmatic hernia repair is surgery only. There are no medications with which this defect can be corrected. I think you should follow your surgeons advice and depending upon the symptoms plan for elective laparoscopic surgery. Do understand with him whether it is recurrence of previous haital hernia only or some separate region.

Postural Correction- Sit Tall, Walk Tall.
• Extension Exercises x 15 times x twice daily.
• Apply Hot Fomentation twice daily.
• Avoid bending in front.

Hi Lybrate User, You don't need surgery to lose weight. Just few steps and you can live a healthy life. The two essentials to maintaining a healthy weight are: Eating well & Moving often. Increasing activity in order to lose weight If your doctor recommends that you lose weight, there’s a simple rule to follow: move more, eat less and make smarter food choices. Gradually increase your level of physical activity beyond 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, lower the number of calori...more