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Conditions Treated
Arthritis
You may well have been told that you are suffering from arthritis and been prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs for the pain. While these are useful there is a growing body of evidence that long term use can not only cause peptic ulcers, which can be life threatening, but they can also contribute to an increased risk of heart attacks and I don’t need to tell you that they are life threatening! So is there anything that can be done for your run of the mill degenerative arthritis or do you just have to live with it.
The answers to those questions are yes and no. Most degenerative arthritis is due to an injury or repetitive strain that has not been rehabilitated correctly. If your joint is injured it is overstretched, this leads to a weakness that on further occasions gets stretched more, resulting in damage to the cartilage and a resultant laying down of bone as your body stiffens to limit the mobility of that joint. The surrounding muscles become weaker, knotted and tender and this pain contributes to the deep ache of arthritic pain.
Simply by reducing the pain with ice, easing muscle aches with heat, massage and acupuncture and gently mobilising and strengthening the muscles around the joint you can feel a great improvement in your symptoms and possibly even slow this process down.
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SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
If you have an inflammatory arthritis or metabolic arthritis this needs to be treated by medication from your GP and a change in diet could also be of great benefit.