dodgy knees; what to do Posted By teviotlad

[Elton]

The other post was getting so long..Started new one


Original Post.................................am 51 and find that if i am digging a few targets, and squatting to dig them, my left knee can be very painfull for the next couple of days. feels like tendon type issue. am not overweight. just old age i guess. do any other diggers have this problem ? merry xmas all and hope 2012 brings the gold to you

 

[ToddB64]

Hi teviotlad !

You've probably already thought of this, but I'll say anyway.......are you kneeling on your left knee or your right knee, or both when you dig ? Maybe try changing whatever you usually do and see if this helps. Better yet, go see a Chiropractor! I have used them all my life (now age 70) with great results and avoided surgery. My father-in-law, a builder, was hardly able to walk and in great pain when one of his knees swelled up from an injury on the job. I took him to my Chiropractor. He walked out of the office that day with a smile on his face ! Problem solved ! (pinched nerve)

This is my personal advice and testimony, take it or leave it. I have nothing against surgery, if necessary.

Good Luck

ToddB64

 

[Flintstone]

Hi Elton, i have a friend that was told he needed knee replacement on both knees. He went to a Friend that dose old time remedies, you may think it, is he nuts,but i did it and it worked in two weeks. To times a day use peanut oil and rub your knees until they get very warm. I had a thumb that i got out of place years ago, and it started to hurt so bad i could hardly dig a target. I put peanut oil on it two times a day, morning and night and now i never even think about it unless someone ask how it is for it was so bad everyone knew i couldn,t hardly open a door. My friend has never had surgery on his knees and is 64 years old now and detects and gold dig every week in summer. You can get it at any big store that sells cooking oil. Try it and let us all know how you feel in two or three weeks. Good Luck Dean

 

[MarkCZ]

Many problems with people's knee's can be due to the cartilage damaged or worn out.
When this happens the bones at the joint start making contact with each other and then the PAIN starts!
Doing deep knee bends with all kinds of weight just increases the bone to bone contact and worsens the problem.

In the first knee thread I posted a couple of ideas that for the above type of knee problems has a lot of promise.
The idea is to add to your diet or supplements some things that will help to rebuild the cartilage, they are a lot of joint formuals on the market these days.

The first item I listed was,
Knocks gelatine
(A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal

 

[Onus]

Last year my knees got to hurting so bad I could hardly get around. Finally I had to go to crutches. I went to a specialist and found out that it wasn't my knees at all but my hip sockets were both worn out and the pain radiated from my hips. I had a double hip replacement and am recovering now. My pain has subsided about 80% and I can walk around the house now with no crutches or canes. I have just started getting up and down a bit but don't want to rush it. You might have a doctor xray your hips. The surgery is a one day in and out the next day. But recovery completely will take several months. Pain is minimal. I am in my late sixties. Onus

 

[TerraDigger]

My significant other uses "Doctor's Best Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM" formulation. She has advanced arthritis/worn out knee joints/ligaments. She swears it takes care of the pain better than the narcotic painkillers and the high powered anti-arthritic meds she is prescribed. Might want to give this type of supplement a try. You may still need prescription meds in conjunction with it or may not. Its actually used by millions of people, so there must be something to these type of compounds. Just make sure you buy from a top quality mfg that has lots of good reviews from people that use the product.

 

[Wooden Nickel]

Here's my two cents.....

I have had knee problems for years.

I am a very young and active 63, still working, and learning to metal detect. Over the years I have hunted, fished, hiked, used a walk-behind Gravely (For those of you who know what they are, you know that they can be a man killer to work with.) and done some consulting forestry and walked up a million flights of steps with my make-a-living job. My knees have simply taken a beating.

I have taken various combinations of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, hyaluronic acid, hocus-pocus weed, etc. (mostly Osteo bi-Flex) for years. As long as I exercised some and took the bi-flex (or similar stuff) I got along just great, even after I found out a few years ago that the meniscus in my left knee is shot!

A few months ago I had pain in my right knee so bad that I knew I was a candidate for knee replacement. Could barely walk with terrible pain without taking something. Of course, when I started favoring the right knee, the left one went south too. Went to the dr. and he said it was irritation, really bad irritation caused by a bump or something. Time would heal, and it did! Two weeks after going to the dr. I was almost over it. This was after suffering for a few months. (I believe we sometimes cure ourselves by just going to the dr.)Crazy!

After all of this I am still taking Osteo bi-Flex, with 5-loxin Advanced Triple-strength none-the-less. It's not cheap. Got a bottle the other day. My wife had a coupon, and I found it on sale. Cost me ten bucks , a third of the normal price. I still have a bit of swelling at times but no pain. Over the years I believe it to be the glucosamine and chondroitin that has helped most. Of late, I think some of the more exotic additives have helped too.

My knee doc, whom I respect greatly, told me the jury was still out on the glucosamine thing. I said "not for me!"

For me it's Osteo Bi-Flex and an occasional ibuprofin or two.

 

[MarkCZ]

Here's my two cents.....

I have had knee problems for years.

I am a very young and active 63, still working, and learning to metal detect. Over the years I have hunted, fished, hiked, used a walk-behind Gravely (For those of you who know what they are, you know that they can be a man killer to work with.) and done some consulting forestry and walked up a million flights of steps with my make-a-living job. My knees have simply taken a beating.

I have taken various combinations of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, hyaluronic acid, hocus-pocus weed, etc. (mostly Osteo bi-Flex) for years. As long as I exercised some and took the bi-flex (or similar stuff) I got along just great, even after I found out a few years ago that the meniscus in my left knee is shot!

A few months ago I had pain in my right knee so bad that I knew I was a candidate for knee replacement. Could barely walk with terrible pain without taking something. Of course, when I started favoring the right knee, the left one went south too. Went to the dr. and he said it was irritation, really bad irritation caused by a bump or something. Time would heal, and it did! Two weeks after going to the dr. I was almost over it. This was after suffering for a few months. (I believe we sometimes cure ourselves by just going to the dr.)Crazy!

After all of this I am still taking Osteo bi-Flex, with 5-loxin Advanced Triple-strength none-the-less. It's not cheap. Got a bottle the other day. My wife had a coupon, and I found it on sale. Cost me ten bucks , a third of the normal price. I still have a bit of swelling at times but no pain. Over the years I believe it to be the glucosamine and chondroitin that has helped most. Of late, I think some of the more exotic additives have helped too.

My knee doc, whom I respect greatly, told me the jury was still out on the glucosamine thing. I said "not for me!"

For me it's Osteo Bi-Flex and an occasional ibuprofin or two.

Have you tried any of the cream's or lotion's yet?

Here is another cream I just started using, my plan is to alternate between this and the "Now" topical lotion I mentioned in the post above.

Mark