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The Arthritis Handbook: Improve Your Health And Manage the Pain of Osteoarthritis

Grant Cooper
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Grant Cooper, MD, is an interventional spine and joint...

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I strongly recommend using my book as a platform to learn all about osteoarthritis, so that the reader can have an informed discussion about his or her particular symptoms with his or her personal doctor.

 

Obviously, no book, web site, article, or video can or should diagnose a condition in an individual.  Only someone's personal doctor can do that.  However, as a doctor I can tell you that it is far easier to rehabilitate an informed patient who wants to be an active participant in his or her health and the outcomes are typically better.

 

So, to you, the reader, I urge you to learn all you can about your pain, but don't self-diagnose.  Take your knowledge and have an informed, productive conversation about your personal symptoms with your doctor.  I wish you the best of health because with good health, everything is possible.

 

 

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The Arthritis Handbook: Improve Your Health and Manage the Pain of Osteoarthritis

 

By Dr. Grant Cooper

DiaMedica Publications

Available on Amazon.com

 

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The breakdown of cartilage in the knee can lead to bony protrusions called spurs and considerable joint pain.

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