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Treatment should also include scheduled rest times. Patients should learn when to slow down and spend time with their feet up. Some patients find biofeedback and stress reduction therapy to be helpful, not only to decrease pain but also allow them to rest.Sometimes splinting is used to rest the joints and muscles in a normal position while sleeping to help decrease the risk of the joint stiffening into a position that won’t move. These splints are only used for several hours while at rest or sleeping so the patient is able to move the joint to increase flexibility and strength.

Non-drug treatments include moist heat over the affected joint. Most patients prefer moist heat but some like cold packs on the joint. There are two lines of thought when using heat and cold. Heat will increase the blood flow to the area that theoretically would flush out the toxins and decrease the swelling. On the other hand cold will decrease the swelling and the blood flow to the area, which will also decrease the leakage of blood factors causing swelling and pain. …. Read more at Your-Health-Answers

The joints commonly affected are the knees, hips, hands and spine.  Patients start to notice a difference in their comfort level as they rise to standing from a sitting position, in the morning getting out of bed or after exercise.

 

Warning signs of Osteoarthritis include crackling joints, stiffness after getting up from a chair or from bed in the morning, pain, swelling, and tenderness.  In Osteoarthritis there isn’t redness or heat from the joint.

 

Doctors don’t have a single test … read more

Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis is customized to the disease activity in the individual patient.  There are options that will help you to … read more

Osteoarthritis is generally equated with a disease of wear and tear and old age.  Although it does usually accompany old age, researchers have found that the cartilage in a joint … read more

Juvenile arthritis is really a collection of three different diseases that are arthritic in nature.  It affects 1 in 1,000 children … read more

Testing the over 150 forms of arthritis can be daunting.  It is a complex process that unfortunately doesn’t have one conclusive test.  Doctors do have an arsenal of testing at their disposal but which should you have done?…… read more