Approaches to Knee Pain Relief

You use your knees every time you walk, run, or move your lower body at all. Knee pain, therefore, dramatically affects the daily life of sufferers, who must use their knees throughout the day. Knee pain is the second only to back pain among American adult pain sufferers. Knee trouble is most often caused by [...]

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Managing back pain

There is generally no respite from back pain, once you have an injury in this area; a one hundred percent effective back pain relief cure has yet to be found, but that does not mean that some easing of the discomfort isn’t possible.
While there are a host of prescription medications that help with back pain [...]

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Preventing back pain

Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons for time off work and visits to health professionals. Up to 70% of the population will be affected by it at some time.
Back pain can be triggered by heavy lifting or overuse of the muscles or ligaments. If body tissues become inflamed or damaged, local [...]

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Postmenopausal hormone therapy no help for arthritis

Postmenopausal hormone therapy neither reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis nor eases the severity of the condition’s symptoms, researchers here reported.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/tb/8563
There are some views that arthralgia is a widely reported symptom of menopuase and that HRT may reduce the effects. http://www.pjonline.com/editorial/19991106/education/menopause2.html

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Joint Pain during Menopause

It is undoubtedly the case that many women complain that the menopause brings an aching, creaking and discomfort, sometimes in many joints, as if a natural lubricating oil had been withdrawn.
Equally, a careful history will often reveal that women receiving oestrogen report an improvement in joint mobility and a reduction in discomfort. Thus, it is [...]

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Kids with Arthritis

Arthritis is a problem you usually associate with the elderly but almost i in a thousand suffer from arthritis. It’s usually diagnosed after a child has had joint pain for several weeks unrelated to any injury or activity.
Pediatric rheumatologist Larry Vogler said, “When the child is complaining of their joint hurting and it seems to [...]

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Osteoarthritis on the increase

Did you know that in the United States, 60 million people will be affected by the year 2020 by arthritis (osteoarthritis)? 1 Osteoarthitis has major influence in the loss of work, economic impact and decrease in quality of life. Osteoarthritis is the number one disease of the joints.
Of all chronic conditions (patients 65 years and [...]

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