Joint issues
I injured my ankles and was told by my physical therapist that diabetics do have stiffer joints. Has anyone heard of this being true? I am trying to figure out if i need to go get checked out for rheumatoid arthritis. Have been told by podiatrist that my joints are really stiff also. Any one else experiencing this?
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Permalink Reply by saundra barragan on -
Hi Tarra,
I don't know about diabetics in general, but am having major trouble with joints. There are also a number of us who have RA. If you think you have it, i would be sure to get some blood work done. We always come back to blood work don't we?
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Permalink Reply by Cody Turner on -
My orthopedist told me that diabetics are more prone to frozen joints. I have had surgery on both knees and both shoulders.
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Permalink Reply by Sohair Abdel-Rahman on
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Diabetes affects joints and Rheumatoid arthritis has to be ruled out.Please check for bone mass density ( osteoporosis)
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Permalink Reply by Tarra on -
I actually was diagnosed with RA at 19 years old and was treated and sadly i stopped taking the medications because i felt better. Then when i injured my ankles a year ago the Rheumatologist im seeing now says i never had it. I had a bone density done in March it came back i have osteopenia . So i am at a loss. I have all the symptoms of RA but the doctor insists i don't have it even though my mother and great grandmother had it also. Should i seek a second opinion?
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Permalink Reply by Robin M on -
I have had 5 "trigger fingers" that needed to be released by surgery and both shoulders "frozen". Yes Diabetes affects everything including joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, eyes, heart, kidneys.....
I wonder what it has done to the economy. It's all our fault.
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Permalink Reply by Marie B on -
I had the frozen shoulders, and one was totally healed with accupuncture, the other I had the surgery. I had severe "tennis elbow" in both elbows, and a combination of cutting down on doing things that aggravated it, and acupuncture healed them, but it took a long time.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Lowe on -
I was diagnosed with frozen shoulder back in the summer. I have been doing pt but not really noticing a huge difference. I have been thinking about accupuncture......how long before you noticed an improvement?
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Permalink Reply by Marie B on
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I think it was about 5 treatments. The one I had in CA was much better than NJ - traditional Chinese.
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Permalink Reply by aaron f on
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They actually did a study on diabetic adolescents which indicated that even young people with diabetes have less joint mobility. I do yoga to help with mobility and circulation. Actually I do it for other reasons but it's a nice bonus that it's probably good for my diabetes as well. I'm pretty stiff compared to most of the others in class, but I'd probably be worse off if I didn't do it.
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Permalink Reply by Kathy on -
Oh heck yes..........I have had db for 34 years and am, shall we say, "middle-aged".
In my 20's and 30's I had so much natural flexibility that I could walk into most any yoga class and outshine many students. Then, in my 40's, things changed dramatically. And, when I probably needed yoga the most, I stopped going because I didn't want to have to try............yeah, I know, pretty self-defeating.
I thinkg db causes inflammation in almost every area of the body, including connecting tissue and blood vessels. Yes, I've had frozen shoulders and trigger fingers and carpal tunnel and now have plantar fasciaitis, which is inflammation of the bottom of my foot.
I broke an ankle about 6 years ago and the pt said "oh, diabetics stiffen as they grow older". Lovely.
I think the answer to minimizing this is good control and being very diligent about stretching every part of your body every day.
And, RA is an autoimmune disease, just as DB is, so, there may be a connection.
Good luck.
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Not doing yoga because you're not flexible is like not taking piano lessons because you don't know how to play the piano! :) Besides, a flexible person isn't necessarily doing yoga better than an inflexible person. It's far more about integrating the breathe/body/mind than merely achieving a particular posture.
And speaking of yoga I'm about to head to class right now. Look for me in the back... I'm the stiff guy with ugly toenails! :)
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