Current medical status: pain in knees.
different in each one. in my left knee for
the past 2-3 weeks i have felt like it
doesn't bend as it used to when i walk. in
my right knee, the right side of my knee
is numb and i have felt something like an
electrical shock sometimes when i get up
from lying down or sitting to a standing
position.
Current medical treatment: i have gotten a
cortisone shot in my left knee(last week)
but because of my job, i had to work the
next 2 days straight( i am a pharmacist
and i stand all day on my feet). i was
feeling a slight bit of relief after the
shot but that ended when i went into work
the next day. my right knee i'm pretty
sure is from a neurological problem as i
was diagnosed with a pinched nerve in
january which pretty much disabled my
right arm for a period of about 7 weeks.
now i figure there is a pinch in the nerve
a little bit lower on my spine that's
causing this latest problem in my right
knee.(it was also my right arm that i had
the problem with}
If you had a pinched spinal nerve, most
likely a cortisone shot in the knee
wouldn’t help you. You probably had a
knee inflammation (gonarthritis) so that
the cortisone shot relieved the pain.
Pain in the knee can also occur if there
is a pinched nerve in the lumbar-sacral
part of the spine which is much lower than
the neck spine where a pinched nerve
causes pain in the arm.
Pain caused by gonarthrosis and pain
caused by a pinched nerve differ between
each other.
I believe it is likely that the main cause
for your knee osteoarthritis
(gonarthrosis) is your excessive body mass
(overweight).
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