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Grant Cooper
posted 06/19/2009, comments (0)

Learning About Your Joints To Protect Them From Harm

It is hard to appreciate something if you don't understand it.  Understanding your joints and how they function helps you not only appreciate them but also understand how best to care for them.  There are different basic kinds of joints in your body.  All of the mobile joints (e.g. knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, fingers) have the... Read moreChevron
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Pattye Snyder

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posted 06/19/2009, comments (0)

Sealed Up Challenges With Arthritis

Although many of our readers don't happen to live within the Continental U.S., I'm sure they are discovering many of the same "problems" that we are.  Packaging of a wide variety of things (everything from sliced cheeses and meats to medications to paintbrushes) has changed radically in the last few years.  Although I'm grateful for... Read moreChevron
c21tamit
posted 05/09/2009, comments (2)

How do you live with it????

All the test results are in. I don't have... RA, OA, Lupus, and the Rhummy doesn't think it's fibro. Now What. This has been a terible blow to me. I'm sick. Why can't  they find out what's making me sick. Every DR, and there have been tons of them, Think it's something different. And most conclusions end with, Well pain management is the only... Read moreChevron
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grew up on 200 acre farm, feeding and cleaning,haying,etc
posted 03/30/2009, comments (0)

Handaids

 using handaids helps.     
vaznut

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Afro-American Woman 61yrs overweight diagnosed for OA 5 yrs ago
posted 02/11/2009, comments (7)

Severe OA of the knees

I'm living with Severe OA of both knees for about 6 years and getting progressively worse. I've taken steroid shots e and drainage every 3 months or so and really doesn't do mush for pain . I'm also overweight and can't seem to lose weight fast because it's too painful to do exercises standing up or walking .I need to lose 120 pounds the doctors... Read moreChevron
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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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