HELP... my knee is killing me, joint problem...!

[Zyglamail]

I was having similar pain in my knee but never had surgery. I did do some damage to the ligaments and tendon (no tears) but did have a tiny bit of scar tissue. My Dr is up on newer forms of treatments, etc. He gave me some injections with something similar to lidocaine directly into the scar tisse. The scar tissue broke down and I went pain free.

Sounds like prolotherapy. Its designed to cause direct inflamation in tendons/ligaments and spur on rapid healing of injured tissue. The lidocaine in mixed in to simply offer some minor releife to the discomfort. It is nothing like a cortisone injection and as you have witnessed, its permanent fix.

 

[jlane1000]

cortizone shot

Go to a doc and ask for a cortizone shot. It hurts, but should clear it up for a long while.

 

[pharmguy]

lighten the load on legs for the next few workouts while you are at it and take quad extensions out of your routine for a little while

 

[RADAR]

Re: cortizone shot

Go to a doc and ask for a cortizone shot. It hurts, but should clear it up for a long while.

Cortizone will only mask the pain thinking it has healed..then you injure the same area even more because it doesn't hurt!!!! I have had cortizone before and it is not a fix!!!!


RADAR

 

[pharmguy]

Cortizone will only mask the pain thinking it has healed..then you injure the same area even more because it doesn't hurt!!!! I have had cortizone before and it is not a fix!!!!

Corretc, this can make the problem many times worse by weakening the tendon and causing much more damge due to shutting the warning signal off. If you are going to use cortizone than stay of legs for at least a few weeks

 

[RADAR]

Used the same stuff. It works.

RADAR when you said that I smiled, my mom bought me that stuff when I lived at home. She said it would work, I laughed and said yeah right, just like the bar soap under the matress right? But to my surprise it did.

LOL!! I was the same way,an injured shoulder kept nagging away at me ,even tho i continued to train thru it-my brother said to try this(he had some) for amusement i did and about 15 mins i could feel this stuff was really working....


RADAR

 

[haxedout]

i believe that syn-flex will be my best go with supplements, that prolotherapy sounds awesome, but i checked are there are no dr.s availabe in my area, closet is like 200 miles

 

[bseemba2001]

I too had an ACL surgery about six years ago. Since I ski and lift so much, I was initial very concerned that I was not able to continue with my lifestyle. Thus I did a lot of research on the knees and how to deal with recurring problems. What I found is that knees are very sensitive to weather changes (light arthritis but nothing to worry about). On those days that you are feeling pain, try messaging just above your knee cap for about 5 minutes. Icing after lifting also helps, but do not use any heat. Try backing off on heavy lifting on those days that you have knee problems. Deca would certainly help, but you will be only masking the problem but not fixing it.

 

[Sigmund Roid]

glucosamine/chondroitin was a miracle for me. Just take it for 4 weeks and see for yourself.

 

[Zyglamail]

Damn, glad you guys stepped in on the cortisone thing, they are bad new and aside from simple pain masking they have been proven to cause deterioration. This may be fine for the average couch potatoe, but if your active and want to continue to be I suggest looking for a cure, not a quick fix.