Orthopedics

Healing time for distal fracture of fibula

Hi, I am 41 and suffered a distal fracture to my fibula back on 4/6/13 walking my dog. A plate was put in using 6 screws and one to grab a chip from my Tibia. I am now 6 weeks post surgery and have been in a fiberglass cast. I have been on crutches for the past six weeks and return to my Dr. Next week. How much longer am I going to be out of work? I'm a cable technician and work on ladders... click here to continue

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hip pain

hip pain.in 2008 after a c.session of my baby, 3months later i developed a severed deep pain at my buts bones, in a way that i couldn't even sit down, i was later sent in for MRI. and the result was i had a fracture inside and they cant conduct any surgery, that i will get back together with time. placed on pain meds, this awful pain went away until early last year this pain came back wt full for... click here to continue

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herniated disk -- sciatica

have a leg pain and my pcp ordered for MRI and reffered to Neurosurgeon. I met him and Neuro surgeon mentioned me there is a disc bulge at L5 traversing nerve root and mentioned me he would like to treat the pain with epidural injections . If the injections doesn\'t work out , surgery is the last step. But he didn\'t go with 2 nd finding on my MRI . Can you please let me know What is meant... click here to continue

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leg pain

have a leg pain and my pcp ordered for MRI and reffered to Neurosurgeon. I met him and Neuro surgeon mentioned me there is a disc bulge at L5 traversing nerve root and mentioned me he would like to treat the pain with epidural injections . If the injections doesn't work out , surgery is the last step. But he didn't go with 2 nd finding on my MRI . Can you please let me know What is meant b... click here to continue

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hip pain

in 2008 after a c.session of my baby, 3months later i developed a severed deep pain at my buts bones, in a way that i couldn\'t even sit down, i was later sent in for MRI. and the result was i had a fracture inside and they cant conduct any surgery, that i will get back together with time. placed on pain meds, this awful pain went away until early last year this pain came back wt full force now. ... click here to continue

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Medial Compartment Arthritis after Patellafemoral replacement

I am male age 55, 180lbs. I had Patellafemoral replacement using Makoplasty in October 2011. In September 2012 I noticed daily swelling and started icing. I saw my doctor in November, who ordered labs and MRI. The replacement was holding fine and perfectly aligned. I was told to continue icing and use Voltaren gel. I was also told that 2 new areas of arthritis had shown up on the mri. At th... click here to continue

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Please help me with this MRI findings of my LEFT KNEE JOINT...

MRI LEFT KNEE JOINT: Minimal joint effusion along tibiofemoral and patellofemoral compartment. ACL not visualized especially at femoral attachment with buckling and PCL horizontal tear involving posterior horn of medial menisci. LCL, MCL are normal. Abnormal high signals seen from medial condyle of tibia on STIR sequences -bone contusion / edema. Articular are intact with no evidence of any f... click here to continue

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Quad pain / claf pain

I recently joined a kickball league and noticed from day one when i kick the ball and run I have sharp pain in my quad muscles above my knees. I didnt notice and popping or tearing sensation. With rest the pain resolves but returns again when running. This pain has now moved into my calf muscle as well.any thoughts?... click here to continue

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Pain

I was playing basketball and it got bent and snapped. It's been 2 months and I still can't bend it straight without pain. It feels just fine moving it all around but as soon as I straighten it it hurts really bad. What's wrong? It's my elbow by the way.... click here to continue

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Do you have an opinion on knee braces?

Hi there :), I am a 3rd year engineering student from New Zealand, and I have to do a group project about knee braces. My group is at a point where we have to survey people about a new idea for knee braces, and I was hoping that you might be able to help me by filling out the survey. If this project goes ahead it could help people to recover from knee injuries faster. The survey should o... click here to continue

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Medicine/surgery studies abroad-orthopaedic or cardiovascular

I was told that if i studied medicine abroad,i would not be able to come back and work in south africa....is that true,if not,which international universities offer the same standard of medical education as south africas top medical schools and which would be safer for a muslim female student?... click here to continue

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Medicine/surgery studies abroad-orthopaedic or cardiovascular

tendonitis on my feets

I'm 26 years old. And I have a tendonist on my feets (achilles tendon) and my hands three years ago based on many doctor digonistic and I dind't fully recovered, I recovered 60 percent...I can't lift any weight and I can't jumb or run...Appreciate any one help me with remedy or anything. However I heard about the... click here to continue

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posterior medial knee pain and calf cramps

I am a runner who has not had any knee issues. Suddenly I woke up with bilateral medial knee pain that goes posterior. That was 3 weeks ago. I have done the RICE protocol but am only ~25% better. I do not have full knee extension, no locking. I feel a twinge at full flexion or extension. Now it has developed into patellofemoral pain and medial calf cramping. I have stopped all exercise. Wa... click here to continue

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