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Having very tight calf muscles and burning at knees in morning

Hi,
I am 36 year old male.
For last 3 weeks I have been having very high burning in knees and my calf muscles are very tight. The knee burning has reduced a lot after having ayurvedic medicine Mienta(Aflatin 50 mg) for last 3 days, but morning in bed burning is still very high. Once I get out of bed burning reduces a lot. Calf muscles are still very tight. What homeopathic medicine can I use to relieve these problems of burning of the knees and tightness of calf muscles?
 
  ramaswamy01 on 2017-01-05
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
I can consider your case but you need to give many answers, copy the questions list in notepad,
write answers in same way with questions and then paste in post reply, NO SHORT answers explain MAXIMUM you can.


1. Age,sex,weight,country,occupation.
ANS.

2. Main complaints and other associated troubles.
a)Where is the trouble; The exact locality of the complaint like hands,legs etc; duration of trouble.
ANS.
b)What exactly do you feel, Sensation as pain, how pain feels or burn etc.
ANS.
c)What are the factors that causes this trouble according to you.
ANS.
d)Condition under which the complaint is reduced or you feel better like,cold or hot application,cold or hot weather,position as standing,walking,rest etc.
ANS.
e)Condition under which the complaint is increased like,cold or hot application,cold or hot weather,position as standing,walking,rest etc.
ANS.
f)Any other complaint any where in the body.
ANS.
g)Onset time of troubles in detail, i.e which came first, after that what problem and so on.
ANS.
h)Treatment method adopted and its result.
ANS.

3. History of diseases in family.
ANS.

4. Personal History.
a)About childhood.
ANS.
b)Academic performance.
ANS.
c)Any major incidents in life and the effect of it on life.
ANS.
d)How you are satisfied with your sex life, friends, family members, company etc.
ANS.

5. Habits/Addiction.
a)Smoking, Alcohol,Sleeping pills, Laxative etc.
ANS.
b)Masturbation and frequency.
ANS.

6. How is your Appetite and Thirst.
ANS.

7. Likes and Dislikes.
a)Alcohol Bread Butter Bitter Salt Sweet Sour Fats Milk Mud Chalk Egg Spicy food Meat Fish Fruits Fried Food
Warm food-drink Cold food-drink Ice Ice cream Chocolates Tea Coffee.
ANS.
b)Anything else about like and dislike of any activity with you or surrounding.
ANS.

8. Bowel movements.
a)Nature of stool, frequency, satisfactory or not.
ANS.
b)Any discomforts associated with stool.
ANS.

9. Urine.
a)Frequency, nature, volume.
ANS.
b)Any discomfort before, during or after urination/odour
ANS.

10. For men.
a)Any difference in erection/want of erection/weak erection/Ejaculation early/late.
ANS.
b)Any other trouble in sex.
ANS.

11. For Females.
a)Menses, Regular, Irregular,Early, Late.
ANS.
b)Duration of menses.
ANS.
c)Nature of flow, Scanty, Blood colour, Consistency, Odour, Staining, itching/ when and what makes it worse/better.
ANS.

12. Sleep.
a)The quality of sleep, the quietness or restlessness of sleep,
position of sleep, times of waking and reasons for waking,
need for cover over various parts of the body,
whether the window must be open or closed etc.
common dreams, peculiar sounds or gestures during sleep, etc.
ANS.

13. Sweat
a)How much, what parts, staining, Odour.
ANS.

14. Weather
a)Tolerance to heat and cold, dryness, humidity, weather changes, sun,
foggy weather, wind drafts, closed rooms, etc.
ANS.

15. Mental Status
a)The quality of the patient's life in relationship to loved ones, family, friends and colleagues. Overall quality of energy available to function in daily life, and under various circumstances.
ANS.
b)Any mental/emotional shocks occurring in the patient's life-grief, major financial losses separation from loved ones, death, identity crisis and other stress in life.
ANS.
c)Memory,ability to concentrate/comprehend.
ANS.
d)Are you fearful of anything eg: Animals, people, being alone, darkness, death, disease, robbers, thunder, storm, high places.
ANS.
e)Are you anxious about anything: if yes, give details.
ANS.
f)Are you impatient.
ANS.
g)Are you doubtful or suspicious.
ANS.
h)Are you hurt easily (emotionally)how do you react. Does it cause hatred/revenge.
ANS.
i)Does your pride get hurt easily.
ANS.
j)Are you depressed, if so, reason/circumstances.
ANS.
k)Do you like to share your problems.
ANS.
l)Effect of consolation.
ANS.
m)Do you ever become suicidal when? How.
ANS.
n)Memory- quality if poor, for what ( eg. Names, places, people, what you read).
ANS.
o)Do you weep easily, effect of weeping, ie, does it make you worse or better.
ANS.
p)Are you easily irritated. What makes you angry, how do you express it.
ANS.
q)Are you destructive.
ANS.
r)How good are you in making decisions.
ANS.
s)Do you like company or like to remain alone.
ANS.
t)How seriously are you affected by disorder and uncleanness in your surroundings.
ANS.
u)How does failure appear to you?
ANS.
v)Are there any matters that you deeply dislike?
ANS.
w)What activities you deeply like? How does it affect your mood?
ANS.
x)Are you affectionate? How does others sorrow affect you?
ANS.
y)Any present fears in your life or future.
ANS.
z)Any present life or future life desires.
ANS.

16.Describe your face and tongue by doing FACIAL AND TONGUE DIAGNOSIS by visiting homeomzp.blogspot.com
ANS.

17.Describe PRAKRITI
by doing EVALUATION on visiting
www.holisticonline.com/ayurveda/w_ayurveda-dtest1.htm
ANS.

NOTE-- if proper reporting will not be done by you, then i will close the case, you can take advice from others.

Regards,
antivirus
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
I can consider your case but you need to give many answers, copy the questions list in notepad,
write answers in same way with questions and then paste in post reply, NO SHORT answers explain MAXIMUM you can.


1. Age,sex,weight,country,occupation.
ANS. 36, M, 82kg, India, Software

2. Main complaints and other associated troubles.
a)Where is the trouble; The exact locality of the complaint like hands,legs etc; duration of trouble.
ANS. Calf muscles feeling tight and hurting slightly when walking.
Knees having burning when sleeping in bed with legs outstretched. This is for last 3 weeks

Prior to this, unsteadiness started on June 10 2016 and ear fullness and tinnitus started on July 28 2016.
Had food poisoning around May 25 2016(ate tofu cooked on friday on monday) and was not given any medicine by
doctors to cleanse the system though I repeatedly kept asking them for antibiotics to help treat it fast

b)What exactly do you feel, Sensation as pain, how pain feels or burn etc.
ANS. Burning in knees(underside and inner top corners - for right knee, left top corner and for left knee right top corner).

c)What are the factors that causes this trouble according to you.
ANS. Not sure. Always there. If legs are outstretched in bed, burning is more
d)Condition under which the complaint is reduced or you feel better like,cold or hot application,cold or hot weather,position as standing,walking,rest etc.
ANS. Always same
e)Condition under which the complaint is increased like,cold or hot application,cold or hot weather,position as standing,walking,rest etc.
ANS. Always same
f)Any other complaint any where in the body.
ANS.
Unsteadiness - like being pulled in one direction
Tinnitus - always present especially in right ear

g)Onset time of troubles in detail, i.e which came first, after that what problem and so on.
ANS. Food poisoning on May 25 2016.
Unsteadiness started on June 10 2016
Tinnitus and ear block on July 28 2016
Very high knee burning and calf extreme stiffness started 25 Dec 2016. Prior to that, slight pain in right knee
when climbing stairs started June 2015 and stiffness of calf muscles started Apr 2016, but it was very slight
h)Treatment method adopted and its result.
ANS. Advised not to strain knees, so avoided climbing stairs and running. Knee pain well under control,
but calf tightness existed. Since 25 Dec, this knee burning and calf muscle tightness are much higher.
Aflapin has reduced knee burning a lot, but calf muscle tightness still present.
For unsteadiness, vertin was used and had effect till July 28.
Tried Acid Salicylum for 1 month and Chini sulph for 1 month and had no effect on tinnitus or unsteadiness.
Not sure what homeopathic medicines were given for sleep, but it has not brought sleep back to normal.
Taking Vitamins(absolut 3g) and herbal medicine(cognix plus) for tinnitus and it has reduced tinnitus, but still not eliminated it.
Had Nootropil for 15 days which is supposed to increase oxygen supply to brain, but did not reduce unsteadiness. Only reduced blurring of vision to some extent
Still taking vertin, but has no effect on unsteadiness.
I think currently sulphur has been given for the pain, but does not seem to have much effect.

3. History of diseases in family.
ANS. Father and mother have blood pressure. Maternal grandmother had arthritis, paternal grandfather had diabetes

4. Personal History.
a)About childhood.
ANS. Normal middle class childhood with no major issues in school. No diseases encountered in childhood
b)Academic performance.
ANS. Good academic performance
c)Any major incidents in life and the effect of it on life.
ANS.
d)How you are satisfied with your sex life, friends, family members, company etc.
ANS. Very satisfied. Unmarried so no sex life

5. Habits/Addiction.
a)Smoking, Alcohol,Sleeping pills, Laxative etc.
ANS. No
b)Masturbation and frequency.
ANS. Happens 3 times a week, trying to bring down to once in 5 days by meditating. Have reduced porn watching
dramatically to less than once a week or once in 15 days

6. How is your Appetite and Thirst.
ANS. Appetite is good, but I never feel hungry, I always eat at fixed times(9 am, 2 pm, 5:30 pm and 9 pm).
Feel thirsty quite a few times. Drink 4 litres of water a day


7. Likes and Dislikes.
a)Alcohol Bread Butter Bitter Salt Sweet Sour Fats Milk Mud Chalk Egg Spicy food Meat Fish Fruits Fried Food
Warm food-drink Cold food-drink Ice Ice cream Chocolates Tea Coffee.
ANS. Chocolates, ice cream, Cheese. Like spicy food, but avoid it since it causes digestion issues.
Do not like sugar. Like creamy foods and fatty foods like ghee
b)Anything else about like and dislike of any activity with you or surrounding.
ANS.

8. Bowel movements.
a)Nature of stool, frequency, satisfactory or not.
ANS. Slightly dark many days, varies between 1 - 3 times per day, not very compact is a bit loose
b)Any discomforts associated with stool.
ANS. No, but it is more loose than it should be

9. Urine.
a)Frequency, nature, volume.
ANS. 8-9 times per day, clear and decent volume
b)Any discomfort before, during or after urination/odour
ANS. Mostly no odour or discomfort. Mostly yellow colour in morning, clear after that

10. For men.
a)Any difference in erection/want of erection/weak erection/Ejaculation early/late.
ANS. No
b)Any other trouble in sex.
ANS.

11. For Females.
a)Menses, Regular, Irregular,Early, Late.
ANS.
b)Duration of menses.
ANS.
c)Nature of flow, Scanty, Blood colour, Consistency, Odour, Staining, itching/ when and what makes it worse/better.
ANS.

12. Sleep.
a)The quality of sleep, the quietness or restlessness of sleep,
position of sleep, times of waking and reasons for waking,
need for cover over various parts of the body,
whether the window must be open or closed etc.
common dreams, peculiar sounds or gestures during sleep, etc.
ANS. Most sleep nowadays is 11-3 or 11-4. Then sometimes I get back the sleep for about 1 hour.
So typically 11-3, 3:30 - 4:30, or 11-4. Not reaching 6 hours sleep which I used to get consistently
before Jun 2016.
Before June 2016, it was 11-3 and 3:30-5:30(full 6 hours consistently). Normally, I get sleep as soon as I lie down on the
bed
Position of sleep: body turned rightwards
Window is always open, fan needs to be there for sound also to mask the tinnitus. Was not required before
the tinnitus
Need cover for toes and feet especially. Sleep gets disturbed if toes and feet are exposed. Normally cover from toes
till neck for decent sleep.

13. Sweat
a)How much, what parts, staining, Odour.
ANS. Normal, mostly armpits and upper body, no special bad odour

14. Weather
a)Tolerance to heat and cold, dryness, humidity, weather changes, sun,
foggy weather, wind drafts, closed rooms, etc.
ANS. Was very tolerant to all weathers before june. Never had even a cold for almost 3 years. Get viral fever if I go out in
peak summer hot sun sometimes. But now, my nose feels blocked slightly all the time

15. Mental Status
a)The quality of the patient's life in relationship to loved ones, family, friends and colleagues. Overall quality of energy available to function in daily life, and under various circumstances.
ANS. Normal relationship.
b)Any mental/emotional shocks occurring in the patient's life-grief, major financial losses separation from loved ones, death, identity crisis and other stress in life.
ANS. Long back, had fear that I would become homeless or lose my job. But no such feelings now and am mentally very comfortable
c)Memory,ability to concentrate/comprehend.
ANS. Good memory and best ability to comprehend in my current work environment
d)Are you fearful of anything eg: Animals, people, being alone, darkness, death, disease, robbers, thunder, storm, high places.
ANS. Fearful of being crippled for life because of my problems. I do have fears of people in general and keep myself closed to most people except very few whom I trust
e)Are you anxious about anything: if yes, give details.
ANS. I am anxious currently about whether my long standing health problems will get resolved or not. My current main health
problems are unsteadiness(I always feel pulled in one direction(sometimes forwards, sometimes to the right), I have ear fullness and tinnitus in right ear
and my calf muscles feel very tight and burning in knees in the morning
f)Are you impatient.
ANS. No I am generally very patient
g)Are you doubtful or suspicious.
ANS. Yes, I do not trust people easily
h)Are you hurt easily (emotionally)how do you react. Does it cause hatred/revenge.
ANS. If I am hurt by some person, it will cause hatred and desire for revenge on that person
i)Does your pride get hurt easily.
ANS. Yes, especially if I am told to do something which I do not want to do or if I am blamed for something
which is not my mistake. Lot of times, at work I adjust for others to help complete the work,
but if things go wrong I get blamed and that time, I get hurt
j)Are you depressed, if so, reason/circumstances.
ANS. Frustrated that if I had had antibiotics after the food poisoning, things may have continued being normal instead of becoming chronic.
Angry at the doctors for not prescribing antibiotics for food poisoning though I asked them twice. Was present in a place where I cannot
get medicine without prescription and hence could not buy antibiotics myself by walking into a pharmacy
k)Do you like to share your problems.
ANS. Only to people I trust. I do not trust people easily
l)Effect of consolation.
ANS. Not much. I normally feel crippled if I cannot do things which I used to do and keep trying to be able to do
them
m)Do you ever become suicidal when? How.
ANS. Not yet become suicidal, but wish that death comes via a fast heart attack rather than live with this daily trouble
n)Memory- quality if poor, for what ( eg. Names, places, people, what you read).
ANS. Good memory
o)Do you weep easily, effect of weeping, ie, does it make you worse or better.
ANS. I do not weep easily
p)Are you easily irritated. What makes you angry, how do you express it.
ANS. I get irritated less by things compared to other people. If I am angry, I avoid going the thing that makes me angry
q)Are you destructive.
ANS. No. I like to fix things and not break them
r)How good are you in making decisions.
ANS. Not too good. Known topics, I can decide, otherwise I am indecisive especially when doing something new involving money
s)Do you like company or like to remain alone.
ANS. Like being alone. Normally browse internet for solutions to issues which I cannot figure out or
t)How seriously are you affected by disorder and uncleanness in your surroundings.
ANS. Not much. I tolerate disorder. I try to be bit orderly compared to most people, but do not expect others to be orderly
u)How does failure appear to you?
ANS. Stepping stone to success. I consider failure as a learning experience, especially when it is something I do
myself without others having any stake. If others involved, I make clear that this is likely to fail and hence they
should not expect me to deliver successfully
v)Are there any matters that you deeply dislike?
ANS. I hate hypocrisy by people - especially people who expect me to maintain a high standard while they never do
the same for me. Noise disturbs me
w)What activities you deeply like? How does it affect your mood?
ANS. I like fixing mechanical things. Sometimes, when trying to fix things, I forget time and do it late in the
nights also. I also like quizzing and going around on my motorcycle. Now because of unsteadiness, I am not able
to ride my motorcycle and I feel very crippled because of the same. I like window shopping. When I fix something, I feel good.
x)Are you affectionate? How does others sorrow affect you?
ANS. Yes I am affectionate. Others sorrow makes me want to help them by reducing their workload
y)Any present fears in your life or future.
ANS. Fear of my health conditions not getting resolved, fear that my marriage will not happen because of this conditions and
fear that I cannot take care of my parents and I will lose my job because of this health conditions
z)Any present life or future life desires.
ANS. Desire to get married and live a normal life. Not very ambitious, just want to have a child and bring that child up properly and get them into a
job before I retire. Want to just reach a decent level at work which I can reach without much strain, do not want to reach top level at work.

16.Describe your face and tongue by doing FACIAL AND TONGUE DIAGNOSIS by visiting
ANS.

17.Describe PRAKRITI
by doing EVALUATION on visiting

ANS.
Vata :23
Pitta: 26
Kapha: 51
Your Predominant Dosha Is: Kapha
Today, ayurvedic doctor said vayu dosha(excess vayu) after checking pulse. Not sure if that means same as above
I did prakriti evaluation to the best of my knowledge.


Will do the facial and tongue evaluation once internet is restored. This is not opening in office and home internet down since cyclone and still following up with internet service provider.
Thanks
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
Everyday, I do the following pranayam in given sequence
1)kapal bhati
2)anulom vilom
3)3 stage ujjayi
4)bhastrika
5)sudarshan kriya
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
take CHELIDONIUM MAJUS 30c liquid, 2 drops in a tablespoon water, 3 times a day for 2 days,

{if buying pills then 3 pills, 3 times 2 days, chew it, do not swallow with water}

do not eat or drink anything 30 minutes before and after medicine,

REPORT FOLLOWING AFTER 15 DAYS

feeling calm=
good sleep=
proper energy level=
self control=
confidence level=
freshness on waking up=
love and affection with others=
mental freedom or freshness=
burning=

Dashmularishta 25ml dissolved in 25ml water, to be taken after breakfast.

do not drink water 1 hour before and 1 hour after meals, after meals take 1-2 sips of water, after 1 hour take full glass of water.

regards,
antivirus
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
Thank you. Have ordered the medicine. Once I get it, I will try as per your recommendation and let you know the outcome after 15 days
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
Sir, had one dose of chelidonium last night. Seems to have aggravated the symptoms. Had only 3 hours of sleep and my knee burning and pain in calf is the highest it has ever been till now
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
no problem, aggravation is good sign in homeopathy.

complete the dosage but if you find burning is been increasing then dont take further dose.

report after 15 days.

.
.
[message edited by 0antivirus0 on Mon, 16 Jan 2017 04:34:00 UTC]
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
I am wondering if it is due to reaction with existing homeopathy medicines which I had mentioned. Should I stop for some days all the medicine and then try this?
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
stop all other homeopathic medicines.

after 4 days.

take CHELIDONIUM MAJUS 30c liquid, 2 drops in a tablespoon water, 3 times a day for 2 days,

{if buying pills then 3 pills, 3 times 2 days, chew it, do not swallow with water}

do not eat or drink anything 30 minutes before and after medicine,

REPORT FOLLOWING AFTER 15 DAYS

feeling calm=
good sleep=
proper energy level=
self control=
confidence level=
freshness on waking up=
love and affection with others=
mental freedom or freshness=
burning=

Dashmularishta 25ml dissolved in 25ml water, to be taken after breakfast.

do not drink water 1 hour before and 1 hour after meals, after meals take 1-2 sips of water, after 1 hour take full glass of water.

regards,
antivirus
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
hi, I went to orthopaedic on saturday. He said tightness of calf is because of spine compression and advised 2 days complete bed rest and using lumbar support belt. After resting on sunday and monday, I felt very less burning on knee underside today morning and my left knee is not burning today. There is some tightness still while walking, but much less than earlier. My right knee which has chondromalacia patella has slight pain while walking. I will be completing the chelidonium majus course today(had 3 doses yesterday and 2 today till now). Will update on further symptoms
[message edited by ramaswamy01 on Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:23:43 UTC]
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
ok.
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
Pls find the update after almost 2 weeks:

Calf tightness and burning: still present, but much less than earlier. It had gone down after the bed rest of 2 weeks back. Last two days it has been a bit more. So I am trying to take bed rest again
Sleep: slight improvement. Getting almost 5 hrs consistently for last 1 week. Getting it in 2 bits of 4 hours and 1 hour. The second bit takes some time to happen after the first bit(sometimes 1 - 1.5 hours I am awake before getting sleep again after the first bit of 4 hours)
Digestion: better. Motion only once a day most of the time
Unsteadiness: same. No change
Ear fullness and tinnitus: same. No change.
Self control: little better. frequency of masturbation reduced
Confidence: Still same, no change. need some improvement in unsteadiness and sleep for confidence to improve
Energy on waking up: slightly better since sleep has slightly improved

Am having the following ayurvedic medicines:

a) Maharasanadi Kashaya
b) Kanchanara guggulu
c) Vatarakshaka yoga
d) Yogaraja vati

above 4 are supposedly for helping with the sciatica which is causing the burning of the knees and tightness of calf muscles

e) Ashwagandha - for sleep at bedtime with milk
[message edited by ramaswamy01 on Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:37:49 UTC]
[message edited by ramaswamy01 on Sat, 04 Feb 2017 15:06:24 UTC]
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
Pls find update:
Last night(4 Feb), sleep was from 11:45 to 4:15 only
Went to bed at 10:45, but sleep came at 11:45 only. At 4:15 after sleep broke, it did not come back at all.
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
take only dasmoolarisht, maharasaanadi kashya and yogaraja vati.

report improvement in same way after 15 days.
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
Please find updates:

sleep: between 4 - 4.5 hrs
dizziness: same, no change
tinnitus: same, no change
calf tightness: still same
knee underside burning: almost gone
back pain: still present. Avoiding sitting for long in one place and walk around every now and then
confidence: still poor
digestion: not so good. Having very loose motion and it is once a day, sometimes twice. Had fever thursday to sunday(23 to 26 Feb) since then it has been very loose motion. Had food poisoning on 16th Feb because of some prashad which was probably stale and that also contributed to digestive issues from 17th to 22nd.
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
your digestion need to be managed,

arrange ayurvedic TRIKATU powder

Tell your date, month, year of birth with birth place and timing for Medical Astrology
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
Thank you. How do I consume trikatu powder?

pfb the requested details:

26/04/1980, Thalayolaporambu(Kottayam District Kerala), 8:02 am
 
ramaswamy01 7 years ago
take 1 tablespoon trikatu power after breakfast and dinner daily.
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
ok take a red paper, put some red masoor dal grains(without cover) over it, sprinke some yellow turmeric powder over dal grains, keep this paper in south direction of your sleeping room, keep it untouched, whole process to be done on any tuesday evening within 48 minutes of sunset.

we will go only with diet, medical astrology and homeopathy.

report as asked on completion of 15 days.

regards,
antivirus
 
0antivirus0 7 years ago
Got the red masoor dal, but did not use it.

Got great sleep starting April 12 and that continued till last week.

Sciatica pain was very minimal till last week and right leg was completely free. Left leg was still having some minimal calf tightness

Since last two weeks, I am getting tingling in my left leg on underside of knee when I walk more than 100-200 m. Stops once I stop walking and rest.

For last one week, my calf muscles of both legs become very tight over the day. They are relaxed in the morning, but in evening they become very tight.

Ortho says tingling is next stage of disc damage and advises rest and if rest does not solve issue, then he is advising mri
 
ramaswamy01 6 years ago

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