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Pattye Snyder

posted 10/05/2009, comments (2)

Synvisc, African Healers and Other Arthritis Adventures

In about three short weeks, I'll be returning to East Africa to live and work for a few months. I've been there before, of course, and feel like I'm returning to my other home and family in Africa. It's interesting, and incredibly frustrating, that my arthritis seems to always become more active at the most inopportune times -- of... Read more Chevron

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Grant Cooper

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posted 04/24/2009, comments (3)

Your Arthritis May Not Go Away, But Your Arthritis Pain Can

One of the more common questions I am asked is if a patient's arthritis will ever get better. When told that osteoarthritis is causing their pain, some patients get despondent and say something like, "Oh, I was afraid of that. I guess that's just part of getting older. It can't get better, right? I mean, even if we treat the... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/24/2009, comments (0)

Orthokine injections in joints

I had sudden-onset osteoarthritis five years ago, followed by right hip and right shoulder replacemeents; aggressive and ongoing since. Finally read about then received Orthokine injections in Dusseldorf Germany in November 2008 (left shoulder, left hip, left knee and SI joints of low back). Pain is much less already and should slow... Read more Chevron

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Grant Cooper

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posted 01/12/2009, comments (0)

Depression's Affect on Arthritis and Joint Pain

If I am depressed, will my osteoarthritis get worse? There is no doubt that there is a connection between the mind and the body. For example, when thoughts come into your head, your body physically reacts in certain patterns. If you are speeding down the street in your car and you look in the rearview mirror and see flashing police... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/10/2008, comments (2)

Hyaluronic acid injections for osteoarthritis

The easiest way to think of hyaluronic acid injections is that they help replace the joint's natural fluid, which is otherwise lost in osteoarthritis. Hyaluronic acid injections don't "cure" osteoarthritis. It is sort of like changing the oil in your car. Or, another way to think of hyaluronic acid injections is that they pave the pot-holes in... Read more Chevron

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