How To Manage Your Arthritis Pain
Anybody who went through the pain of arthritis and its symptoms knows the importance of finding an effective cure to manage the arthritis pain. The sometimes devastating symptoms of the arthritis condition will greatly influence your life, the quality of your life and even be a serious hindrance in the level of activities that you could normally handle.
But don’t despair, arthritis pain can be managed and the sooner you get on top of the situation, the greater the effect of the pain management will be.
What is the cause of arthritis pain?
A normal, unaffected joint has cartilage of a certain thickness on the bones. This thickness can vary from one joint to another. The more stress a joint is supposed to take, the thicker the cartilage. In time however some of the cartilage can wear off and in extreme cases the bones themselves rub against each other without any protection from the cartilage.
The wear of the cartilage can create other symptoms like oedema, this is swelling of the surrounding tissues of the joint and arthritis pain. The affected joints become less mobile as well. Arthritis is mostly found in older persons since it is mostly an affection that is induced by the wear of the joints through the continuous use.
Sometimes however, in the case of osteoarthritis, even younger adults can be affected. It is most common in individuals who put excessive strain on their joints through high level sport or heavy labor.
How to treat arthritis pain?
Medication is your best bet for the treatment of arthritis pain. Look for medication that controls the swelling of the surrounding tissues and eases the pain that comes with the diminished capacity of shock absorbing from the cartilage. It is important to find an effective medication against the arthritis pain, because you need to keep your joints moving. If any of them is causing you too much pain, you will try to avoid too much movement and that in itself will cause further stiffness and pain.
Effective arthritis pain control keeps yourself active and your muscles firm and flexible.
If you are looking for over-the-counter medication, there is a choice between several medications: be on the lookout for medication that can treat the pain as well as manage and reduce the swelling. Over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen or naproxen may very well do the trick for you in keeping the arthritis pain in line. But if you don’t get enough relief from these types of medications, your doctor can prescribe other, even more effective products.
As difficult an illness arthritis is to get around with, arthritis pain does not have to be the burden that prevents you from having a full and active life. As always, the sooner one can intervene, the better and easier the arthritis pain will be manageable. Exercises and medication will help you to keep on top of things. An arthritis diagnosis is not the end of your active life.
Posted in pain management
October 18th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
How do you manage arthritis pain?
My husband has arthritis in his hip and it flairs up really bad at times – any home remedies that would alleviate the pain?
October 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I use ibuprofen and sleep it off
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October 18th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
regular excercise helps to lessen arthritis symptoms as far as meds go the best OTC that i have found is advil or its generic ibupropen it comes in 200 mg. but an adult can actually take 800 mg every 6 hours just be careful because this can be upsetting to the stomach may want to take with food also there are some vitamins that i take that seem to help one called MSM and any fish oil variation
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October 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I pop 800 mg of ibprofen when mine flares up and usually repeat in about 5 hours. Unfortunatly every time it is going to rain it happens. I use a heating pad until the drug takes, it seems to help a bit.
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October 18th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Arthritis in the technical sense means inflammation of a joint. Try some ibprofen, or another pain reliever. Also here are some websites that I think will give you some good ideas!
http://www.gaucher.org.uk/pain99.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8893567/
Hope they help! Good Luck!
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October 18th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Arthritis is classified as an autoimmune disease because it is caused by the body's own immune system attacking the joints.
Other factors can aggravate arthritis, such as:
…deficiencies of minerals and other nutrients
…microbes and toxins
…lack of water intake.
Essential oils constitute one of the most effective treatments for combating arthritis pain and combating infection if it is present.
MSM has been documented to be one of the most effective natural supplements for reducing the pain associated with arthritis.
Also, glucosamine and chrondroitin are some of the most powerful natural compounds for reducing inflammation, halting the progression of arthritis and rebuilding cartilage.
I've had good results using Sulfurzyme and PanAway.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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http://www.essentialscience.net
October 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I am beginning a blog soon talking about the Ergonomics of Sleep. Ergonomics at the work site is a common discussion people are familiar with but not in how sleep position, ergonomics, can increase or decrease pain.
One third of our life is spent sleeping but how many of us, now as adults, only can sleep in one or two positions. Other positions are no longer comfortable for us and cause us physical irritation leading to pain and our eventual waking from a deep sleep. Our time sleeping is time to restore and revitalize……
Positions while sleeping can increase or decrease pain. Sleep positions can be applied to the pelvic and hip area.
My website is for a product I invented but will reflect more and more of these ideas and will link to the blog area eventually. Good luck in finding something natural to help your husband with the hip pain. I relate and sympathize. LP
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deepsleeppillow.com
October 18th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Cherry juice concentrate. I used to work in the produce department in a grocery store. people came in all the time looking for it. They swore by it. some bottles even say on it that it is good for arthritis.
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October 19th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Informative post.Do simple yoga exercises.It will help us to control arthritis pain.