Cane Use Improves Pain in Arthritic Knees 
MedPage Today
By Nancy Walsh, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Use of a cane -- documented as an aid to walking all the way back to ancient Egypt -- helped reduce pain in patients with osteoarthritis in the knee as well as improve function, Brazilian researchers found.

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Get Moving with Arthritis 
The State Journal-Register
When joint cartilage breaks down due to injury or lack of use, the bone ends rub together, causing pain, inflammation and stiffness. Once the cartilage is gone, it cannot be replaced. Symptoms of arthritis include: joint pain, joint swelling, ...

 

Hand Yoga Can Help Arthritic Fingers 
Everyday Health
Arthritis pain and swelling are particularly hard on the hands. Here's how "hand yoga" can help restore grip strength and dexterity. By Amy Solomon, Senior Editor TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2012 ? When you think of yoga, you probably picture limber, ...

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Arthritis: When the Knees and Hips Go 
Huffington Post (blog)
Inflammation brings a burning pain. Bone spurs can form. Eventually the joint becomes stiff and even small movements become painful and difficult. OA is the most common form of arthritis worldwide, and the curve is correlated with age.

 

The Arthritis National Research Foundation Receives a Record 70 Grant Applications 
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Moreover, research studies of the human immune system in arthritic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus may have positive implications for other types of non-arthritis autoimmune disorders such as MS and diabetes. The scientific studies of ...

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DR. KESTNER: Arthritis may not be causing your pain 
Murfreesboro Post
If the degenerative changes and bone spurs are still there, and the pain is gone, then it was not the arthritic degeneration that was causing the pain.? ?Then what was causing the pain if it wasn't arthritis?? he asked. ?I have found repeatedly in ...

 

Onset of arthritis can be managed 
The State Journal-Register
Pain in the hands (especially the thumb joint), wrists, knees, hips, or lower back. Pain or stiffness in a joint that has been injured in the past. Since these symptoms also can occur with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (an inflammatory ...

 

TrimDog Launches New Dog Arthritis Product to Provide Natural Pain-Relief 
PR.com (press release)
It is also estimated that 50% of all large breeds will develop hip dysplasia, a subluxation of the hip joint that causes arthritis and leads to chronic pain and discomfort. Kinlaw explained that, ?Heat therapy has been used by people for decades to ...

 

Vet needs to determine if aging dog has arthritis 
Ottawa Citizen
When an older dog experiences difficulty with stairs, stiffness after lying down and hind-end weakness, you would not be wrong in suspecting arthritis as a cause. It is quite possible that it is painful for Jake to use the stairs.

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Study Tracks RA Patient Activity; 2 in 5 Sedentary 
Medscape
January 26, 2012 ? Two in 5 people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) went a week without so much as 10 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity in a study of 176 adults, meaning many patients are missing the benefits of pain reduction and increased ...

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