Have pain in lower back from quite some time, now it has worsened, pains while i walk, cough, sneeze, bend, pick something. Pain radiating to legs and feeling weak. No numbness in inner thigh, groin and bowel movement. Just pain in lower back, around tail bone and side delts. I want to fix it at the earliest and need a solution
Dear sir , I was meet up accident exactly 24 days back I was admitted after 3 days exactly 21 days I was operated to the humerus by fixing the plate , My concern is how many days it can take for healing. And whether there plate can be melt inside or I need to go for another surjery for removing. Kindly guide me
Slipped on stone and strained my leg please check the attached x ray and advise if any fracture is present
I have pain in the back of my neck till mid of the shoulder, when should I be concerned and what to do now?
My younger brother is 14 years old and has suffered a fracture in his right arm. I need an explanation regarding whether a metal plate should be inserted or if a cast is sufficient.
Delay is a legitimate choice and I support it in plenty of patients. What it is not is a neutral one. It is worth knowing what you are trading, so that the decision to wait is actually a decision rather than a postponement.What usually does not happenThe knee does not suddenly collapse. ...
Most patients with knee arthritis have it in both knees. One is usually worse. The question that follows is whether to do both together or one at a time, and the honest answer is that it depends far more on the patient than on the knees.What doing both at once gives youOne anaesthetic, ...
Patients rarely ask this directly. They ask how long the hospital stay is, or when they can walk, and the real question sits underneath. It deserves a straight answer, because vague reassurance is what produces frightened patients on day three.The first forty eight hoursThis is the worst ...
Patients arrive in clinic having been told their knee is bone on bone. It sounds final. It is usually said kindly, and it is usually meant as shorthand. But it is worth knowing what it actually describes, because the phrase drives a lot of unnecessary fear and a lot of unnecessary ...
Being told the X-ray is normal when the knee clearly hurts is one of the more frustrating experiences in orthopedics. It is not a dismissal, and it is not a dead end. It narrows the diagnosis rather than closing it.What an X-ray can and cannot seeAn X-ray shows bone. It shows joint space ...
