Osteoarthritis knee pain

Capper

Hello l've recently been diagnosed with mild osteoarthritis of the knee, l've had many days when the pain has been really painful with burning sensation , stiffness, pinching sensation, also l find it difficult to walk properly 😢. Which it makes me feel really low whilst at work and at home doing my normal daily activities ie shopping, cleaning, l go swimming once a week although whilst doing that l still feel pains in my knee. Also work at our local hospital has a porter supervisor which involves a lot of walking now l find myself not being able to walk round the hospital has l use to and have to have rest inbetween my duties. Any advise would be grateful received

Thanks

Regards

Sandra.

PeterJ

Hello @Capper and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that you find that as well.

I understand that you have osteoarthritis of the knee and this is beginning to affect work and home life. You are among friends here and I am sure that you will find support in this forum. Our website has some useful information and I've put a couple of links in below which might be of help.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2020/august/everyday-tips-for-living-with-arthritis/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/living-with-arthritis/work/

There is also information about arthritis, for example

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

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

With very best wishes

Peter

helpline_team

Hi @Capper 

Thank you for posting on the helpline forum. I’m sorry that knee pain is impacting so much on your quality of life.

Thanks to @PeterJ for providing the links to osteoarthritis of the knee, work and everyday tips. I hope you find them useful.

You are very welcome to call us on our freephone helpline: 0800 5200 520 so you can talk things through with one of our helpline team. We’re here to help, and we can talk through some treatment options and self-management solutions that may help to manage the condition.

You may also find this information helpful:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/newly-diagnosed/

I hope this is helpful.

Best wishes

Mags

Helpline team