Osteoarthritis

 

Tip 1: Make Sure You Really Have Osteoarthritis
While to some of you, today’s tip might be very basic. It is absolutely essential that you make sure your diagnosis is correct before you begin wasting money on treatments that are not designed to help your specific situation. Do you really suffer from osteoarthritis? That question needs an answer before you embark on a course of treating it. All too often when you have joint pain, a doctor will be quick to say, “Well Jean, you know you aren’t getting any younger and those joints are starting to degenerate.” This is a mistake. The aging process is not what causes osteoarthritis. There is only one way to know for certain that you are suffering from osteoarthritis. (OA) The diagnostic tool is a CT-scan. If you have not had the affected area scanned, any broad sweeping statement from a physician that you have osteoarthritis is simply the wrong way to approach it. Since there are approximately 100 different types of medical conditions that can affect your joints, it will be difficult to treat your condition effectively unless you know exactly what is ailing you.

 Tip 2: Searching For Just Arthritis Pain Relief? You Shouldn’t!
Doctors are very quick to address your joint pain with what has become a “standard” response. Normally, they tell you to take NSAIDS like Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen, and Acetaminophen, or prescribe COX-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx and Celebrex. Will these give you pain relief? Yes, you will obtain some pain relief using them. However, they also can cause a wide range of undesirable side effects from ulcers to heart disease to liver damage. Even more importantly, and you need to consider this fact, the use of these NSAIDs and COX-2 inhibitors do not halt the progress of osteoarthritis and new research is showing they may even hasten the onset of the disease. Stopping the progress of your arthritis as well as stopping your pain should be your goal. How do you reach this goal? Well, this is a four-step process… 1.              Diet 2.              Exercise 3.              Mental Attitude 4.              Treatment Over the next four tips I will review each one of these steps.  Liquid glucosamine found in Syn-flex® eases arthritis pain, promotes healthy joints, assists in rehabilitating damaged cartilage, stops inflammation, and improves mobility. Learn more about Syn-flex®!  

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