Chronic Knee Pain Case Studies

Knee pain is intolerable and perhaps the only way to get rid of this pain permanently is by opting for a knee surgery, meniscus knee surgery or arthroscopic knee surgery. About six hundred thousand people all over the world undergo knee surgery every year and about ninety percent of these people feel that their life has become better after the surgery because they can move normally without feeling any pain in their knees. However, this alternative is found to have helped a lot of people all over the world and they are now living a life free from knee pain. There are some people who wonder whether it is actually effective in giving them a life free from knee pain because they are not very sure whether it works.

Based on the latest medical progress report dated 05/16/16 by Dr. Merola, the patient complains of severe pain in the neck radiating

Chronic pain is a growing issue in the United States. It can be from a malignancy or non-malignancy, with opioids being the mainstay of treatment for moderate to severe pain. Before the year 2000, most chronic opioid use was in individuals with malignant cancer pain, but as opioids became more widely acceptable, and physicians had more comfort prescribing them, there has been an increase in opioid prescriptions for non-cancer chronic pain including lower back pain, neuropathic pain, obesity, end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, osteoarthritis, etc.1 There has also been an increase in the use of Methadone, as well as Buprenorphine and Suboxone (combination of Buprenorphine with Naloxone) for opioid addiction and in chronic pain. There are

The study recruited 1496 people. 148 of these participants had the outcome of interest (knee osteoarthritis). Within those having knee osteoarthritis 111 were women and 37 were men.

Anterior knee pain (AKP) is a common stress related phenomenon in physically active young people. It is characterized by anterior knee pain associated with activities involving repeated knee bending under load (1). It is more commonly seen in females than in males, and has an estimated prevalence of 12% to 45% amongst young, physically active people (1,2). This wide

This is a 53-year-old male with a 9/3/2015 date of injury. The patient stated that he was at work, slipped on melted ice and fell to the ground. He immediately felt pain in his knee.

Based on the medical report dated 07/14/16, the patient complains of pain and discomforted all the time. Patient states, “It gets worse longer I remain sitting and with any time of movement that requires my back muscles to work, it is very painful and uncomfortable.” The patient complains of constant moderate to 6/10 sharp, stabbing low back pain radiating to left leg with numbness, tingling and weakness.

Based on the medical report dated 12/01/16, the patient complains of pain in the lumbar spine. The pain level is at 4-5/10 as the patient had

DOI: 1/25/2008. Patient is a 54-year-old male service technician who sustained a work-related injury when he slipped and fell while installing a tub. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with hemarthrosis of knee or lower leg, hemarthrosis of left knee, lumbar facet arthropathy, bursitis of left shoulder, derangement of medial meniscus due to old tear of left knee, complete rupture of rotator cuff. MRI of knee joint without contrast/-“LT/A” dated 2/17/16 revealed extensive metallic susceptibility artifact which does not allow assessment of the medial femorotibial compartment; there are some degenerative changes of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus without definite tear; there is low grade chronic partial tearing versus mild mucoid degeneration

S: TM works in GA, running 05R. He runs O5R, which requires turning and pushing with his left leg, then, 07L standing on his toes process. On 1/10/2017, he felt sharp, burning pain in his left outer lateral knee, while he was working with radiator hoses. When he turns on his left leg, on his left toes, he felt a sharp pain below outer lateral left knee. Since then there were several incidents, where he felt the burning or locking up sensations in his left outer lateral knee, when he turn his left foot to the right, on unleveled ground, and/or getting up from a sitting position. TM reports pain level is 5/10, when the symptoms occur and denies previous injury to the location. TM takes BC power PRN. TM wants

DOI: 6/19/2003. Patient is a 57-year-old female clerk who sustained a work-related injury on 6/19/2003 to her back due to a motor vehicular accident.

Per medical report dated 10/25/16 by Dr. Navani, the patient complains of pain in the low back with radiation to the bilateral lower extremities, with tingling/numbness to bilateral big and 2nd toes,

Based on progress report dated 08/28/15, the patient complains of severe low back pain rated as 5-6/10, radiating to the left leg to ankle. He reports that he feels the same as the last visit.

DOI: 4/13/2011. Patient is a 52-year-old male consolidator who sustained a work-related injury on 4/13/2011 after wrapping pallets. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with discogenic low back pain, lumbar facet arthropathy, and depression. Per medical report dated 5/25/2016, patient presents for re-evaluation of his low back pain. Pain has been worse over the last few days. He is having a lot of aching in the right side on his low back. He gets radiation to the right anterior leg. He feels that the leg pain has gotten worse over time. Currently, he takes tramadol extended release for pain. He takes Lexapro for depression. The medications are helpful. He tolerates them well. Pain is rated as 10/10 without medication and 6-7/10 with medication.

It sounds beautiful to get down on your knees when you are in love but it is extremely painful to go weak at your knees due to unbearable knee pain. Knee pain can strike suddenly and may creep silently. Reasons are many but do not let knee pain side-line you from doing things you enjoy. Try out these simple yet powerful home remedies for knee pain-