I have been diagnose(Spelling?) with arthritis in the knees. I have pain mostly at the top of the left calf and what feels like shin splints in my left leg. Are these symptoms interrelated? If so, are there any well designed braces or treatments for this to reduce pain?

At first it was just one knee and then the other. Sometimes both at the same time. I can’t straighten the left leg fully and the right knee feels like a large bump or may-be the muscle is just swollen on the back of the knee. My sister has the same thing and she was told it was just arthritis. I have had knee trouble since I was very young.

I have had knee pain since I was 9 (for 16 years now), it is achy but can be very severe. I thought it was arthritis, but was recently told there is no way it could be that because juvenile arthritis would have left me crippled by now. I get upper back pain if I don’t sleep completely flat. I sometimes can’t straighten my left leg because of a pain from me knee to the ball of my foot. I also sometimes get very sharp quick pain in my lower back and am unable to pick a leg off of the floor to walk at times. Is this all related? I am just sick of having at least one of these stupid pains every day. Any advice would be great!

Is it normal to have pain that "travels", I have pain that goes up my left leg from my knee and now have pain going down my right shin from my knee. Anyone have anything similar?