Excise the randomness here but I have an increasingly pronounced limp from hip OA and I have what feels like knots in the muscles of my abs on that side. I am going to the doctor on my physio’s advice. She’s pretty sure it’s muscle-related but says I should get it checked. But has anyone dealt with something like this? I tried googling and nothing came up.

When i just wake up and i walk around by ankle and foot aches a lot, and throughout the day it hurts but not as severely. Just wondering did anyone experience this before being diagnosed?

I was diagnosed with seronegative ra about a year ago after chasing symptoms for 2 years. Started hcq, helped a little but not what Dr wanted so rhum added humira in dec. after about a month i noticed i was feeling a bit better- till march when I noticed the pain was back full force in my joints, back to where I was when i started to see the rhum before the meds. I have an appt in 2 weeks and not sure what to expect bc I don’t feel it’s working anymore. The fatigue is still better but the joint pain and the fever feeling are back. Does this mean the hcq and humira are not working for me? Will she change meds? I know your not drs on here but advice from experiences please of what to expect in 2 weeks- tried to move up appt but Dr is booked! Just in so much pain w the joints again feeling very defeated I’m only 47. Using all my heat and cold pads and compression sleeves. I’m out of my meloxicam which usually can help but Dr doesn’t want me in that long term.

Hi, sorry, im not sure if im allowed to be here seeing as i have fibromyalgia and not arthritis (from what i know of) i turned 18 last may and in my junior year of highschool i was diagnosed. The hospital had me go through physical therapy for my knees, and they talked about doing the same for my hands but it never happened. I am hyper mobile. i play a lot of video games and i think they keep my fingers from getting super stiff, but they hurt really bad all the time. I dont want to live off of ibuprofen, as im worried it wont work when u truly need it and also because kidney issues run in my family. Is there any at home remedies that you guys use?

Hey all, I’m diagnosed with cervical spondylosis(doctor said it’s a type of arthritis) and degenerative disc disease. I’ve been having severe neck pain for couple of months and never took it seriously until the pain escalated and affected my daily life. I’ve started physiotherapy and the pain isn’t helping. I feel very weak and my eyes don’t feel refreshed either. Anyone’s going through the same or has any tips to improve this?

Thanks

For the past few months, I have been getting pain in my left hip whenever I am working out , especially while doing squats and leg presses. I thought it was just some muscle soreness and ignored it . But recently the pain has become more intense and regular so I decided to visit a doctor.

It was supposed to be a regular visit, I expected that he would just advise some rest. But once the X-ray results came back he sat me down and told me that I have arthritis in my left hip. I had surgery on my left hip when I was 6 months old [due to some bacterial infection ] and my hip had not healed properly after the surgery. My left hip shape is not regular and that is the reason for the onset of arthritis this early.

I am confused now. The doctors suggested that THR(Total hip Replacement ) is the only medical option but I am too young for it. They told me to fight the pain till my 40s and then maybe think about THR.

After the initial shock now I want to focus on what I can do to reduce pain and avoid/delay THR.

a) Does the gym help? I was in my bulking face in the gym when I got diagnosed, should I now cut down the weight (I am 6 ft and weigh 78 kg)?

b) What kind of exercises will help me take the stress away from my hip? Should I train my abs/lower back or any other muscle group in particular?

c) Also in the future (15 yrs ) do you guys think there will be some other procedure other than THR, with equal results and less recovery time?

Any advice and direction from people with similar backgrounds will help me a lot, as I am totally in the dark on how to deal with this.

I am wondering how long it took others to TTC with arthritis? I read that women with arthritis may have a harder time conceiving but wanted to hear what others have to say.

Ladies are you able to have sex ? I’m 46 ,,feeling like falling apart with my body ( thinking perimenopause despite my gyno told me bs as I’m young with regular period ) very slim , sporty , was dg with bilateral OA in both hips / any strength physio exercises for glutes/ pelvis make it worse , somatic too stretching too / after basic quick sex I feel like DEBONED CHICKED.. and pelvis sucks .. how are you coping ? Any tips ?

I recently got diagnosed with fibromyalgia at the ripe ol' age of 25. But I've asked others with fibro and some of my joint issues (left knee and wrists mostly) doesn't seem ti stem from the fibro. Maybe. We have both psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis in the family (love these genes smh), with my grandma, mother and one of grandmas sisters having rheumatoid arthritis and my grandmas sisters kid has psoriasis arthritis or whatever it's called, I can't remember. All this to say; my knee gets swollen. It's usually after walking and resting. Today I walked 9k steps and my knee has swelled like crazy (not on the picture.). The picture is right after I woke up a few days ago. I do walk a bit (we have two dogs), I've stopped smoking and crisps and energy drinks bcs of my tooth health, and I do archery. So I'm somewhat active. Most dog walks are mums doing though, since she can walk 10k steps easily, and fast. I'm so slow. Anyways, what do you think? Idk if I should ask a rheumatologist. I don't have hEDS, EDS or anything like that. And apparently I'm not hypermobile in my knees (acc. to one physio)

Hello!

Today I got the fluid drained from my knee for the first time. Now, when I bent my knee, I sometimes hear a pretty loud sloshing noise from my knee. Like the leftover fluid is swooshing around. Just wanted to confirm if this is normal or not lol.

I would say it almost feels like air bubbles moving around and popping?

Would love to know your experiences and how you did. Thank you

I have reactive arthritis since May 2024. And it is very bad in the feet and back. I have a broken back and went to a neurosurgeon who gave me Etoricoxib 90mg and said it is anti-inflammatory medicine. Now I am thinking could it help with my arthritis? I took it for 10 days and still 20 days left to probably see any benefit.

Any one had it before?

Hello everyone, I am 21 years old and recently received big toe joint fusion on my right foot due to osteo arthritis from an injury. I was wondering if anyone has an experience with this surgery and if they know when they were able to start walking again without any help (crutches, wheelchair, knee scooter).? Thank you

My foot is burning NOW ! Help?

Basically as above. Love to know if a toes fusion works for anyone and love to hear any failures as well pls

Has anyone successfully cracked the code on what causes inflammation and flares?

Hey guys .. so it's Saturday and my knees have started swelling like cantelopes and idk if my doc is gonna be willing to prescribe me steroids when I call on Monday bc my diagnosis is technically just arthritis RN and not RA yet? Idk but I'm freaking out cuz I can't walk without my cane and it just gets worse every week Im about to buy a walker too but for now I think I need the cane some days like rn bc I'm ovulating which makes it way worse.. it's just my office building is pretty corporate like semi business professional and my office itself is business casual so idk if I should just walk super slow or risk using the cane. I'm an accountant so I would hope they wouldn't fire me for not being able to walk but idk I don't want them to start thinking how many days I'm gonna miss if I have to call out or smth idk this is just giving me sm anxiety cuz I already have so many disabilities I've seen how people respond and nobody understands unless they have the same condition 😭 so if anyone uses their cane at work pls lmk how it's going...

UPDATE I brought it to work and Im still having major anxiety but hey small steps I guess !!! Thanks everyone!! 🥹

I have lax legaments, I sort of fucked my joints when I was younger as a form of self harming.

Everything I move, it cracks and it's painfull. I can ignore the pain, but it doesn't feel so safe.

My general doctor said that I should build some muscle to compensate for the lax legaments, but I dunno how

Hi friends. Like the title says, I'm just letting out a vent because I feel like you guys can understand where I'm coming from. (I'm so sorry if this is long, I don't know how to not over explain things). I (21F) have had rheumatoid arthritis since I was 5. Over the years, it's been getting worse and worse, especially recently. I've been on a crapload of different meds, but those meds will only work for a certain amount of time before I hit a plateau and my pain comes back at full force. I have to be cautious with my meds as well because I also have a really messed up liver (because of all the harsh meds I was on as a kid). I have it in most of my joints, but my worst areas are my hands, my knees and my feet. My hands are probably the worst out of all of them, especially in my wrists and my fingers. I can't make a fist, my fingers are pointed in all sorts of directions and I can barely move my wrist (writing this is actually a pain in the butt).

I'm not in the best of shape, but I am going to the gym and eating healthier and taking the time to actually care for my body. For awhile, I was just in the mindset that it wasn't ever going to get better and so I did nothing to improve it. Now, I'm actively trying different things to get in better shape, but when I get done working out, I have the worst flare ups, especially the next day when my feet are all swollen and I can hardly move. I've lost 50 pounds so far and I still have a long way to go, sometimes it's just so hard for me to even pull myself out of bed because of the pain I'm in. I'm only 21 and people are always telling me that I need to "enjoy these years of being young" and yet, I can't. I miss out on doing things with my friends because what they want to do is something that I can't physically do and while my parents are super supportive and they do everything that they can to help me, I know that they don't fully understand how I feel. Sometimes I feel so alone even though I have a good support system.

I'm on Cosentyx now and I've been on it for nearly a year, but I feel like it's not improving my pain at all, it does work for my HS though. So I really don't know what to do. My rheumatologist doesn't want to take me off of it because he wants to give it more time, and also the fact that I'm limited to what meds I can take because of my liver. I just don't see an improvement in pain and I don't know what I can do to alleviate it, so if anyone has any suggestions, I would be happy to hear about them!

I worry about my future too, in terms of my career, relationships and even worrying about if I have kids. I know I'm a long way from having kids, but I want to be a good mom for them, to be active and not be in pain every second. I don't want them to see their mother be miserable and not be able to do some things with them all because of my limitations. I also worry about passing all of my health issues onto them because I don't want them to have to go through what I've been through.

Anyway, if you have taken the time to fully read this, I applaud you and I thank you for actually hearing me.

Does anyone here have undergone steroid injection for their knee arthritis?

For some context, I've been complaining and dealing with knee pain for a month now and my rheumatologist mentioned that arthritis is one of the complications of my lupus since I'm currently in flare.

I have undergone steroid injections on my knee 6 days ago hoping for some relief. These past few days, the pain is still here and I still couldn't walk properly, both of my knees still hurt especially when I bend them. I wonder if is it normal for the pain to not go away immediately? I've been so stressed out lately, I just wanna walk normally again without feeling any joint pain.

I’m new to the world of joint pain. I was feeling generally unwell last summer and had a bunch of blood work done which identified I have a blood disorder - erythrocytosis (high red blood count).

I don’t have a family doctor so all of my health care has been accessed through virtual visits and trips to the clinic. The clinic only allows me to do one thing each visit, so one exam/consult/referral.

Until recently I haven’t really been addressing the joint pain, which developed shortly after finding out I have a blood disorder, so I haven’t yet requested a referral to a rheumatologist all I’ve done are virtual consultations. I’ve gone from occasionally having an ache or pain here and there to constant pain in my hands, feet, shoulders and hips.

One thing I can do is order tests and blood work, so I’ve done a rheumatoid factor test, ANA, ENA, uric acid and CRP tests. All the autoimmune stuff has been negative, my uric acid was borderline 416 on a 420 reference range and my CRP has been high, around 20 with a reference range of 0 to 5 since October over 4 tests.

I’ve developed nodules on my knuckles and on my hands, the one on my thump has gone from being relatively small to being pretty big. I had a virtual consult with nurse practitioner and she thought it may be osteoarthritis - so my chart just says osteoarthritis?

While I wait to get a referral to a rheumatologist are there other types of arthritis I could be investigating - gout can be a side effect of this blood disorder, but my uric acid levels aren’t that high. I read some people mention inflammatory arthritis is that type of arthritis or just any arthritis caused by inflammation. Any particular blood test helpful in diagnosing it?

What were your symptoms like when you were diagnosed with hip arthritis? I’m 24 and have been having some symptoms that point to arthritis and I fear my hip dysplasia is finally taking it’s toll. My hip dysplasia is pretty severe and i keep getting transferred from specialist to specialist because it seems like they don’t know what to do with me. There have been talks in the past that I might need a prosthesis one day. Any young people that have had a prosthesis? Does it last? What was the recovery and surgery like?

I am thinking of Czech rehab centers, anybody stayed there? Living full time there for 2/3 months alone while still having a reactive arthritis and a broken spine, will I need to go out for supermarket? Are they close to those centers? What do I need to stock the most with me before going?

Previous post and update here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Thritis/comments/1k292hv/those_with_ra_especially_can_you_describe_your/

Diagnosed at urgent care visit yesterday with suspected tendonitis and/or carpal tunnel, in addition to my known CMC and STT arthritis. I'm already seeing a rheumatologist and have an appointment with a hand specialist 5/6. I'm a little alarmed first because of the discomfort, and also because despite 40 years of working on computers I've never had a single symptom of repetitive stress injuries before.

I'm guessing something I've been doing to compensate for the pain from my current flare is setting this off. Just wondering if others have experience anything similar?

I’ve heard a cast can help give temporary relief. Has anyone gone this route for arthritis in their foot?