eleanor_rigby
14-12-09, 16:24
I am 20 years old but for literally YEARS now I have ongoing joint pain. From the age of about 12 my knees always used to hurt if I bent them for more than an hour that was so painful i literally had to straighten them. I was told it was growing pains, and although the pain still occurs, it is not as bad. I have been getting shoulder joint pain since I was about 16. It began in one shoulder but now both shoulders hurt. It's like an ache that just becomes intolerable and i resolve it by having to circle them and during this it clicks and then stops aching temporarily. Now I am having the same problem with my hip joints. It aches until I kick my leg high in the air, it clicks and the pain temporarily goes away. It also happens from time to time in my wrists and ankles; they ache painfully and I click them to resolve it. They generally hurt just when it's cold though. I have been numerous times to the doctors. I have had extensive blood tests done which have ruled out arthritis. I have had physiotherapists assess my shoulders and knees and can't find anything wrong with them aside from my knees being slightly out of line. I don't know what more to do, they basically tell me I just have to accept it. But I want to know what the problem is because it seems to be only getting worse, with more and more joints going the same way as the years progess.