Ankylosing spondylitis
Back pain and stiffness in a young adult that is WORSE after rest and BETTER with movement.
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Conditions we treat
The 45 bone and joint problems seen most often at the clinics. Each one has a plain-English page, an exercise sheet with pictures, and short guides you can download in English, Hindi or Marathi.
Neck & back
Low back pain
Most back pain comes from muscles and joints, not from damage to the spine.
Neck pain
Most neck pain comes from muscles and joints.
Neck pain after a road accident
Neck pain and stiffness that begin in the hours or days after a car or two-wheeler accident.
Pain between the shoulder blades
Most pain between the shoulder blades comes from the muscles that hold your head and shoulders up.
Sciatica
Pain travelling from the back down into the leg means a nerve is being irritated.
Spinal stenosis
The space around the nerves in the lower back narrows with age.
Also treated
Acute torticollis / wry neck · Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis · Cervical radiculopathy · Cervical spondylotic myelopathy · Coccydynia · Costochondritis · Facet joint pain · Ischial bursitis · Klippel-Feil syndrome · Osteoporotic spine fracture · Sacroiliac joint pain · Scheuermann kyphosis · Soft bones with back pain (osteomalacia) · Spondylolisthesis · Thoracic outlet syndrome · Traumatic spinal cord injury · Tuberculosis of the spine · Twisted neck in a baby
Shoulder & elbow
Cubital tunnel syndrome
Tingling in the little and ring fingers comes from the ulnar nerve being squeezed at the elbow, not at the wrist.
Frozen shoulder
The shoulder becomes stiff and painful, and then slowly frees again.
Golfer's elbow
Pain on the inner side of the elbow, worst when gripping or bending the wrist.
Pulled elbow in young children
A small bone at the elbow has slipped out from under its ligament after a pull on the hand.
Rotator cuff pain
Pain when lifting the arm, reaching behind, or lying on that side at night.
Shoulder dislocation and instability
A shoulder that has dislocated, or that feels unstable when you reach overhead or behind.
Swelling at the point of the elbow
The swelling at the point of the elbow sits on top of the bone, not inside the joint.
Tennis elbow
Pain on the outer side of the elbow, worst when gripping or lifting with the palm down.
Also treated
Acromioclavicular joint arthritis · Axillary nerve palsy · Bicipital tendinopathy · Birth brachial plexus palsy · Calcific tendinitis of the shoulder · Charcot shoulder (nerve-related joint damage) · Chronic elbow instability · Clavicle fracture · Cleidocranial dysostosis · Distal biceps tendon rupture · Elbow deformity after a badly healed fracture · Little league elbow · Myositis ossificans of the elbow · Parsonage-Turner syndrome · Pronator teres syndrome · Radial nerve palsy · Rapidly destructive shoulder · Scapular winging and dyskinesia · Shoulder arthritis · Shoulder fracture · Shoulder labral tear · Shoulder stiffness turning inwards · Sprengel deformity · Stiff elbow · Suprascapular nerve entrapment · Thoracodorsal nerve palsy · Traumatic brachial plexus injury · Triceps tendinopathy
Hand & wrist
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Numbness, tingling and pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers — classically waking you at night and eased by shaking the hand.
De Quervain's — thumb-side wrist pain
Pain on the thumb side of the wrist, worst when lifting with the thumb out — classically when lifting a baby.
Dupuytren's contracture
A firm cord forms in the palm and slowly pulls a finger down so it will not straighten.
Ganglion (wrist lump)
A smooth, firm lump on the back or front of the wrist, or at the base of a finger.
Thumb base arthritis
Pain at the base of the thumb when gripping, pinching, opening jars or turning a key.
Trigger finger
A finger that catches or clicks as you bend it, and sometimes locks bent so you have to straighten it with the other hand.
Also treated
A wrist fracture that healed crooked · Complex regional pain syndrome · Congenital radioulnar synostosis · Finger joint arthritis · Hypothenar hammer syndrome · Intersection syndrome · Jersey finger · Kienbock disease · Madelung deformity · Mallet finger · Nail and finger infection · Scaphoid fracture · Ulnar tunnel syndrome at Guyon canal · Ulnar-sided wrist pain · Volkmann ischaemic contracture · Wartenberg syndrome
Hip & knee
ACL and ligament injury
A twisting injury, often with a pop, and a knee that swelled within a few hours.
After your knee replacement
The operation gives you a new joint.
Hip arthritis
Pain felt in the GROIN and the front of the thigh, with stiffness putting on socks and shoes.
Knee arthritis
Arthritis means the cushioning in the knee has thinned.
Kneecap pain
Pain at the front of the knee, worse going down stairs, squatting, or after sitting for a long time.
Meniscal (cartilage) tear
The meniscus is the shock absorber inside the knee.
Pain on the inner side of the knee
This pain comes from a small cushion just below and inside the knee, not from the joint itself.
Pain on the side of the hip
Pain on the bony point on the outside of the hip, worst lying on that side at night and going up stairs.
Swelling at the front of the kneecap
The swelling in front of the kneecap sits between the skin and the bone, not inside the joint.
Swelling behind the knee
A swelling behind the knee is usually the knee's own fluid in a natural pouch.
Also treated
A hip fracture that has not joined · Adductor and groin strain · Avascular necrosis of the hip · Bow legs and knock knees · Developmental dysplasia of the hip · Discoid meniscus · Femoral nerve palsy · Femoroacetabular impingement · Hip deformity in children · Hip fracture in the elderly · Irritable hip in a child · Knee deformity in children · Knee ligament injury · Kneecap fracture · Limb length discrepancy · Meniscal cyst · Meralgia paraesthetica · Obturator nerve palsy · Osgood-Schlatter disease · Osteochondritis dissecans of the knee · PCL and back-of-knee ligament injury · Patellar dislocation · Patellar tendinopathy · Perthes disease · Pigmented villonodular synovitis · Piriformis syndrome · Sciatic nerve palsy · Slipped upper femoral epiphysis · Synovial chondromatosis · Traumatic hip dislocation
Foot & ankle
Achilles tendon pain
Pain and stiffness in the tendon at the back of the ankle, worst first thing in the morning.
Ankle sprain
A rolled ankle stretches the ligaments on the outside.
Bunion (hallux valgus)
The big toe drifts across and a bump forms at its base.
Diabetic foot care
If you have diabetes, the nerves in your feet may not warn you when something is wrong.
Hammer, claw and mallet toe
A toe that has curled and now rubs inside the shoe.
Heel pain
Pain under the heel, worst on the first few steps in the morning and after sitting.
Morton's neuroma
Burning pain between the toes, often with the feeling of a pebble under the ball of the foot.
Shin pain with running
Aching along the inner edge of the shin that comes on with running and eases with rest.
Also treated
Achilles tendon rupture · Ankle fracture · Calf muscle tear · Charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot · Chronic lateral ankle instability · Clubfoot and other foot deformities at birth · Corns and callosities · Deep vein thrombosis · Flat foot · Foot drop · Forefoot changes in rheumatoid arthritis · Freiberg disease · Hallux rigidus · High-arched foot · In-toeing and out-toeing gait · Ingrown toenail · Leg cramps · Metatarsalgia · Pain at the back of the heel bone · Painful os trigonum · Sever's disease · Sinus tarsi syndrome · Stress fracture · Talar osteochondral lesion · Tarsal tunnel syndrome · Turf toe
Bone & joint disease
After a fracture
The bone has healed, and now the joint is stiff and the muscle has wasted.
After surgery on a broken bone
The operation holds the broken ends in line with metal — a plate, screws, a rod or wires — while the bone heals itself.
Gout
A joint that becomes severely painful, red, hot and swollen over a few hours — most often the big toe, but it can be any joint.
Osteoporosis
Bones thin silently with age.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Swelling and stiffness in the small joints of the hands and feet, worst in the morning and lasting more than an hour.
Vitamin D deficiency and bone pain
Widespread aching in the bones, tiredness, and difficulty getting up from a chair or climbing stairs.
Also treated
Amputation stump care · Bone and joint tuberculosis · Bone and spine infection · Cerebral palsy · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease · Chikungunya and post-viral joint pain · Fibromyalgia · Fractures — what differs by site · Growing pains · Guillain-Barre syndrome · Haemophilic arthropathy · Hansen disease · Joint pain in lupus · Myofascial pain syndrome · Nutritional rickets in adolescents · Ochronosis · Polio and post-polio problems · Polymyalgia rheumatica · Pseudogout · Psoriatic arthritis · Reactive arthritis · Scars and keloids
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