Secondary Arthritis

[dizzyblonde]

Help!!!!
My beloved Im Indoors has been to the quacks today and got sent for an xray on his knackered hip. For all you guys who don't know he suffered a massively shattered head of femur ten years ago in May. When a woman driving a vauxhall Omega bounced him off the road and put a 60 degree bend in the frame of his TZR125. Spent 2 weeks unconscious, lost 2 months of his life and spent 6 months in hospital.
Hes a trooper in the pain department, it never did heal right, has a funny walk blah, blah. Thing is now hes developed secondary arthritis...anyone on here an expert? Apart from physio etc what can I do to help( hes s stubborn git who don't like his missus meddlin). Eventually he will need a hip replacement, as he was only 19 when the event happened, he was obviously too young to have anything done then apart from patch him up with a titanium plate.

The peeps in the xray department have seen hips in better shape on 80 yr olds...
I knew this would come eventually....just not now. Any advice would be appreciated

[Drew Carey]

I'm not an expert but sorry to hear that he is suffering.....especially at his age.

[dizzyblonde]

cheers Drew, it don't and won't stop him ridin.............yet.....perhaps he'll hand over his Raptor now...mwahahahaha

[Drew Carey]

cheers Drew, it don't and won't stop him ridin.............yet.....perhaps he'll hand over his Raptor now...mwahahahaha

Ooooohhhh so thats the motive. lol :D. Tell him we have all told you he must stop riding. IMMEDIATELY!!! :p

[northwind]

I have a touch of secondary osteoarthritis in one of my fingers, I broke it years ago and it reset in the wrong place causing inflamation and wear... Supposedly physio can help but to be honest, I've done enough physio for a lifetime, and the pain's manageable/ignorable most of the time. But, I'm trying glucosamine supplements at the moment on the recommendation of a friend, whether or not they've made any difference I really don't know but I've not had a bad day with it for a while so maybe it's helping. The medical evidence isn't exactly convincing though. Hey, if it's just the placebo effect that's still worth the price ;)

[dizzyblonde]

I can't ride it any way, flat bars don't do any good for my foobarred shoulders....tis why the SV suits me so well. Ain't we a pair of old crips..lol






and it scares me...its sooooooo big!!!

[northwind]

and it scares me...its sooooooo big!!!

Wait. What are we talking about again? You've gone a bit spam email.

[dizzyblonde]

Wait. What are we talking about again? You've gone a bit spam email.


yeah sorry, northy, the Raptor is too big:rolleyes:
Northy is it you that has a dodgy hip?

[northwind]

Well, nothing like as bad... I had a fairly neat collapsed fracture of the neck of the femur about 2 and a half years ago, which has healed about as well as they do, with in-situ traction. Lots of soft tissue damage, funnilly enough the bone damage is fine just now but the ligaments and muscle loss can be trouble. It works pretty well considering, it'll probably get worse in the medium term but it's not a big deal for now- I can almost walk normally, I can even manage a very short slow run if I'm careful. Which is why I get annoyed when people slag off the NHS ;)

[shonadoll]

Start hom on glucosamine/chondroitin supplements as soon as you can. I really helps me, I've got disc damage and had a ruptured ACL. I work in a vets and it makes a big difference to some dogs too.

[dirtydog]

Start hom on glucosamine/chondroitin supplements as soon as you can. I really helps me, I've got disc damage and had a ruptured ACL. I work in a vets and it makes a big difference to some dogs too.


Think i'm going to get some of this stuff, hopefully it will help my knees and shoulders because they're rubbish and ache/hurt a fair bit

[Mr Toad]

Start hom on glucosamine/chondroitin . . . it makes a big difference to some dogs too.

Works for Toads as well :wink:

After my spill and 2 ops to rebuild my leg/knee I now suffer from crepitus - apparently it's caused by air getting into the joint -so I now sound like an SV popping & banging on the overrun whenever I go up/downstairs :lol:

I bought a bucketload of that stuff, and also take a daily high strength cod-liver oil supplement, and touch wood so far my knee has been OK. However I've been warned that I'll probably need a total knee replacement in about 10 years or so, so I guess age gets to us all in the end

[missyburd]

I can't ride it any way, flat bars don't do any good for my foobarred shoulders....tis why the SV suits me so well. Ain't we a pair of old crips..lol






and it scares me...its sooooooo big!!!

well if you don't want it then I doubt YC would mind if it was pushed in his general direction :p

seriously though, poor Matt, sounds horrid :(

All I know is glucosamine and cod liver oil are meant to be really good for joints and such so dose him up big time! Either that or he needs to be referred to the best hospital about more often........the pub ;)

[Ed]

My mother desperately needs a knee replacement but she's decided that at nearly 85 she's too old:rolleyes: so she stuffs IB to stop it swelling and getting too painful, and she rubs voltarol gel into it too. Seems to work - sort of. Being over 65 she gets free prescriptions and the doc dishes them out all the time.

[missyburd]

My mother desperately needs a knee replacement but she's decided that at nearly 85 she's too old:rolleyes: so she stuffs IB to stop it swelling and getting too painful, and she rubs voltarol gel into it too. Seems to work - sort of. Being over 65 she gets free prescriptions and the doc dishes them out all the time.

speaking of gels, my boss uses arnica gel, apparently it works wonders, I think it's more of a herbal thing. Just a thought anyway.

[yorkie_chris]

well if you don't want it then I doubt YC would mind if it was pushed in his general direction :p

Anyone seen this months streetfighters? Awesome raptor thou in there. Me liiiiike.

[dizzyblonde]

keep yur mitts off...i saw it first....lol,,,,,,,mmmmmm and its been on my screen for months....mmmmmmmm my dream bike

[carnivore]

Anyone seen this months streetfighters? Awesome raptor thou in there. Me liiiiike.
Nah you couldn't handle a bike like that chris, even restricted to 33 bhp you'd be hard pressed to keep up with chav's on scooters!!!!!!
Be a good lad and get a c90.:-({|=

[stewart-250]

I am another huge fan of Glucosamine we get this stuff http://http://www.healthydirect.com/product/0310/d.jsf
and its much cheaper than on the high street.
I used to have pretty knackered knees and this stuff has worked wonders. Pretty much zero aches and pains now. My understanding is that the Glucosamine promotes cartaidge growth but as cartaidge has such a poor blood supply the chondroitin and MSM are needed to act as carriers to get the glucosanine to where it's needed.

One other arthritis cure I know of is apple cider vinegar. If the arthritis is caused by a build up of calcium deposits on the joint (think of gnarled arthritic hands) then this will work wonders. My mother has used this for over 20 years and swears by it. She used to have an arthritic lump on her wrist. Taking the cider vinegar gor rid of it and kep it away but even now if she stops taking it for a couple of weeks then the lump comes back. Recommended dose is 2 teaspoons in warm water 3 times a day. You can put a teaspoon of honey in as well to take the taste away if you want. My mother only takes it twicee a day and finds it still works fine.
The way it works is that apple cider vinegar contains mallic acid (only apple cider vinegar has it so you cant use any other vinegar) the mallic acid dissolves the unwanted calcium deposits from the joints and carries them harmlessly away in the bloodstream. Because the majority of this takes place at the start of treatment it is not unknown for the joint to become more painful than usual for the first couple of weeks.

hope some of this helps

cheers

Stewart

[sv-robo]

Got secondry arthritus in my neck which i broke in a bike accident when i was 19.

Some days it gives me a bit of jip,other days it does'nt bother me,at the end of the day youve just gotta live with it and get on with it...lifes to short.

Then again i suppose it also depends on your pain threshold and according to some i'm supposed to be a bit of a hard barsteward...so pain,what pain:).

[kitkat]

my raptor must be a mutant raptor - its tiny really really low. I could only reach the ground with tip toes on curvy sv, cannot reach ground on k4 pointy and on raptor, feet are flat, really flat.

sorry to hear he is suffering

[dizzyblonde]

is yours the 650 or the 1000? kitkat? I can put my feet on the floor for most bikes its the front end I have probs with...me shoulders are naffed ya see.

Yep the young man is suffering, I worry a lot about him. But hes got to be an expert in the pain dept....

[carnivore]

is yours the 650 or the 1000? kitkat? I can put my feet on the floor for most bikes its the front end I have probs with...me shoulders are naffed ya see.

Yep the young man is suffering, I worry a lot about him. But hes got to be an expert in the pain dept....

Does that make me Dr pain? Yes i put up with more than most would, but i ain't got a choice. just give me the drugs!!

[dizzyblonde]

hello dear......i got plenty of drugs in my cuboard.....and you knows it.






Just they is all labelled as calpol