Osteoarthritis

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General Osteoarthritis Information
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis with its typical targets being your hands, hips, knees, feet and spine. Sometimes, it will attack your knuckles, wrists, elbows and shoulders...

Helpful Osteoarthritis Exercises
Although osteoarthritis is a chronic condition, patients can still lead active lives with a manageable amount of pain, fatigue and disability -- if they follow a daily exercise routine...

Handout on Health: Osteoarthritis Information from the NIH
The booklet describes osteoarthritis and its symptoms and contains information about diagnosis and treatment, as well as current research efforts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

The Symptoms of Osteoarthritis
Many factors can contribute to the disease’s progression, including obesity and sports or work-related injuries. The first signs that you may have Osteoarthritis are pain and swelling or stiffness in your joints that last longer than two weeks...

The Causes of Osteoarthritis
Your bones are cushioned by cartilage, which acts as a sort of shock absorber and padding of protection. The cartilage is encased in a small area that leaves room for flexibility and elasticity when you move...

What is Osteoarthritis?
If you are a middle-aged man or woman who has started to notice mild to severe pain in your joints, you may be among the estimated 20 million Americans suffering from the most common form of degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis...

Establishing a Proper Diet for Osteoarthritis
As with almost any disease, diet and nutrition play an important role in maximizing your recovery and putting you on the road to a healthy lifestyle. For arthritis sufferers, maintaining a healthy weight can make a huge difference in the amount of pain and swelling occurring in the joints...

Using Glucosamine for Osteoarthritis
Like a well-oiled automobile, the body has the ability to repair itself if given the proper adjustments. In this case, the lack of synovial fluid contributes to the deterioration of healthy joints...

Holistic Approach towards Osteoarthritis
There is no 100% cure for arthritis, but you can manage the pain and live a healthy, normal life by tackling the symptoms from a holistic approach. Many people hear the word holistic and assume it means spiritual or non-medicinal...

The Dangers of Celebrex and Vioxx
Celebrex and Vioxx are two drugs that have previously been administered for arthritis conditions. In fact, the two – known as Cox-2 inhibitors - were touted as miracle drugs for those suffering from an arthritic disease...

What it is Like to Have Osteoarthritis
Have you noticed the enlarged knuckles? Or, how difficult it may be for people to get up from a chair? Their unconscious massaging of hands or knees while talking? Their use of a walking cane, while gingerly going around curbs, or stepping out of automobiles...

The Osteoarthritis Diagnosis
Physicians make a diagnosis of Osteoarthritis based on a physical exam and history of symptoms. Bone Radiography or X-rays are used to confirm diagnosis...

Osteoarthritis Exercises You Can Do
In some cases, the need for medicinal treatment can be put on hold if the patient implements an exercise program to relieve the pain. Along with nutrition, exercise is one of the most natural ways your body can repair itself and strengthen it against deterioration...

The Common Types of Hip Pain
The main functions of the hip joint are weight bearing and locomotion. It is subjected to many types of stress, arthritis, diseases (collagen vascular disease, infection, Lyme disease) and trauma, all of which can cause pain...

Dealing with Arthritis Naturally
Some patients worry that a 1-2 week relief timeline sounds too far away. They’re used to taking a prescription and feeling almost instantaneous results. With natural remedies, such as glucosamine, the relief may take a bit longer, but the effects last longer and are more powerful than many alternatives. Here are some additional natural ingredients that have been shown to effectively ward off...

The Types of Arthritis
There are an amazing 100 or so variations of the arthritic condition. From the mild tennis elbow (tendonitis) to systemic lupus, which has crippling consequences that touch nearly every part of the patient’s body...

Treating Osteoarthritis with Exercise
The second form of treatment for Osteoarthritis is simply exercise. It may seem that someone suffering from joint pain would abhor the idea of exercise, but while it can put pressure on already sore joints, it can also prevent further damage by reducing your weight and lessening the strain put on them...

Dealing with Osteoarthritis with Hot and Cold Therapy
The third way to treat osteoarthritis is to administer a combination of heat and cold to the affected joint area. Heat relaxes muscles and alleviates pain and soreness. You may already take a hot shower or relaxing bath when your muscles ache after a long, weary day...

Should One Go Through with Surgery? Pros, Cons, and a Bit of Warning
Worst-case scenario is that your doctor will recommend surgery. If your joint is beyond repair or less severe treatment, he or she may need to remove the stray bits of cartilage that are affecting your joints and causing the inflammation and tenderness...

The Current Osteoarthritis Research
Current Osteorthritis research can be divided into four categories, that looking into the causes, treatments, education, and prevention of the disease...

Treatments for Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis affects the crucially important cartilage that cushions and protects the ends of bones within the joints. It causes this cartilage to break down, so that bone comes to rub against bone inside the joint...

The Different Kinds of Joint Pain
Archeologists studying ancient Egyptian mummies are sure of at least one thing: when these people were alive, their joints ached when they woke in the morning...

How to Approach Joint Pain
With osteoarthritis often comes pain in the joints. There are several things you can do to combat the effects of this joint pain. Educating yourself about the disease will help you manage it and keep it under control. Your doctor will probably start by running a series of tests such as x-rays and a complete physical examination...