New diagnosis

GailTZ

Hi I’ve just been diagnosed with OA Of the knee after severe acute pain and a trip to a&e. I was given pain killers and a fact sheet with exercises etc but the pain is not subsiding and I can’t bend my knee still. I wondered how long it might be before it will settle down so the pain goes and I can walk properly again. I’m trying to rest but have a 6 year old. I’ve ordered glucosamine chondrites today and am using voltarel gel along side the painkillers

any tips or help in what to do next would be helpful. I’ve got a call with my go tmw.

many thanks

gail

PeterJ

Hello @GailTZ and welcome to the forum. We are a friendly and supportive bunch and I hope that you enjoy your time here as well as get information and support.

I understand that you have been diagnosed with OA of the knee and are still in pain. We have a lot od useful information on our website and I would recommend having a look around it and use the search function as well. To help I've put a couple of links below which might be of use.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis-of-the-knee/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/complementary-and-alternative-treatments/types-of-complementary-treatments/glucosamine/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you get on and I am sure others will connect with you to share their experiences and support.

With very best wishes

Peter (mod)

helpline_team

 

Hi Gail

Thank you for posting on the forum.

I am sorry to hear about the pain you are experiencing in your knee, it sounds as if you have got your work cut out trying to rest and manage a 6-year-old.

I can see you have had a reply from Peter which I hope you will find useful, the links should give you quite a lot of information on how to manage your knee. OA is largely self-managed with healthy eating, keeping weight down and keeping moving. You may also be interested to know there is a drug-free, effective, and very well-tolerated painkiller called capsaicin, available on prescription for osteoarthritis. Capsaicin is a herbal medicine made from the pepper plant (capsicum), which works mainly by reducing a pain transmitter in the nerves. You could talk to your GP about this, as well as a referral to a physiotherapist, who could give you a programme of exercise for your knee.

For more responses to your post, you might like to repost on the living with arthritis forum. 

https://community.versusarthritis.org/categories/living-with-arthritis-forum

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/complementary-and-alternative-treatments/types-of-complementary-treatments/capsaicin/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-knees/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/

 It might be helpful for you to give us a call on our freephone helpline: 0800 5200 520 (weekdays 9am – 8pm) here we can take our time to talk about your arthritis informally and in confidence.

Best wishes

Lynda

Helpline advisor