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Treating Painful Osteoarthritis: What You Can Do

February 23rd, 2010
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Entering into a partnership with your doctor is the best way to go about getting effective osteoarthritis treatment. After diagnosing your condition, the health care provider will recommend suitable alternatives to make sure that the treatment plan suits your individual preferences and offers correct relief in relation to medical appraisal. To arrive at and establish the type of treatment that best suits your osteoarthritis difficulties, your medical history relating to heart diseases, high blood pressure, renal difficulties, or peptic ulcers plays a notable role.

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Painkillers and physical therapy are the most common alternatives for addressing osteoarthritis pain. Also, you can explore different physical activities and start a more suitable diet. However you cannot decide on taking physiotherapy or which diet is effective enough to cure your problem without consulting a doctor. A physiotherapist can also give you some different ideas about certain techniques or tools that you can use by yourself. Here are some ways to see to this: get a cane to walk with, add railings to your bath or shower, and see if you can walk with crutches.

Another technique of addressing osteoarthritis that is effective is weight loss. For persons already undergoing osteoarthritis, their obesity will only further aggravate pain in their knees and hips as they get compressed as a result of being overweight. Studies indicate that obese women who lose weight decrease their risk of hip osteoarthritis considerably.

You can take up regular physical activities in order to treat your osteoarthritis, in consultation with a health care provider. Swimming, walking and aerobics can help slow down the progression of this condition.

Making use of natural remedies is something you can do also, and is in fact a great treatment for osteoarthritis pain that offers a lot of relief from the swelling and pain. The application of a hot water bottle might be useful, and electric heating pads and certain ointments can also give a great deal of relief. There are also specific longstanding traditional approaches like a mud bath and wearing copper bracelets that are still used to treat osteoarthritis. Herbal treatments have also been known to help reduce arthritis pain.

As previously noted, many osteoarthritis conditions are the outcome of being overweight, and following a special osteoarthritis diet is one approach to treatment of osteoarthritis pain that is certain to bring some relief. A healthy diet is the best way to stay in shape, as you are probably aware. Moreover, it aids your body in fighting off infections.


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Osteoarthritis Joint Pains

January 25th, 2010
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Osteoarthritis, one of the most common disorders that can affect anyone is actually a complex disorder comprising several conditions, all of which sharing one common symptom, arthritis joint pain. There are over a hundred different types of arthritis joint pains, but the most common is osteoarthritis.

It is unfortunate that those suffering from osteoarthritis joint pains, resign themselves to a life punctuated with nothing but agony, which does not have to be the case. While it is true that most forms of arthritis are irreversible (as it is impossible to grow back a cartilage), there are steps that can be taken to minimize the pain that is usually associated with this debilitating disease.

Protect Your Joints

Although arthritis can strike anyone at any time of their life, most cases of osteoarthritis occurs in people who are older. Aging appears to be a major contributive factor to osteoarthritis joint pains, a fact that is understandable as everyone goes through a considerable amount of wear and tear in their joints as they grow older.

Age also causes toxic waste circulation in the blood, dead cells, and liquid can accumulate in the various joints and cause inflammation and pain. If inflammation continues it can cause damage to the joints. In some cases the cartilage coating on the bone ends, wears down and the joints then rub, bone to bone creating extreme pain, osteoarthritis joint pain.

By consuming more fatty acids which provide lubrication for the joints, we can help the joints not wear down as much, and as a result less inflammation and less pain. Some recommend oils are:

  • Borage Oil
  • Primrose Oil
  • NKO Oil

A person suffering from Osteoarthritis join pains will benefit from these oils by feeling less joint stiffness and pain in the morning.

In order to prevent further damage and worse pain, be extra careful as you go about your daily routine. Below are some tips to help you protect your joints, recommend by the Mayo Clinic:

  • Save your weaker joints and use the strongest joint instead. For instance, you can carry things with your palm open. That way, you can distribute the weight equally over your forearm. Also, instead of lifting things off the counter or workbench, you can just slide them along the surface.
  • Save your little finger. Don’t put too much stress on your little finger by moving your hands in such a way as to push the other fingers toward your little finger. Instead, try brushing bread crumbs off the table with the palm facing you and the little finger resting on the table.
  • Avoid stressing your thumb and fingers by making a tight fist or holding items for too long. You can do this by holding a book, mug, or other things in the palm of your hand, instead of holding them with your fingers. If you’ve been reading a book for some time, use a book holder instead of continually supporting the book with your fingers.
  • Exercise those joints. Freedom of motion is one of the things that you may have to forsake if you suffer from arthritis joint pain. The longer you suffer, the shorter range of movement you will have at your disposal. You can avoid this by moving your joints through their full pain-free range of motion. Do this at least once a day and observe the results.
  • Learn to understand osteoarthritis joint pains. Of course, if you have osteoarthritis, it is most likely that you will experience arthritis joint pain. However, try to distinguish between arthritis joint pain and pain that results from overusing a joint. When you are able to do this, you can determine what specific activity that caused you joint pain and avoid doing it in the future.


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Holistic Health Care

November 1st, 2009
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How does holistic health care measure up to conventional Western medicine?

With the current turmoil over health care reform, Americans are now resigned to the decisions of Congress, the Senate and the President, who take a great deal of time to reach a consensus on what plan might form a workable solution to the lack of affordable health care options. The lack of options directly affects our health, indeed, at times, becoming a matter of life or death.

What is puzzling, in this supposed health care reform, is the absence, or extreme cutbacks in funding, for a natural approach, using nutritional, herbal and other well-documented, successful corrective therapies. The conventional Western approach to medicine seeks to identify the symptoms of your disease and apply medications which will suppress those symptoms.

Therein lies the rub. Holistic health care seeks to treat the root cause of your condition, eliminating the causes of your condition and thus, rid you of the symptoms and restore you to health.

For example, let’s say you suffer from osteoarthritis pain. You have pain that is sufficient to require pain medication, on a daily basis. From the traditional Western allopathic perspective, a prescription for pain meds is all that can be done to help allay your pain.

On the other hand, from the holistic health care perspective, perhaps you suffer from vitamin and mineral deficiencies which are causing much of the pain.

Osteoarthritis is a condition that mainly affects people over 50. While your doctor may say, “It’s simply a result of a lifetime of wear and tear on the bones and joints”, it seems too coincidental that people over 50 also incrementally lose the ability to readily absorb vitamin B-12. Deficiencies of vitamin B-12 are directly related to muscle pain and stiffness, as well as fatigue and a host of other symptoms.

Some older people also do not get adequate exposure to sunlight, finding it difficult to move around enough to get their natural vitamin D. Deficiencies of vitamin D have been demonstrated to be directly related to bone pain.

The allopathic physician seldom tests blood levels of nutrients, thus missing an opportunity to help solve the real problem. The holistic health care practitioner has a different approach, addressing not only the symptoms, but the level of health in your entire body.

The holistic health care practitioner may prescribe remedial nutrient doses to get you back to normal blood levels, remedying the cause of the pain, to a point where you do not need to take, or require a lower dose of pain medication. Which approach makes more sense to you?

While the government is working on its health care reform package, they certainly should consider the merits of holistic health care, with its ‘can-do’ focus, rather than emphasizing the spiraling costs of health care. Perhaps our population would be more healthy and require fewer expensive medicines. So far as I can tell, the health care reform issue really seems to be one of cost.

Do a little checking for yourself. See how many serious and debilitating conditions are negatively affected by a lack of nutrients. Check out herbal medicines as well. Holistic health care may be one of our best options.

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Holistic Nutrition

November 1st, 2009
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Holistic nutrition therapy may be just what your doctor should order!

Holistic medicine is fast taking hold in America. More than a third of Americans, queried in random surveys, say that they have used some form of alternative medicine to help what ails them.

It seems that conventional allopathic physicians are starting to take notice of this trend. Holistic nutrition therapy is at the forefront of many doctor’s strategies in dealing with chronic ailments.

While your doctor may not refer you to an acupuncturist, he or she may well be inclined to take a look at your nutritional needs as they may relate to a medical condition you suffer.

Every doctor knows that good nutrition is essential to good health. In fact, your doctor probably spends a good deal of time promoting your healthy eating habits! However, it’s also likely that your doctor is aware of current commercial farming practices, and genetically engineered foods which may be robbing you of the nutrients you should be getting from the foods you buy.

While you may think you’re eating healthful, nutritious food, with plenty of produce and good sources of protein, this may not truly be the case. For example, commercial farming practices tend to leach the soil of trace minerals and certain vitamins. As for genetically engineered foods, who knows? These are strong arguments in favor of holistic nutrition strategies.

Here’s where the holistic approach to health care really comes into its own. Many degenerative diseases which are now epidemic in Western cultures, are exacerbated and sometimes even caused, by vitamin deficiencies, which often go unnoticed in mainstream medical practice. For example, people who suffer from chronic pain may be prescribed a pain medication to ease their suffering. However, the condition causing the pain does not get better, but instead usually gets worse. The pain medication simply masks the pain.

A doctor who sees the value of the holistic nutrition strategy may decide to address the possible root causes of the pain. There are a number of vitamin deficiencies which can result in muscle and joint pain. It’s also known that as we age, we are less able to absorb certain nutrients.

Here’s a case in point: a friend of mine suffers from osteoarthritis pain, osteoporosis and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, experiencing a considerable amount of pain on a daily basis. She got fed up with having to rely on pain medications to alleviate the pain as well as some of the side effects.

After doing a little research on her own, she discovered that a holistic nutrition strategy might just be the answer she was looking for. She talked to her doctor about getting tested for blood levels of certain nutrients which might indicate deficiencies contributing to the pain.

Her doctor ordered lab work which showed rather substantial deficiencies in vitamins D, Folic acid and B-12. The doctor prescribed these vitamins to get her levels back to normal. After a few months of these supplements, her pain has dramatically decreased and she reports feeling more energetic.

Think of it this way: holistic nutrition is sort of like a more sophisticated and intelligent ‘food pyramid’. Eating foods that should be good for you doesn’t necessarily mean you’re getting the nutrition you paid for!

If you suffer from a chronic condition, do yourself a favor by doing a little research into holistic nutrition. If you find information that may indicate a nutritional factor that affects your condition, talk to your doctor. The lab work will tell the real story.

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Osteoarthritis Pain

October 18th, 2009
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There’s a lot you can do to relieve osteoarthritis pain, using natural remedies, Systemic Enzyme Formulas and Herbal Supplements!

There are tens of millions of people in the U.S. that suffer from osteoarthritis pain. The majority are older people. However, there are also substantial numbers of younger people who go through day after day, suffering. When you’re in almost constant pain, for whatever reason, it tends to take a lot of the shine off your life.

Most physicians opt for prescribing pain medications, unless they can diagnose a fixable condition and treat it.

Another aspect of osteoarthritis pain that is more than annoying to the patient is that, the perception of pain is subjective. This means that two people, with the same condition, may describe the intensity of pain differently. This does not mean that one person is braver than the other, only that the degree of pain is perceived differently.

Doctors tend to prescribe OTC remedies, testing the waters, so to speak. Pain medications can be addictive, so your doctor would rather avoid prescribing an unnecessarily strong medicine. However, there’s no way to measure pain.

When you experience osteoarthritis pain, there are several psychological side effects. First, the pain is unpleasant and given that pain requires energy to deal with it, you begin to feel constantly tired. Next, you begin to develop a discouraged and depressed outlook, which impacts your entire life. So, what can you do about it?

Even if you are prescribed pain medication, it soon becomes another annoyance – the fact that you have only two choices – suffer, or take the med. No one wants to be dependent on a drug that you ‘must take’. We all know that, taken on a long term basis, these drugs are harmful, causing our liver and kidneys to be taxed, processing these chemicals on a daily basis.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to correct the condition and be rid of that osteoarthritis pain?

It’s time to take the bull by the horns! While your physician may not be conversant in the relationship of nutrition and herbs with respect to specific medical conditions, the net makes it easy for you to do a little research on your own. Let’s see how you can help yourself and perhaps gain a new adherent – your doctor – to an alternative perspective on health.

Let’s say you have congestive heart failure, osteoporosis and arthritis. You probably have been prescribed a bevy of pharmaceutical medicines, have been told to perform certain exercises and perhaps lose some weight. Now, what else?

Do a few Google searches, with criteria such as ‘congestive heart failure nutrition’ to zero in on how nutrition plays a role in producing the condition. You may find that foods you dislike and avoid are just the ones with vitamins and minerals that can improve or even remedy your condition.

Do the same with herbs. While your heart condition and osteoarthritis may limit your options for exercise, yoga may be a good solution for you.

Gather as much of this type of information as you can find. (Materials with citations carry more weight with doctors.) Print it all out and send it, or drop it off to your doctor’s office.

Ask your doctor to review the material before your next appointment. Highlight information that relates to alleviating osteoarthritis pain. Some insurance providers will pay for certain supplements prescribed by a doctor, so long as the doctor can justify the benefit to your condition.

Life is too short to live with osteoarthritis pain on a daily basis.

Do something good for yourself with a little sleuthing on the net! You will find that Joint health formulas and Systemic Enzyme Formulas and Natural Herbal Supplements will do a lot more good for you than anything the doctors can hand out as Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment.

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The Cost Of Osteoarthritis Treatments

September 27th, 2009
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Meeting the Cost of Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment is not getting easier. This article deals with ways and means of getting help to pay for treatment and prescription medicine.

The existing financial recession has affected loads of american’s capacity to pay for their drugs. Help with prescription medicine is available. Some prescription drug companies are responding with enhanced medicine support. Merck, which produces Singulair for asthma, Januvia for diabetes and Fosamax for osteoporosis, increased the amount of total yearly income a family can earn and still qualify for free prescriptions in March. Those making lower than $43,000 and families of four making less than $88,000 at the moment can become certified for assistance with prescriptions. Merck says it has helped 1.  million patients with $1.8  billion of prescription medicine over the last seven years. Help for prescription medicine is available from other companies also.

"We are committed to helping patients, and that commitment is evident in the $140 million of financial assistance we provided in 2008," spokesperson Shannon Altimari from drug maker Biogen claims. Biogen Idec offers help for prescription drug Avonex and Tysabri which is used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Pfizer announced a program earlier this year called Maintain that provides complimentary medicine to jobless people who could do with prescription assistance. Maintain is just one of numerous patient assistance programs that the company provides.

AstraZeneca just announced that it was altering its prescription medication assistance program to offer help quicker to some individuals. The company’s plan provides free of charge prescription drugs or low-cost drugs to uninsured, low-income individuals. AstraZeneca said in a statement that it "would immediately extend assistance to qualifying patients who have lost their jobs, had their incomes reduced or had a change in marital status or family size". The manufacturer said these types of individuals had been having problems qualifying for prescription medication since their income tax returns showed excessively high an income. Qualifying patients can at once enroll by providing documentation of their present income and family size, AstraZeneca said.

Mike Luna is a patient that has experienced such troubles. The 57 -year-old cab driver was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2006 . His pay from social security and a minor disability policy only just covers his mortgage, health bills, and other living expenses. "I have tried all sorts of things to investigate if I can acquire drug assistance," he states. He called the prescription medication companies, Social Security, and his doctor’s office. He has furthermore followed some leads on the Internet and at long last found a company that would process all of the paperwork for him.

His medicine cost over $625  a month and his healthcare costs are more than $250  per month. "There were times when I have had to skip taking my prescription medication for a day or two," he admits. He is not sure what the future holds for him but at least nowadays he is receiving the aid with prescription medication that he wants.


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Ezine Articles On Osteoarthritis

March 27th, 2009
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A list of articles with summaries on osteoarthritis pain treatment.

Alampallam Venkatachalam – EzineArticles.com Expert Author

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  • Osteonecrosis of the Femur – Hip Resurfacing Surgery, Alternatives to Hip Replacement
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Osteonecrosis of the femoral heads in the hip joints can be very painful and needs early detection to alleviate pain and further deterioration. Hip resurfacing, Proxima hip replacements are alternatives to hip replacement available in India, as they preserve bone, last longer and cause less pain.
  • Hip Resurfacing Surgery in India – How to Cut the Costs in One Fourth
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Hip osteoarthritis is prevalent in the middle aged Baby boomer population in the USA and Canada afflicted by Osteoarthritis. In India however the majority of patients afflicted by hip arthritis are young. Ankylosing spondylitis, avascular necrosis, post traumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis are conditions affecting young patients in their thirties. Hip resurfacing is the ideal operation for these young patients as they preserve bone, last longer and cause less pain.
  • Is Knee Arthritis Inevitable With Aging
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] This is the common perception of Knee Osteoarthritis in our country where Primary Hip Osteoarthritis is rare. However in the recent past, it has been realized that not only are the elderly at definite risk of Osteoarthritis but many more of the middle aged and even young. Osteoarthritis is the commonest form of joint disease (arthritis) and is a leading cause of disability in older individuals in India and many countries.
  • Oxinium Knee Replacement For Young Patients With Osteoarthritis
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Total knee replacement is generally performed in older patients with osteoarthritis. For the first time in India, a new prosthesis for young patients with osteoarthritis will be introduced. This prosthesis made of a wonder material called Zirconium, a ceramic coated metal ensures longer survival of the prosthesis after implantation.
  • Alternative Surgery to Prevent Knee Arthritis
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Surgical alternatives like ostetomy, microfracture, drilling, arthroscopy for knee pain are available to young Indian patients. These procedures address & treat localised cartilage damage and may prevent them from progressing. Patients need not tolerate pain or wait till later to avail a knee replacement. By availing these options one can postpone or avoid a knee replacement later on.
  • Knee Replacement Surgery in India – World Class Surgery, Recent Advances & Huge Cost Savings
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] This article describes costs, benefits and recent advances in Total Knee Replacement in India. You will have tremendous benefits in costs and quality. A TKR in India costs the equivalent of only 4000 pounds versus 9000 pounds in the UK and 40,000 Dollars in the US. Recent advances in Knee replacement in India match world standards, yet are affordable and provide huge savings to UK, US, and Canadian citizens.
  • Shoulder Resurfacing & Replacement – Avail Low Cost Surgery & 5 Star Service at Hospitals in India
    [Health-and-Fitness] Shoulder resurfacing is a bone sparing operation to alleviate pain from arthritis. Replacement is only necessary in a four part fracture. In majority of cases of shoulder arthritis, resurfacing is an excellent option. It is minimally invasive, bone sparing.
  • Partial Unicondylar Knee Replacement in India -Treatment For Partial Unicompartmental Knee Arthritis
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Partial or Unicondylar knee replacements are effective for patients with partial knee arthritis. Since it is minimally invasive, rehab is faster and patients can return to normal life faster. Middle aged or very elderly patients stand to benefit the most. In middle aged patients, it serves to postpone a total knee replacement by 10- 15 years and in the elderly, it serves as the only replacement that they may need. Both knees can be operated under one anesthesia thus reducing total hospital stay and costs.
  • Women Special Total Knee Replacement Surgery in India
    [Health-and-Fitness] The Gender specific knee recently launched in India is meant to improve overall function after a knee replacement in women. Women constitute 60 percent of patients undergoing a total knee replacement for knee osteoarthritis.
  • Chondromalacia – Cause of Anterior Knee Pain in Middle Aged Women in India
    [Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] In middle aged women with anterior knee pain in India, softening of the knee cap cartilage or Chondromalacia is the leading cause. Conservative treatment works in the majority and surgery is used as a last resort…
  • ACL Reconstruction in India
    [Health-and-Fitness] Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction or Key hole surgery can avert or postpone arthritis for Indians who have suffered knee ligament injuries. Knee ligament injuries are common after two wheeler accidents & sports. The risk of knee arthritis due to ligament & cartilage injuries can be ameliorated with timely arthroscopic surgery.
  • Hip Arthritis In India – Resurfacing And Proxima Hip Replacements as Treatment Options For Young
    [Health-and-Fitness] Hip arthritis mainly affects young people in India. When pain is unbearable, hip resurfacing and Proxima hip replacements are alternatives to a total hip replacement.
  • Medication To Meniscal Transplant To Minimally Invasive Joint Replacements
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Arthritis has two main patterns- Inflammatory arthritis & Osteoarthritis. Inflammatory arthritis affects other systems also in addition to joints. Rheumatoid arthritis affects middle aged women mainly and can cripple a person.
  • Joint Replacement Surgery In India- Common Misconceptions
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Patients seeking a joint replacement in India shouldn’t be taken in by malicious and false advertisement and should do their homework more thoroughly before choosing an Orthopedic surgeon and hospital in India.
  • Joint replacement Surgery in India – Hip, Knee & shoulder replacement, Hip resurfacing, BHR, TKR.
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] World class Hip, knee joint replacement, shoulder Orthopedic surgery in Chennai hospitals provides huge cost savings for UK, US citizens. Proxima hip replacements, hip resurfacing, unicondylar knee, high flex replacement are sought by overseas patients.
  • Slap Lesions Injuries in Sportsmen Treated by Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The throwing action is common to many sports like Cricket, Volleyball, Javelin, Base ball. Repeated throwing can lead to pain. Return to normalcy and pain relief often requires arthroscopic surgery.
  • How can your Children avoid Knee Sports Injuries in India? Advice for Indian parents
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Children are prone to develop injuries in sports. Accidents, overuse, lack of conditioning are the leading causes.In this article Indian parents are informed about how to prevent injuries to their children?
  • Meniscal Transplant: A Welcome Boon for Patients After Menisectomy in India
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] There is hope now for young patients with a menisectomy after knee injury in India as a Meniscal transplant facility has come up in Chennai. Those with an ACL injury and menisectomy can postpone osteoarthritis by a decade or more…
  • Joint Pains Not Inevitable Due to Aging- Arthritis Care Advice for Indians
    [Health-and-Fitness:Arthritis] Creaking knees, hips, and Shoulders aren’t necessarily normal aches and pains that come with age. Your pain might be arthritis. Luckily, Orthopedics in India has a lot to offer — from exercise to medications, cartilage surgery, osteotomy, ligament surgery and joint replacement.
  • Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery – Who Needs It in India?
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Arthroscopic shoulder surgery for shoulder problems is sought for a variety of problems like sports injuries, stiffness, degenerative conditions, arthritis and calcium deposition. Orthoscopic surgery is least traumatic and painful and allows rapid recovery for patients in India.
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries in Sports
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Football is a passionate sport in the Europe, middle east and India. Amateur footballers risk many injuries, the most serious being ligament and cartilage injuries of the knee says Knee surgeon in Chennai, India.
  • Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement in India – High Flex TKR
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Minimally invasive surgery and High flex knee replacements – recent advances in surgery are being performed in Chennai’s private hospitals to patients from the UK and USA at affordable costs coming here for medical tourism to India
  • How to Care for Your Joints? A Ready Reckoner for Patients With Joint Pain and Arthritis in India
    [Health-and-Fitness] Indian Orthopedic surgeon offers advice on chronic joint problems and modalities of treatment for the commonest form Osteoarthritis. Knee arthritis affects almost anybody after fifty years in India and all can benefit from the Doctor’s advice.
  • Orthopedic Surgery for Gulf NRI’s in India
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The Indian expatriate population in the middle east prefer Indian Doctors and Hospitals for elective orthopedic surgery, says a consultant orthopaedic surgeon who has worked in Dubai and Oman and has first hand experience of the conditions there.
  • Shoulder Problems in Diabetics in India: Frozen Shoulder – Arthroscopic Release, a Welcome Boon
    [Health-and-Fitness:Diabetes] Dibaetics in India afflicted by Shoulder stiffness due to "Adhesive capsulitis" can now benefit from a key hole atraumatic surgery instead of a manipulation under anesthesia – say goodbye to pain from stiffness!
  • Shoulder Stiffness- a Common Problem in India
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Shoulder stiffness affects the most mobile joint in many middle aged. Despite physio, many are still left with a movement deficit. Arthroscopic release is an option to surgically divide adhesions and restore a full range of movement particularly in diabetics with a frozen shoulder.
  • Shoulder Injuries in Sportsmen in India
    [Health-and-Fitness] Sports injuries afflict many sports persons in India. Ranging from frank dislocations to impingement, they need astute diagnosis and expert management to enable the athlete to return to his sport at the earliest. Surgery is available in India itself to help a sports person to return to sport.

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Natural Remedies For Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment

February 15th, 2009
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Natural treatments for osteoarthritis pain treatment are gaining popularity, as successful stories of natural remedies for osteoarthritis pain treatment come to light.

Cure Your Arthritis With no Operation.

There are massive influence and impact of natural remedies to cure arthritis. Some of the people know about it some of them not. But to cure Osteo Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis it has no substitute.

By the usual way of dictation the world is on the move all the time. But the world and its inhabitants get struck due to some natural calamities or the inevitable reasons. It can be the dreadful disease, epidemic, big accidents and various other considerations. Similarly the disease Arthritis has seemed to be in that groove to cease the daily and normal life of the US population. By far "Arthritis" is the most common chronic disease in the United States of America with 40 million affected people. In addition to that the world has more than 350 million people suffering from the disease arthritis pain. The word "arthritis" means the joint inflammation and comprises of more than 100 distinct diseases. People at any age may be victimized by this debilitating disease.

Arthritis is found in three types (many of us hardly known ones) common joint disorder across the world. The causes for arthritis include the form of arthritis developed. If the arthritis is caused by the previous injury, that is probably lead to Osteoarthritis. On the other hand if it is caused by inheritance inflammation, infection and any unclear reason, it is surely going to be rheumatoid arthritis. Presence of abnormal metabolism in the human body will lead to gout or pseudogout.

In addition to this Osteoarthritis contributes the wear and tear of the cartilage provides cushion for the bones that meet at the junction and protect the bone while friction caused by rubbing each other. Osteoarthritis affects the tissue of the cartilages and hampers its work. Thus all the bones have to go through the declined stage. Osteo Arthritis is a stiff and cold condition for the joint pain. It gets very difficult to get the joint move, but not such inflammatory as the rheumatoid is.

Rheumatoid arthritis goes with the same process as osteoarthritis does. It mainly affect the cartilages and also associated with the inflammation from an over active immune system. It is very tough to move the joints move as there is stiffness, swollen, redness and incorporating in warmth. Rheumatoid Arthritis responds moderately to the salicylates; thus the most conscious physician recommends aspirin or aspirin like tablets.

Some of the natural arthritis remedies make wonders but the chemical based are of immense help. The damp weather condition increases the chance by getting affected with arthritis. High proportion of Olive oil along with the dilute garlic, juniper, and lavender will sort out problem of arthritis and give the immediate relief of the arthritis. Sea bathing is also very effective while there is trauma of arthritis.

By Markus Skupeika
Published: 6/12/2007


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Canine Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment

February 5th, 2009
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Osteoarthritis has no favorities. Our pet dogs suffer osteoarthritis pain just as much as we humands do.

The Art of Managing Joint Pain

How to manage your dog’s Arthritic condition

One day while playing with Brandy, my Akita-Sheppard age 12, I noticed that it was harder for her to run around and chase the ball. At the time I thought nothing of it, but the next day when I went to get her ready for her nightly walk I realized that she had a mild case of arthritis. She didn’t jump right up to greet me as she normally would she had a hard time getting up from her bed, but once she was up she was ready to go. Brandy like many dogs at her age has or are starting to experience this painful journey through Osteoarthritis.

What is Osteoarthritis?
Osteoarthritis is the largest cause of pain in dogs. A study sponsored by Pfizer estimates about 20% of adult dogs may be affected by arthritis. According to Veterinarians, Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease involving one or more joints in a dog’s body. It often shows up in middle-aged or older dogs. OA isn’t just an old dog’s disease, nor is it mandatory that all dogs will have OA. OA is generally triggered by the excessive wear in one or more joints, but dogs that have joint irregularities are also likely to develop arthritis in the affected joint as well.

Does my dog have OA?
Osteoarthritis is often noticed when the animal is very stiff and finds movement difficult following rest or sleep but will improve once they start to move around. Sometimes the problem comes to light when a dog is less able to jump into the car or go up stairs, even their favorite chair may become a struggle to reach. Dogs do not often cry out in pain when affected with arthritis but they may become irritable, nervous and less active generally because they are in chronic pain. If your dog shows any of these signs or just seems to be slowing down and getting old, it is time to see your local vet for a checkup to verify if your dog does indeed has this condition.

Is there a cure for OA?
Currently there is no cure for Osteoarthritis. Although there is no cure there are ways to help ease the pain making it more comfortable for your pet.

Dietary Supplements
One of the ways to help slow the progression of OA is through supplements. Supplements that contain ingredients such as Glucosamine sulfate, Chondroitin sulfate, Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), DL-Phenylalanine (DLPA), Fish Oil , and Avocado/Soybean Unsaponifiables (ASU) are great to treat the pain of OA. These ingredients have been proven to better able fight off the damaging effect of OA. However, not all supplement manufacturers use the same quality ingredients. So to ensure you get your money’s worth, stick to recommended products such as Cosequin by Nutramax Labs. JointMax and ReMATRIX by Pet Health Solutions is another good manufacturer. Finally Glyco-Flex III from Vetri-Science Labs has had great success in this field.

Pharmaceuticals
Another way to help your dog’s OA is through Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID). NSAID is nearly part of every veterinarian’s weapons to defend against pain when supplements are no longer an effective means. There are only a few NSAIDs approved by the FDA for the use in dog and only can be prescribed by your vet. These NSAIDs are Rimadyl, Metacam, Deramaxx, Previcox, and Zubrin. While NSAIDs are very effective they do carry side-effects, including damage to the gastrointestinal tract.

Looking beyond OA
Canine OA has long been a problem for most dogs since the beginning of time. The difference now is that vets are more knowledgeable about recognizing the sign. Everyday there is advancement in the research of OA and more options are available to us to help our dog live a longer better life with OA.

To find out which treatment may help call us 1-800-889-8967 or for more information on this subject or any additional pet health articles please visit www.entirelypets.com

By Clark Tran
Published: 7/11/2008


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American Arthritis Society and Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment

February 4th, 2009
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Osteoarthritis being the most common among the American Arthritis Sufferers, The American Arthritis Society has made the management of Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment its central focus.

American Arthritis Society and its Role in the Society

American arthritis society is a non profit organization that help arthritis patients. They work three ways to help the society and that would be through funding arthritis research, providing sound information about arthritis, and creating an arthritis community where members can support and help each other go through the effects and symptoms of their disease.

The American Arthritis Society is one other major group that aims to help arthritis patients manage their disease better. It is a nonprofit organization that is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service. They work three ways to help the society and that would be through funding arthritis research, providing sound information about arthritis, and creating an arthritis community where members can support and help each other go through the effects and symptoms of their disease.

The group is mostly focused on a single type of arthritis, which is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis pertains to the problems of the joints brought about old age, obesity, and strenuous physical activities and sports. The group’s advocacy to fund osteoarthritis researches is strongly pushed because it is their way of obtaining and publishing sensible and accurate information about arthritis. Once the right information is disseminated, patients would do the right things and manage their disease better. And if the expected results of the newer medicines and ways to treat arthritis are attained, the benefited patients would start to come out and talk about it. As such, contact with other arthritis patient is expected. When that happens, a sincere and natural support group of people is created.

The American Arthritis Society chooses to focus on osteoarthritis because it is the most common type of arthritis to hit America and the rest of the world. But however common, researches show this disease can be avoided. Even if one of the major reasons for osteoarthritis is old age, it is very much possible for older individuals to evade the disease.

The American Arthritis Society maintains a website where they upload all the important information, both old and recently discovered, about osteoarthritis. They collate sound tips and guidelines straight from the leading arthritis experts of America. This set of information is especially created for arthritis patients. The society is also associated with major arthritis groups in the world, more particularly the World Arthrosis Organization.

There are both online and offline editions of Arthritis Info, the official newsletter of the society. On both editions, certified correct and scientifically-backed information are included. Most of the data published come from reputable institutions such as Mayo Clinic, Yale, Harvard, and the world’s leading doctors of osteoarthritis. They also make it a point that their newsletter is written in a clear and highly understandable manner so that people can digest the information contained therein easier.

Part 2 – For part two of this article, head on to /www.psoraticarthritisreview.com where you can also find the truth about natural arthritis pain relief and herbal treatment for arthritis.

By Edward Chen
Published: 9/19/2008


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