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9 Proven Lifestyle Changes to Help Arthritis

Between 2019 and 2021, 21.2% of adults in the U.S. were diagnosed with arthritis, making it the nation’s leading cause of disability. But if you’re one of those approximately 53.2 million people, there is hope. Read More

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Relieve Arthritis Pain Naturally

There’s no single solution to arthritis pain relief, and everyone responds differently to treatment. Therefore, an individualized combination of strategies is often the most effective approach. In the United States, 24% of all adults, or Read More

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What Natural Substances Can Be Used to Treat Arthritis?

Millions of individuals have had their daily lives dramatically curtailed thanks to the presence of arthritis. These conditions can hamper physical mobility, limit our ability to perform enjoyable activities and result in a great deal Read More

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Can Knee Arthritis Treat Without Surgery?

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability among US adults, 55 and older, and in many cases leads to total joint replacements. That is a big decision sometimes necessary, sometimes premature, says Victor Romano, MD, Read More

The term arthritis is used loosely as if it encompassed one entity, although over 100 types of the condition have been identified. It is an aggregate of illnesses whose common features include an inflammation of the joints, surrounding tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. Among the oldest known afflictions of human beings, it can affect virtually every part of the body: from the feet to the knees, back, shoulders, and fingers. For millions of Americans, arthritis limits everyday movements such as walking, standing, or even holding a pencil. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of arthritis range from slight pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints, to crippling and disability. Arthritis affects people of all ages. The NIH reports that about 15% of the U.S. population have arthritis or a related disorder and 200,000 children in the U.S. have some form of the disease.

Conventional medicine prescribes a whole “laundry list” of pharmaceutical drugs for treating it. Many of these drugs block the pain, often very quickly and with little effort on the part of the patients or doctors. While pain relief is important, conventional drugs merely hide the symptoms and ignore the underlying causes of the disease. According to the alternative medicine approach, arthritis is a disease that results from multiple causes, many of them with a less-than-obvious connection to the disease and many causes are not easily detectable. “A number of underlying imbalances, with accompanying physical, mental, and environmental factors, contribute to all forms of arthritis,” says Eugene Zampieron, N.D., A.H.G., of Woodbury, Connecticut, co-author of Arthritis: An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide. “When arthritis is viewed through alternative medicine, it becomes a correctable disease that requires adjustments to specific organ systems, diet, and lifestyle.”

There are a variety of arthritic conditions, with the three most common forms of the disease being osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout. Less prevalent types include psoriatic, ankylosing spondylitis, and infectious.

It is caused by a variety of factors, including joint instability, injuries, age-related changes, toxins, microbes, altered biochemistry, hormonal factors, and genetic predisposition. Yet other environmental, psychological, dietary, and even dental factors have also been found to bring on the condition.