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Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:47 pm
by Thud
Good luck with your diabetes Mullet. I’d bag the shit of you but, karmas a bitch and I love my jelly babies.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:05 pm
by Beanpole
My missus had to have ankle bones fused due to arthritic pain. Ongoing problems still years later.
Actually just taken her to hospital to have surgery on her wrist after a fall last Friday.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:48 pm
by swvic
All the best to missus pole, beans
You too, Legion. I had a fcuked big toe for a couple of years. Same back foot surfing thing, but it thankfully resolved without intervention. I was still surfing heaps at the time. Not so much last year or so due to the shoulder. Hoping for that to change in coming months
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:00 pm
by Cranked
Yeah, I've got the big toe thing too. It gets stiff and sore, and its got a pronounced bend, but it still works OK
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:01 pm
by Cranked
A few exercises to articulate it and its usually OK
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:44 pm
by Thud
Does it involve sticking your stiff big toe with the pronounced bend into your tanned anus in some Yogi Kudo high range yoga manoeuvre?
Asking for a friend
*yogi kudo was the guy who put himself into a glass box on the first episode of Thats Incredible! hosted by that saucy mix Cathy Lee Crosby.And who could forget Fran Tartenton
https://youtu.be/zFXtb9jBaBM
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:03 pm
by Cranked
Thud, really, I'm just not that flexible
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:11 pm
by Thud
I think you are and have now tried this move.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:44 am
by Wyre
I finally went and got an X-ray on my big toe- yep, moderate to advanced arthritis.
Fucked.
It’s been really bloody sore too. So, what are my options? It’s pretty much cooked, right?
Any ways to alleviate pain apart from anti inflammatories?
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:54 am
by PeepeelaPew
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Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:04 am
by marauding mullet
Wyre wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:44 am
I finally went and got an X-ray on my big toe- yep, moderate to advanced arthritis.
Fucked.
It’s been really bloody sore too. So, what are my options? It’s pretty much cooked, right?
Any ways to alleviate pain apart from anti inflammatories?
Since mine is painful the whole time I’m at work (wearing safety boots) I use an anti inflammatory called Meloxicam. It’s a once a day thing, stronger than Ibuprofen and much kinder on the gut. Ibuprofen will fcuk your gut up if not taken with food and will fcuk you up long term anyway. The only fix is to fuse the big toe joint, which has a very long recovery period but a good outcome
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:09 am
by Wyre
Thanks MM, I'll check it out. Fusing sounds gnarly but yeah, I can see how it would be good long-term.
Cheers
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:06 pm
by alakaboo
Your body will down regulate the pain signals in 2-5 years, just wait it out.*
*Does not work for degenerative conditions.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:19 pm
by Trev
marauding mullet wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:04 am
Wyre wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:44 am
I finally went and got an X-ray on my big toe- yep, moderate to advanced arthritis.
Fucked.
It’s been really bloody sore too. So, what are my options? It’s pretty much cooked, right?
Any ways to alleviate pain apart from anti inflammatories?
Since mine is painful the whole time I’m at work (wearing safety boots) I use an anti inflammatory called Meloxicam. It’s a once a day thing, stronger than Ibuprofen and much kinder on the gut. Ibuprofen will fcuk your gut up if not taken with food and will fcuk you up long term anyway. The only fix is to fuse the big toe joint, which has a very long recovery period but a good outcome
My wife is on that Meloxicam.
Years of pain with nothing providing any relief until she got prescribed that.
Swears by it.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:30 pm
by Wyre
alakaboo wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:06 pm
Your body will down regulate the pain signals in 2-5 years, just wait it out.*
*Does not work for degenerative conditions.
Well, if it's already moderate to advanced, it has already degenerated pretty damn well. I think there is something to this though, definitely noticed it with bulged disc, after doing weights as well mind you. But the pain signals definitely decreased.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:12 pm
by BA
Legion wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:54 am
BA's happy pills?
Highly recommended. They’ll cure what ails you.
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:46 pm
by swvic
Was* on meloxicam pre shoulder surgery. Can also fcuk with your gut so is taken with or immediately after food. Good though. I found it best to use pre any activity, but I did a meditation course which helped greatly for dealing with the pain. Seems trippy new age shit, but I'm a true believer
* Still have the occasional one for my osteoarthritic wrist
Re: Arthritis in big toe joint
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:38 am
by Beanpole
My wife has that in her ankle. She’s had it fused but still gives her grief. The ankle is a complex joint. Ankle swells up like a balloon sometimes. At the moment she can’t walk on uneven surfaces like sand for example. She’s using that stuff and thinking of having more surgery.