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I’m writing on behalf of my father. He’s 60, has hemophilia, and severe hemophilic arthropathy in his knee. He can no longer walk at all without crutches, and even then he’s in pain — but he still loves sport and keeps swimming and doing gentle cycling whenever he can. Joint injections have never helped him; only massage brings relief, and only for a moment.
Lately things have been getting harder. He’s started to feel pain in his ankles too, on top of everything else, and honestly the constant… read more
I'm 67 and developed hemophilic arthropathy in my left ankle around age 16. The right ankle followed two years later. My left knee was replaced in 1993 and is still going strong. For the ankles, it's just one of those things you have to learn to live with. I limit activity and keep some capsaicin cream on hand for when they get angry and I still need to be active. My ortho docs are willing to fuse my right ankle, but not the left to avoid stressing the knee replacement. One better ankle isn't worth the trouble to me. Sadly, there are no magic answers. You learn to manage.
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