Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the most common sort of arthritis.

About 80% of people over the age of 50 show signs of degenerative arthritis, and a quarter of them experience pain.

The sooner pain is treated and the inflammatory process interrupted, the better. You'll reduce continuing damage to cartilage and joint.

By 2020 scientists expect some 40 million Americans will suffer from osteoarthritis - the result of the baby boom generation reaching mid life, having spent five decades of jogging and high impact sport while growing heavier.

Osteoarthritis triggers include:

  • Bad posture
  • a trauma such as strain, injury, obesity or another disease
  • Diet high in sugars and fats and little or no exercise
  • Whatever the cause, cartilage - the joint's natural shock absorber - starts to break down.

    But as a February 2004 Time magazine special on the disease noted, cartilage isn't the whole story.

    Muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons also play a role. And the worst problems can often stem from biochemical responses, which differ from person to person.

    Once the arthritic process gets started, joint damage increases and the body's immune system gets in on the act. White blood cells rush into the joint, the inflammatory process gets started, and a chronic condition sets in with the white blood cells "over-reacting" to fend off attack.

    Taking control with a preventive program of diet, exercise and nutritional supplements may slow or even halt the progress of the disease.

    Osteoarthritis can impair normal daily activity.

    Tasks like arising from bed in the morning, buttoning buttons, writing, sewing, meal preparation, dressing, sleeping, walking, climbing stairs, arising from a chair or a toilet seat can all be affected.

    Osteoarthritis symptoms include:

  • Loss of movement
  • Stiffness and swelling in the joints
  • Snapping of the joints
  • Bony growths at the joints
  • Osteoarthritis benefits from regular exercise:

  • It strengthens affected joints and increases their flexibility
  • Flexibility discourages the formation of bone spurs
  • Nourishes the joint by increasing circulation of fluid.
  • Low impact exercise is particularly recommended: Walking, lightweight resistance training, workouts on treadmills, stationary or recumbent bikes and elliptical trainers, yoga and Pilates
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