Joint Pain??

[Davy Tee]

Feb 20, 2013 9:57:50 GMT sjs said:

Cheers blackarrow

I did initially blame the pain on a couple of days snowboarding as I hadn't
been doing it for the last year due to wrecking my ankle and maybe overdone it
a bit but I think that would have cleared up a bit quicker than this has.

I had a torn abductor muscle it took 3 months to heal with pyshio as well. These things can take a long time.

[sjs]

Feb 20, 2013 9:56:51 GMT Skwoddy said:

Non active periods will always present more symptoms because of decreased circulation, I had thought of arthritic conditions but it sounds too sudden, arthritis is usually slower, aspirin is very good for these conditions but please don't take them if you have any history of stomach ulcers.

I'd be interested to know the diagnosis as it does sound familiar, stay active and avoid rich foods and alcohol ( wine is worse), have anti inflammatories on hand for painful periods, avoid standing for long periods, all at least till your gp has seen you.

Thanks Skwoddy! Although I've done a bit less exercise due to the weather and work I've still done a fair bit and my main job
is very active as well. I do eat pretty healthily apart from the breakfast bacon roll addiction on work days As for alcohol
I hardly touch it about once a month we'll go for a night out and have a few drinks but other than that it's just the very odd
drink after work which is usually one beer then home!

I will let you know what the doc says and I'll try taking asprin as well!

I'm getting worried about the arthritis thing as in my mums case it did seem pretty quick but as I was just a kid at the
time there's also a chance that a lot of it was hidden from me. In my memory she suddenly went from working a full time job
and being active to being in constant agony, struggling to do anything and taking a huge concoction of pills as the
doctors tried to bring it under control.

Feb 20, 2013 10:21:49 GMT addict said:

Ask your doc to send you for an xray. I had mild lung trouble many years ago and joint pains was one of the symptoms. I stress one of the symptoms so don't start thinking that's what you have. There's no harm, nevertheless, in getting an xray and breathing tests to find out what, if any, damage smoking has done to your lungs.

Thanks Spikey

I have had asthma since childhood so I do get regular check ups but usually these days asthma only bothers me if I get a
bad cold or flu or is triggered by certain allergies. I had a chest Xray last year due to docs being concerned that I
possibly had pneumonia after being admitted to hospital with a severe asthma attack when I had a flu bug. LOL I can
remember being terrified that they were going to find something dodgy on the Xrays but thankfully they were ok. I'm
guessing that my doc will probably check my breathing etc when I go but I will ask about it if they don't!

Thanks blackarrow I know I probably over did it the 2 days I was boarding and for a few days I was blaming that
but it does seem to have got worse rather than better and although I did have a few falls etc I can't say I
really injured myself or badly pulled any muscles.