knee cap & elbow bone pain

[flyguy911]

I am a 46 year old Male. For the past several months, I have been experiencing a pain that feels as if it is generated on the tip of the bone of my right elbow, just off center of the very tip of the bone when the elbow is bent. It is continous and increases if pressure is placed on the "spot" where it hurts.

In addition, I have a simular pain on the knee cap of the right leg, only occationally, most prevelent when applying pressure while climbing stairs or walking up hill.  

I have not had any falls or trama to either location that I can recall.  Topical pain relief products do not work, and Aleve dulls the pain, but does not remove the pain.

Does anyone have any ideas as to diagnosis or possible relief?

[hspat]

Similar symptoms. The pain is in my left knee-cap and the tips of both elbows. I work out regularly in the gym with weights but the pain has started recently.

I started on a calcium supplement and a multivitamin+minerals supplement and the pain has eased off. I also started using the stairs to climb up to my office and residence, 3rd and 4th floors resp. instead of the elevator and half an hour of walking everyday. I also continued with my gym exercise routine with no changes.

It seems to have helped.

[flyguy911]

Thank you for  the response.  I had ruled out arthritis, only because it felt like the pain generated from the bone, and I thought arthritis was from the muscles.  I will explore this further.  

[Cindee56]

Hi, I have both of these problems with both knees, actually, and my left elbow.  I think it's arthritis, or degeneration of cartilidge.  At least that's what I was told.

I have arthritis all over, it's miserable.  I can't take pain pills or even advil because of my high blood pressure, so I just use Tylenol and ice packs, sometimes the heating pad.  Stretching is good for the knees, and exercising like the bike and elliptical machine.  No walking or climbing.