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If there’s a word that aptly describes hip arthritis, it would be “challenging.” As the condition progresses, it can bring on symptoms that can make day-to-day living difficult. The good news is that there are things you can do to both lower your risk for hip arthritis or live well with its symptoms, and one…
Hip arthritis, in itself, can be debilitating and disruptive. If you’ve been diagnosed with it, the last thing you want is having to live through a flare—a period in which your symptoms tend to crank up, and the very medications that you take to control them don’t seem to work. While it can be quite…
You may know osteoarthritis as the painful condition that is caused by the wear and tear to our joints. With osteoarthritis – which is usually called just “arthritis” because it is so common – the daily stresses on our joints wear out the cartilage that cushions them. In addition, to wear and tear over time,…
If you are getting to a certain age where you start to have painful and stiff joints, you may a condition called osteoarthritis. Also called wear-and-tear arthritis, osteoarthritis affects millions of adults. The condition refers to inflammation in the joints and is often the result of wearing down of the cartilage that supports the smooth…
Degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. With degenerative joint disease, the protective cartilage that serves as a cushion for your bones for smooth, pain-free movement gets worn down. Therefore, your bones begin to rub against one another, which leads to inflammation, pain, and eventual damage…
Of the more than 100 types of arthritis, the most common type is osteoarthritis – which is the tenderness and swelling of one or more joints in the body. Because it is so common, it is usually called simply “arthritis.” Arthritis joint pain and stiffness tend to get worse as we get older, but it…
