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All too often, care for people with chronic pain falls on family members who may not feel equipped to provide good care or they may feel overwhelmed with some of the issues involved. Over the course of the next few days, I’ll list some international, national, and local organizations that may be able to help […]
If you take glucosamine for osteoarthritis, it may not be helping you as much as you think. Or is it? It seems that no-one is really sure.
Read about the debate at MedHeadlines.
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Twenty five recommendations for the treatment of osteoarthritis were published in the February issue of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. Experts reviewed the best methods of treatment developed by committee.
To read more about the treatment recommendations, you can read the article at Medical Health News: Osteoarthritis: Which Treatments Work And Which Don’t?
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International society develops 25 treatment recommendations for knee and hip osteoarthritis
Findings appear in the February issue of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
MT. LAUREL, N.J., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ — A newly released set of treatment recommendations for knee and hip osteoarthritis may help millions of people worldwide who live in pain due to inconsistent treatment approaches and confusion […]
One of the options for treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee is a minimally invasive surgery called arthroscopic debridement. A review of three randomized controlled studies found that there wasn’t much of a difference between patients who had this procedure and those who had not.
You can read an article on the review: Arthritic Knees […]
Describing pain can be difficult - areas of pain can be vague, as can descriptions of the pain itself.
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has published this drawing for physicians to use to help them to better understand their patients’ pain. Click on the drawing to go directly to their site’s image to […]
The Johns Hopkins University Health Publishing and Johns Hopkins Medicine has made available a guide on how to get safe, effective arthritis pain relief. If you are interested in receiving it and alerts about arthritis help, you can sign up on their page: Special Reports.
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It’s Sunday and I decided to have a look to see what my most popular posts were since I took over this blog in December. It seems to be a rather diverse group of posts.
Number 10:
Do you think your doctor could do a better job of managing your pain?
Number 9:
How common is shingles?
Number 8:
Despite pain, […]
Uncontrolled pain makes life very difficult sometimes. Feeling that your doctor isn’t helping manage it properly is frustrating. Besides changing doctors or trying to educate your doctor about what you need, there isn’t much you can do.
One of the problems with doctors and adequate pain control is the fear of using opioids or narcotics. The […]
Are you in the position of needing a knee replacement eventually? If you’re a woman, chances are you’ll do it later than sooner. This article Listen-up ladies: Don’t postpone knee-replacement surgery, discusses how women often wait until they really can’t manage any more.
While waiting may seem like the stoic thing to do, as the […]
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