What Causes Back Pain, Knee Pain Along With Swelling In The Joints?

Posted on Mon, 6 Apr 2015

Question: Back injured in auto accident Cortisone in RT hip. Resules brought on diffcut pain in back and painful
walking, pain in rt.knee and swelling. My Dr. put me on pain pills which are not working. Should I see
a neurology Doctor.
This wasa recent auto accidentJan 23rd 2015. I failed to mention this.

Answered by Dr. Shoaib Khan (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, a neurologist should also be included; other treatment options as well

Detailed Answer:
Hello ma'am and welcome.

Thank you for writing to us.

I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. I have two suggestions ma'am:

+Treat the arthritis: Options include
-Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
-Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
-Hyaluronic acid therapy
-Steroids
-Anti-depressants (lately seem to contribute to reduce/suppress pain to quite an extent)

+Visit a neurologist: A. The swelling in the joints can cause compression of the surrounding structures (here suspecting blood vessel compression) resulting in pain
B. The back injury could have resulted in your discs being either bulged or a slip, which can put pressure on the nerves and the spinal cord resulting in pain syndrome. An MRI spine test will be required to diagnose the region causing the pain and to help direct treatment for the same ma'am. Please also do consider physiotherapy as this greatly contributes towards rehabilitation

I hope you find my response helpful ma'am. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.

Best wishes.

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar