... The orthopedic surgeon explained how clubbed foot bones rub a different way than normal foot bones which can cause arthritis at a young age. ... (5 replies)

... i am waking up with stiffness in both sides of rib cage, front and back and also in my spine. I also get stabbing pains in the rib cage. . ... (3 replies)

... helped with stiffness and some pain. Used to be, after eating out, I would have to stand for a while to get my legs and feet to a working point again. Not anymore. ... (15 replies)

... Also in my left foot at top of ankle - had it for 5 years and getting slowly worse. No Pain, no lumps. Just tightness and stiffness - especially by end of day. Seeing new Podiatrist today! (7 replies)

... inflamitoty for diagnosed ankle and foot arthritis. I had gastritis last year from taking these so I am very wary of them. I have not told the dr. ... (1 replies)

... Thank you for the reply. Yes, this is what I'm confused over... why I do not have any pain. All I have is this weird stiffness and like a lump/swelling near the ankle joint. Not a lump as in it looks like a cyst or something very superficial. This is within the tissue. (7 replies)

... tore that kind of hold the ankle in place and it might help. They also remind you not to move the ankle....a bigger help. Might try one for a week and see if the stiffness goes down. ... (7 replies)

... I don't know what is wrong with me. All I know is about a week and a half ago, I felt a tight band, a stiffness around my left ankle, the front part. THEN suddenly I feel like my foot is not flexing properly, like it's stiff. I have zero pain. ... (7 replies)

... Hi Chillytoes, I love your handle -- a good name for me as well since I have problems with icy hands and feet. Just over a year ago, I started having trouble with my feet, and like you, I attributed the initially mild symptoms to a number of things: swelling (or growing) feet due to menopause, problems adjusting to all new footwear (I had replaced all existing shoes due... (8 replies)

... Since awakening this morning, the ball of my foot has been swollen. ... (0 replies)

... Luv, yes I did have pain, stiffness and redness with the swelling. It was constant and lasted about a year... ... (21 replies)

... I know the doc can take a sample of the fluid around the joint & send for testing. I think with synovitis, white blood cells accumlate in the synovium around the joint & causes painful inflammation, redness, stiffness. It can happen because of inflammatory disease, injury, & sometimes they don't know why. Back when mine first started, the doc never asked if i was having any... (21 replies)

... I didnt have insurance, but it was so bad that I racked up my credit cards going from foot doctor to foot doctor....I had shots, tens therapy, heat therapy, whirlpool therapy, prescription aleve. I went to the doc every single week and nothing was helping. ... (21 replies)

... soon as I take the first step I almost fall because the pain is so bad. But the second and the rest of the steps are alot less painfull. I don't think that it is stiffness because it usually takes alot longer to work out the stiffness. Both feet hurt but that first step pain is only in my left foot. ... (6 replies)

... and foot gets swollen and purple in color. Although sometimes it may be very pale or red too. ... (1 replies)

... were PF, which was persistent enough to require surgery on both feet before the referral to rheumy. Also some hip bursitis. Enbrel took away much of my morning stiffness and helped my stamina, but did little for pain. Thus the change to Simponi. Within 3 weeks of the first dose, I was feeling better. ... (3 replies)

... rt when i would move them in a certain position or have to use my thumb strength to open lids etc. My ankle would hurt when rotating it and also when turning my foot inwards and when I would first start to walk. ... (6 replies)

... I think the three of us are all headed down the same road. I am just worried my new doc relies on bloodwork. (31 replies)

... I thank you in advance for reading my story, and for replying if you have experienced ANYTHING similar... I am a 25 yo white female. The only history I knew I had when symptoms started was Psoriasis of the nails that started at age 17 and little patches on the elbows and knees. I realized the nails were getting worse around age 22 in 2008. And I also noticed I had a little... (0 replies)

... Oh and I have no morning stiffness! I thought for sure that would delay my diagnosis. I get stiffness in the middle of the night but by morning I'm not stiff, just very sore and beat up feeling. ... (31 replies)