my knee is KILLING ME!!?

Question

it is my left knee and i cant bend it or hold it out competley straight. Crouches cost too much or i would proably use them...thats how bad it hurts. I live in a two story house, and it takes me like 10 MINUTES to get up the stairs so fast advice would be VERY HELPFUL!!!!
thank you!

Answer 1

Maybe instead of a crutch you could make a cane out of an old stick.

Answer 2

This Is what I do for my knee pain, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, and lectian it helps nerve cell it self taken together helps.
knee pain I also use a product called joint balance 2 when its super bad and when I take it regular I have very little pain.also the doctor said when I have knee pain no soda pop as it has phosphoric acid in it and it depletes the calcium right out of the joints.I do feel lots better when I don't drink soda.
R.est. Ice, Compression Elevation
You can always get a crutch at a thrift store cheap Go see a doctor if you can.
I have listed my TCM doctor website and the joint blance 2 that I take that I use You can also ask him questions for free via internet. Hope this helps
Diane

Answer 3

I'm a registered nurse.
Go to the ER if your pain is that bad.
Apply an ice pack and take some ibuprophen.
Don't bear weight on it until the doctor checks it out.
If you need crutches, they will give them to you at the hospital.
A public hospital can't refuse to treat you just because you can't pay.
GO TO THE ER.

Answer 4

Take a few advil and call your doctor in the morning! The same thing occasionally happens to me mostly when it is cold. I went to doctors years ago for it and all they did was give me some anti-inflammatory drugs. So try taking some advil or aleve and see if feels any better! Hope you feel better soon!

Answer 5

did you fall and probable smash something on your knee? did you bump your knees into something? this isn't any longer unuaual for somebody your age to have arthritis purchase some capsasian cream, it has a numbing agant so which you progression around much less annoying, while you're literery crawling on your knees, you ought to communicate on your mom and dad and function them take you to the emergency room for x-rays to make specific you didnt smash or fracture something....sturdy success to you

Answer 6

Time to go to the health care provider to find out what is going on with your knee. You mentioned crutches are expensive - but you may need more than crutches. You want to fix the problem - not have it continue.

Answer 7

Ouch! Try using an ace bandage, ice and ibuprofen.

Really, if it hurts this much, you should see a doctor.

Crutches are only 10 dollars though.

Answer 8

NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published December 12 2005
Two dietary supplements shown to relieve knee pain
by Mike Adams

At the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, research was presented that confirmed the effectiveness of dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in relieving knee pains associated with osteoarthritis.

* It's official: Two dietary supplements that millions of senior citizens and baby boomers already swear by for creaky knees finally have some real science behind them.
* Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, taken together, may help reduce moderate to severe knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, the leading cause of disability in the United States, according to research to be presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting in San Diego.
* Manufacturers, who sold $734 million worth of glucosamine/chondroitin last year in this country, have eagerly awaited the results of the first large-scale, rigorously designed clinical trial of the supplements to be funded by the federal government rather than private industry.
* Many consumers and mainstream physicians likely will agree, at least for glucosamine/chondroitin, hyped as The Arthritis Cure in Jason Theodosakis' 1997 bestseller.
* Havertown orthopedic surgeon Nicholas A. DiNubile, a knee specialist, insists there is no cure for arthritis.
* But he takes glucosamine/chondroitin for a stubborn teenage football injury and recommends it for 1,000 of his patients.
* The typical daily dose is 1,500 milligrams of glucosamine and 1,200 milligrams of chondroitin sulfate.
* Schumacher, too, takes glucosamine/chondroitin - for knees battered by decades of basketball.
* The study showed that celecoxib reduced knee pain to a lesser extent, but Schumacher recommends the supplements over Celebrex, which carries warnings about possible cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems.
* One somewhat surprising study result was that 60 percent of patients given a placebo reported pain relief, twice the typical placebo rate in most clinical trials.
* The disease is caused by the progressive breakdown of cartilage, the body's shock absorber, a slippery connective tissue that cushions the ends of bones within the joints.
* In an interview, Phillips said he had not noticed any difference in his knee pain during that time but that, given the study's results, he might start taking glucosamine/chondroitin.

Answer 9

Sounds like you did something to you quad tendon. I ripped my right one 3 times, can't bend the leg and hurts. I'd see a doctor asap.

Answer 10

Am having same problem and right now I am taking Move Free Advanced by Schiff (Costco has it) and I feel better compared 2 months ago. Check icelandhealth.com also. Good luck!