I was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis at 18, but over the past year it’s gotten so bad, at times I can’t walk. Should I take the Glucosamine/Condroitin/MSM supplement? Or something else?
I just started taking calcium supplements, because I know I don’t have enough in my diet.
I don’t want to be in a walker by the time I’m 30! Any advice?

My doctor and neurologist both discuss my condition with me as secondary osteoarthritis, and chronic pain I have been living with since March 2007…but yet all my health claims state lumbar sprain and strain. I have pain and stiffness if I am imobile for more than one hour, cannot stand for long periods of time without severe and sharp pains, have shooting pains and tingling in my hips, buttocks and thighs. I had a previous injury in college in which I was told I bruised my sciatic nerve, and had periods of the loss of feeling from the waist down (almost like being plunged into ice cold water) and was unable to stand…these episodes would last up to a few hours at times and occurred for almost 6 months. I have been on opoids after failed trials of NSAIDS for over a year now, once the x-ray confirmed “degenerative disc disease.” The pain management clinic tells me I’ll be lucky if the opoids handle 20% of my pain, but then state I do not have a debilitative condition. ?? My MRI and x-ray both indicate arthritis. I went through 8 months of physical therapy for my back and neck, only to be sent back a second time for my hands (with 24/7 splints) and also for my neck (in my appointment today). I tested negative for rhuematoid arthritis. I have had multiple problems with dizziness, nausea, headaches (migraines), numbness, pain in the arm and chest, problems hearing (and was recently diagnosed with neurological hearing damage), fatigue, insomnia, depression, muscle spasms in the neck/back/buttocks, and memory loss over this past year. During the time I took NSAIDs my blood pressure was extremely high. Is there a difference between these terms? Or are all these terms related to the same condition? Are the doctors downplaying my pain treatment, or under treating me for pain? Are the doctors missing something here?

I’m only 36 years old and can find virtually nothing online that can help me with this, secondary osteoarthritis.

37, recently diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis, hurts to get my leg over when i get on, and when i need to use a lot of leg on the horse….wondering if other people are managing to keep riding with hip arthritis and if you have any recommendations?

I ‘m talking about the new treatment which is not Cortisone but some chicken byproduct series of three shots every 9 Months or so for pain!

I take 800IB only. I am going to get a mouth piece. Any other suggestions?

The actual product I’m looking at is Cool Cayenne. They sell this with or without the Butcher’s Broom herb. Would it assist the performance of the cayenne for this condition?

I just found out I have it in my back. I won’t be to the doctor for an MRI till next week, and I’m just curious to know… why do I have this at a young age (32) and what can I do to make it better?

Please don’t say “ask the doctor”, all they want to do is prescribe something. I need to learn everything there is about this.

I would appreciate any information, websites, or personal experience.

Thanks!

I’m particularly interested in what people experienced with the following:

1. Hill’s Prescription J/D
2. Deramaxx
3. Metacam
4. Adequan Canine

Any other things you’ve tried?

Thank you!