Knee injections

My 81 year old father received Orthovisc injections in his knee for osteoarthritis.  Shortly after receiving his series of shots, he began experiencing pain and swelling in his calf muscle.  The pain has been so intense that he can barely walk and is now receiving physical therapy.  Has anyone else experienced  a similar side effect?  If so, how long before you got relief from the problem and what did you do to recover?

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

He has to void heavy physical activity or prolonged use of the affected joint (such as jogging, tennis) within 48 hours following the injection and other than this there are no other precautions and at his age I suspect reactions to the use of synvisc injections to be the cause.

Give him anti histamines or steroids to decrease the symptoms and talk with his orthopedician before considering repeating the injection the next time.

Take care!