What are some things people use on their knees for arthritis pain?

The Dr. will tell you that you are to young but you can fight for a knee replacement. My friend had to at 40 and won, she is a completely different person now! If you don't have a regular ortho have your doc refer you to one:)

I was going to suggest topical creams but you are already doing that and well they aren't great but it better then nothing. Has your Dr. given you anything for this at all? How about cortisone shots? Anything?

The only thing I have against cortisone is that it you could injure yourself more by not feeling the pain. But I highly suggest if to our Fla trip! I don't want to listen to you wine the whole time!

I've not been diagnosed with arthritis. I do think I'm starting to have some problems. Like you if I can avoid a pill, I won't take it. The pain pills work fast but I worry about long term effects.

Here's some things I've tried. They help. If you smoke--stop.

Pay attention to food that trigger inflammation. This is easy to google.

Figure out whether you are an "ice your knee" person or a "heat pad" person. And do that. I sometimes sleep with a heating pad. I don't take medication when I do this. (I sometimes use Aleve when all else fails.

Think of things you can do stay off your knees. Try a knee brace. I wear one at work if my knee bothers me. It helps hold things together.

I've learned to do some kitchen chores like peeling potatoes sitting on a stool.

And don't let your knees ruin your trip to Disney World. Rent a wheel chair or scooter to keep some weight off your knees. You can spend an hour at a time there standing in lines.

A friend of mine (diagnosed with arthritis) swears by swimming in a heated pool. She says if she misses her swim for more than a day, she can feel it.

My son suffered with his back and knee for two years after a serious auto accident (at 34 years old). He used some sort of machine that delivered tiny electric shocks to his knee and back. He uses that rarely now but says it helps when nothing else will. He put it on my knee after a two hour shopping trip. I adjusted the voltage and darned if that thing didn't do the trick.

I assume that a chiropractor or physical therapist might know about this.

You might also check with hospitals and clinics to see if there are any pain management classes or programs near where you live.

You take care of yourself. Thirty-two is just too young to have to deal with arthritis. I hope you find some solutions.

you might just as well bite the bullet and plan on joint reconstruction in the near future. Artificial joint replacement is being replaced with a technique of placing a pad in the joint that cushions the two bones that make up that joint. A small incision is made that allows a rolled up pad to be inserted into the joint and unrolled. you may just need new bushings instead of a total joint replacement. Check it out with your orthopedic surgeon. Too bad there is no do-it-yourself kit to do this. I might try a 21 year old blonde on each knee to see what that does but that may just mask the pain.

Seriously, do not ignore the WD-40 msuggestions. WD-40 is coconut oil base and DMSO and that is a pretty good idea. I know that it sounds funny but it has worked for many odd applications.

I remember when elderly people were using DMSO that you can get

from a vet, for sore horse leg tendons, and other animals arthritic

problems. My husband got a small amount of it, for my mothers'

bursitus pain. It smells like fish, and you get a taste of fish in your

mouth after rubbing it into your skin. But that's how you know it's been

absorbed into your body, to help aid the pain.

My husband has had surgery on one knee, and now the other is

getting too painful. But I don't think he'll have surgery on the one giving

him pain now. The time for healing is over a year, and you don't know

til often that long, if your surgery was a success. He doesn't think

his was. But he's not going for knee replacement either.

Why not google the remedies for arthritic pain, and see what you

can learn for alternatives to what you use now? I wish you luck!

Try using Absorbine Jr. or capzasin creme. Both are for arthritis, and both work well. I can find the absorbine jr at the dollar store here. I remember when it was used for athletes foot and I didn't know it was for sore muscles and arthritis too. It's worth a try. Just be careful as both get very warm on the skin. Good luck, and I hope you have a good time at Disney world.

Believe it or not...WD-40.

Biofreeze is the bomb! Saturday morning I woke up with a pain on the inside of my right knee on that little piece of bone that sticks out just past the knee cap. I had woken up from time to time during the night from the pain. Felt like I'd been hit with a baseball bat. I rubbed some Biofreeze (my wife gets it by the tube/roll-on from her chiropractor) and popped 2 Aleve. I ate breakfast and read the paper. Laid down on the couch and went out for 3 hours. Got up and my knee was fine.

I'm not saying to do that since I'm not licensed to do so nor am I medically qualified to prescribe that treatment. It's just something that worked for me.

I don't know if this will help you but it helped me, and i am a lot older than you. The Certo fruit pectin found in Walmart in the canning section has really helped my fingers and other aches and pains that arthritis causes. I have friends that recommended it to me because it helped them. You can Google it. I put in 'certo and arthritis' and came up with plenty of sites.

I stir one spoon into water, orange juice, grape juice or liquid of some kind and drink it, one in the morning, one in the evening and it stopped my pain completely.

I hope you try it and it works well for you and you have a pain free trip.

Naproxen/Naproxen sodium: relieves pain and inflammation. Used for osteoarthritis. Read you can't take aleve; so don't take naproxen. Your doctor can give you other prescriptions. Sounds like you can't take anything over the counter because you are mostly allergic to it. You may want to ask him about Celebrex. CELEBREX relieves arthritis pain, stiffness, and inflammation. Just one 200-mg dose provides 24-hour relief. In clinical studies, a lower percentage of patients on CELEBREX reported indigestion, abdominal pain, and nausea versus prescription ibuprofen and naproxen. CELEBREX can also be used with low-dose aspirin. Other prescription NSAIDs aren’t generally recommended with aspirin. Based on the available data, the FDA stated that, for certain patients, the benefits of CELEBREX outweigh the risks. But only you and your doctor can make that decision.

A moist heating pad is good. If you don't have one very warm towels can be applied. I have used one for my SI joint and it does ease it down. I am not one to want to take a lot of meds, and especially prescription pain meds, but 1 tablet of an 8-12 hour relief of 'Aleve' helps me. I find if I take it about 1/2 hour before being active, it helps more. Their pads are filled with a 'no pop' corn that you put in the microwave to apply. One brand is called Kozy Komfort heating pads. You can find them online by typing in Kozy Komfort. The corn holds in heat really well, so you don't have to reheat so often. I've used them on my neck years ago, and they provide a lot of relief. I hope you find some relief no matter what you choose to try.

I use a gel that is sold at health food stores, it is called Triflora Arthritis Gel, works very good for arthritis, muscle stiffness and tendinitis. I use ginger in various forms as a natural painkiller/ant inflammatory. Curry powder and other hot spices help too. And sometimes I take glucosamine chondroitin, it is good for osteoarthritis.