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Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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Homeopathy Doctor•Ghaziabad
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that affects the various bone joints, leading to painful movement and thereby limiting the patient's mobility. Knees, hips, joints of hands and legs are affected.


Symptoms of OA: The symptoms revolve around the bones and joints including:
- Pain and stiffness of the joints
- Swelling of the joints
- Inability to form a clench
- Difficulty holding things
- Stooped posture
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MBBS, Basic Life Support (B.L.S), Advanc...read more

General Physician•Delhi
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Your ankle makes a sound every time when you walk or run or climb stairs from many years but no pain. Sensing a crunching or hearing a popping or squeaking sound when pointing or flexing the toes is a sign that that cartilage has worn away and is not protecting the bones from friction. The medical term for this symptom is "crepitus. Ankle osteoarthritis symptoms. Ankle osteoarthritis causes. Let's discuss your problem in detail for better medication plan.
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Physiotherapist•Chennai
Here are three of the best (and safest) exercises to treat an acl injury when first starting out:
•heel slides involve the extension of the knee without bearing any weight. Start by sitting on the floor with your legs outstretched. Slowly bend the injured knee while sliding your heel across the floor toward you. Slowly slide the foot back into the starting position and repeat 10 times.
•isometric contractions of the quads are also done seated. For this, you would need to sit on the floor...more
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Orthopedic Doctor•Mumbai
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Osteoarthritis is among the most common ailments that people on the other side of 50 are affected with. Few of the primary reasons behind osteoarthritis are age, obesity and weakened bones. Sometimes, osteoarthritis stems from joint injury or some sort of stress on the bones. It leads to acute pain and stiffness and can only be cured through medication and exercise. The symptoms may vary from mild creakiness in the joints and swelling to the loss of cartilages between bones.

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Orthopedic Doctor•Gurgaon
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In medical terms, Osteoarthritis is referred to as a disease of the joints. It mostly affects the cartilage or the slippery tissue, which helps to cover the ends of bones in a joint. Proper cartilage helps in gliding of the bones one over the other. In osteoarthritis, the cartilage s top layer gets damaged or breaks down. This leads to rubbing of the bones and swelling, pain or loss of motion. As time passes by, the joint may lose its shape. There is also a possibility of developing bone spurs f...more
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General Physician•Lucknow
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Ayurvedic Doctor•Surat
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Arthritis is a prevalent disease that is common among men and women of all ages. Arthritis is a disease that can be in any form of pain in the body. People commonly call it as joint pain or joint disease, but in actual terms, it is descending Arthritis.

Symptoms of Arthritis:

Symptoms of Arthritis are very common in nature and may occur and disappear. They are measured in the scale of mild, moderate, and severe. Some of the primary symptoms of Arthritis are swelling, pain, and ...more
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I am 30 years old. I had problem in my left leg from past 10 years and have consulted different orthopaedic surgeons but was not diagnosed properly. This year I have done my knee mri. Mri shows lateral subluxation of patella and grade ii chondromalacia and faint short grade ii tear is seen in posterior horn of medial meniscus in my left knee. Also there is rubbing voice of bones coming from my left knee. Also my xray reveals early osteoarthritis changes are seen on both sides in form of minimal tibial spiking with mild reduction of joint spaces along medial compartment. My question to you is (1) what is the treatment for my patella subluxation and grade ii tear (2) what is the the treatment for my osteoarthritis (3) can I reverse my arthritis thing (4) how did this patella subluxation happen to me.

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Erasmus Mundus Master in Adapted Physica...read more

Physiotherapist•Chennai
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If you have leg pain then you have to rule out the causes for having leg pain. First of all check your weight and your haemoglobin levels, as anaemia always leads to the symptoms of being tired and also having leg pain though there are no issues with the knee joint or back pain. If not if the pain radiates down the back of thigh and legs then it might be due to sciatica. Kindly consult the nearby physiotherapist. Hope you recover soon from the leg pain.
Ice therapy would definitely help to r...more
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Rheumatologist•Kolkata
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There are so many things we take for granted. For example, have you ever thought about how your fingers bend or how your knees open and fold to help you walk? It is only when these simple acts start becoming uncomfortable that we take a closer look at them. Osteoarthritis is a common musculoskeletal condition that affects the cartilage in our joints. As the cartilage breaks down, bones lose the buffer between them and every movement becomes stiff and painful.

Here are a few things you s...more
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