HI

nellie43

ive got to arthritis diagnosed in my neck and now my knees i have fibro too. i have one leg shorter than the other! i know this is common.. i have flat feet too (very very painfull) i thought i was why i getting the pain because of my feeet. but apparantly its my knees........ the muscles in my legs are shot! the muscles are not holding my knees in the correct place. i have to start physio, and wear i thing in my shoes on my left leg.

is this nomal cos of arthritis in knee?

why have the muscles gone?

i thought it was my feet the reason why i have trouble walking but she says its my knees.

iam 44 and i have oldies tut at me to hurry up!!!

handsy

hello i am john i have been diagnosed with RA and have the same complaint as you my knees give way. i have been given a walking stick by physio also the insoles its really strange i was out for a walk the other day and an elderly lady pushing an elderly gent in a wheelchair passed me. i thought it was quite funny. i am 45 and was very agile untill just recently. my party trick was being able to kick my height and i am six foot tall. now i cant even kick a can on the floor.

nellie43

handsy wrote:

hello i am john i have been diagnosed with RA and have the same complaint as you my knees give way. i have been given a walking stick by physio also the insoles its really strange i was out for a walk the other day and an elderly lady pushing an elderly gent in a wheelchair passed me. i thought it was quite funny. i am 45 and was very agile untill just recently. my party trick was being able to kick my height and i am six foot tall. now i cant even kick a can on the floor.

hi john its horrible is int it, i have complained about my knees since i was a teenager, but know every pain i get they say its cos of the fibro, its taken since 2004 for the docs to look at my feet, its the fibro, and my neck .....whats next??? i wonder!!x

valval

yes arthritis affects the muscles u have to exercise them to strenthen them was jusr reading about it my hands had got weak but keep doing the exercises and getting better good luck they say swimming good for people with bad knees

elnafinn

Hi Nellie

I am sorry to read your story. Muscles do become weak if not used and you have probably been compensating in the way you walk, which is the most comfortable way for you to get about and not using the correct muscles, if you know what I mean. It is especially important to try to keep the femur strong, the thigh bone.

Let's hope that physio will help you. It will probably take some time, but if you persevere it is possible to strengthen the muscles. It is such a shame that someone did not give you correct advice some time ago and perhaps it would not have got anywhere near as bad as this. We put our faith in the medics, don't we because we expect them to know because we most certainly do not.

Do you have one leg shorter because of a curvature of the spine or for some other reason? I have one leg slightly shorter than the other from my teenage years, nothing was done about it and my body coped exceedingly well adapting and I had no problems until recently, what with age and the spine "condensing".

I hope your physio sessions start soon and you will probably find that, once you have got used to it, an insert in your shoe will help too.

Luv
Elna x

dachshund

Hi Nellie.
I have cerebral palsy. i was born with one side shorter than the other my right leg is shorter.
when i had to have a tkr 5 years ago the doc said i will make your legs the same size and since then i have had problems as my body was used to how i walked now i have problems with my hips and legs.
i'm 68.so i know how you feel. joan xx