Arthritis Pain management HELP?

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1. ★☆W.a.b.b.y✿❀ says:

   October 27, 2011 at 6:49 am

   It does, when you get on the right medication. There are many new medications that can help to improve quality of life and prevent joint damage. Are you seeing a rheumatologist? They can work towards getting you on the right combination of medications to control your disease.

   Good luck.

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2. Jacob says:

   October 27, 2011 at 7:20 am

   Yes, but it will not go away instantly and you must be vary wary of any people selling miracle cures. Make sure to run any sort of pain management treatment by your doctor first.

   There are a lot of things you can do to help decrease pain too, with exercise and a healthy diet often offering an easy and effective means of treating arthritis pain. In recent studies, it has been found that even just a bit of regular low-impact exercise can help reduce arthritis pain. This includes things like walking or swimming, but it is important to not overdo it.

   Of course, reducing activities that cause you pain is also important. So, if you find that, for example, your knee becomes very sore after jogging, you would of course want to stop jogging. However, there are some daily tasks that you can not simply stop, so for these, it is a good idea to try to identify easier ways of doing them. For example, using larger eating utensils or pens, which have larger easier to grasp handles, can help people with finger and wrist arthritis. This is often called living with arthritis and can be a good first step towards reducing arthritis pain.
3. Claudia says:

   October 27, 2011 at 8:05 am

   I agree with the last post that it gets better once you are on the right meds and there are a lot of really good ones now. I am on the biologic drugs and they have truly been life-changing for me. It helps a lot to learn about your disease and figure out what triggers your symptoms and what helps you because everyone is different. It’s important to know your limits. Eating healthy and exercising is super important. hot and cold packs and pain killers like aleve can help. physical therapy has been really beneficial for me. check out this blog for more info http://makearthritisstophurting.tumblr.com/
4. Gregory Fraser says:

   October 27, 2011 at 8:26 am

   Provided that you seek treatment, I know that it will get better in time. I just hope you listen to your doctor and not come to the point where in you will be needing hip replacement as issues with this procedure are rising like http://www.depuypinnaclelawsuit.com/
5. Thunder says:

   October 27, 2011 at 9:19 am

   Acupuncture for arthritis can really do wonders to manage or even eliminate the pain caused by arthritis. It’s definitely an option worth exploring to see if it would work for you. It’s a completely non-invasive and drug free approach to managing arthritis pain.