Question 1

can i have more children if i fractured my sacroilliac joint 17 months ago only just healed also suffer tro hip bursitis painful can i have more child?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can: If you did not have any hardware placed after the fracture, you should be fine to progress with a normal pregnancy. If you had hardware, depending on how extensive the injury, you may need to consider c section. While you will be able to have children, you will most likely have increased arthritic pain at the si joint that might be exacerbated during progression of the pregnancy.  Hope this helps!

Question 2

how do you treat locked joints?

Accepted Answer

: It depends on the cause.  If there is a loose body or a meniscus tear or something in the way to mechanically lock the joint, then a surgery to remove the obstruction can be performed.  Often, therapy and stretching can help improve joint motion.

Question 3

is it bad to have a loose joint?

Accepted Answer

Can be: You need good muscle tone to help protect your joints since they are more flexible and thus more vulnerable to over extension or flexion.

Question 4

what does flexing a joint mean exactly?

Accepted Answer

Flexing: Flexing a joint is that activity which brings the bones that form the joint in closer proximity to each other.  For example flexing the right elbow joint describes that movement when the right hand is moved to the right shoulder, narrowing the angle made by the lower arm meeting the upper arm.

Question 5

how does septiceamia affect the joints?

Accepted Answer

: Bacteria in the blood becomes an issue to the joints if the joints themselves get infected- that would be a septic joint.  That requires surgery and long-term antibiotics.  Joint replacements can be susceptible to infection also.

Question 6

what does it mean if your double jointed?

Accepted Answer

Loose ligaments: Being double jointed means that your ligaments allow more motion than other people's, i.e. That they are a little lax. Hypermobile is a term that physicians use to describe the situation where a patient's ligaments and soft tissue allow more motion of the joint than is typical. Often times, people without a medical background use the term double jointed to describe the same situation.

Question 7

how can someone tell if you're double jointed?

Accepted Answer

No such thing: There is no such thing as being double jointed. This is a term that is commonly used for people who have increased flexibility and "loose joints".

Question 8

is there a cure other than joint replacements?

Accepted Answer

Alt treatments: There are alternatives to joint replacement.  Most joints can be improved with an arthroscopy, which is a camera and an instrument placed through very small incisions on the skin.  They can be used to clean out the joint and help repair damaged cartilage, which can help improve the pain.  In some joints, fusion (where 2 bones become 1) is a valid option, including the ankle and big toe joints.

Question 9

is it really possible to be born double jointed?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Hypermobile is a term that physicians use to describe the situation where a patient's ligaments and soft tissue allow more motion of the joint than is typical. This increased laxity of the joint's soft tissue has almost certainly been present since birth although the patient may have just noticed it.

Question 10

what does it mean if someone if  double jointed?

Accepted Answer

Elastin: You are double jointed because you have too much elastin in the ligaments that control the extremes of motion of your joints.  This allows for too much potential motion and therefor injury.

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