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- Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:00 am
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Exercise/home remedies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1618
Re: Exercise/home remedies
Hi Carol, It’s great to hear the fact that received a diagnosis recently has been helpful. Now that you have this, the first thing to emphasis is that there are lots of things that you can do to manage the symptoms of knee arthritis yourself. The NICE guidelines for the care and management of osteoa...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:51 pm
- Forum: Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Topic: Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2381
Re: Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
Fatigue is a common problem for people with arthritis. This can be for a number of reasons and the solution is likely multi-factorial. The charity Arthritis Action (http://www.arthritisaction.org.uk) provides a free factsheet on managing fatigue and you might want to start there.
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: Other types of arthritis (e.g. spondylitis, spondylosis, rheumatica, polymyalgia, fibromyalgia)
- Topic: Preventing/slowing the onset of arthritis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2293
Re: Preventing/slowing the onset of arthritis
There is not much good evidence that supports the use of supplements for arthritis. However, it should be noted that in many cases, there is no good link between findings of arthritis on x-ray, MRI and arthroscopy and the degree of symptoms someone feels. For example a person with an x-ray that show...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:29 pm
- Forum: Pain Management
- Topic: severe shoulder and back pain
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2995
Re: severe shoulder and back pain
If you have had back pain for 4 months and it’s not getting any better, it is probably time to consult your GP again, especially if it is getting worse and as it is worse at night when you are resting. Have you consulted a physiotherapist or osteopath? They can examine you to determine the course of...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Natural remedies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1832
Re: Natural remedies
There is a common misconception that arthritis is just something that you have to put up with as you get older and that there is nothing you can do to help yourself except take medication or undergo surgery. In actual fact, nothing could be further from the truth. There are lots of things that you c...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:06 pm
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Pain when it's too hot.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2000
Re: Pain when it's too hot.
It used to be thought that arthritis was just wear and tear in the joints and simply a product of the aging process. However, research is now demonstrating that arthritis is a little more complicated than that. Arthritis is now considered to be a ‘persistent’ or ‘chronic long-term condition’. In per...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:59 pm
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Shoulder blade pain - remedy?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1947
Re: Shoulder blade pain - remedy?
The shoulder blades (or scapula) are not a very common area to develop pain directly from arthritis as this tends to be located more in the joints themselves. However, for those that find it difficult to move around as much as they used to, the muscles around the scapula can tense up and this can be...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:45 pm
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Is Arthritis more painful when the weather is cold and damp?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3379
Re: Is Arthritis more painful when the weather is cold and d
It used to be thought that arthritis was just wear and tear in the joints and simply a product of the aging process. However, research is now demonstrating that arthritis is a little more complicated than that. Arthritis is now considered to be a ‘persistent’ or ‘chronic long-term condition’. In per...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:18 pm
- Forum: Osteoarthritis
- Topic: Day to day living
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1878
Re: Day to day living
It is very common for people with arthritis to experience symptoms in their knees and ankles, so you are not alone in this. There is a common misconception that if you have arthritis, exercise is somehow bad for you. In reality, this could not be further from the truth. Research shows that becoming ...