Arthritis is a problem that is not merely confined to the aging population – even young children, teenagers and athletes suffer from this disease. Arthritis is a disease that takes many forms; the two most common of which are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis does damage in a ‘wear and tear’ degenerative way. Rheumatoid arthritis [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 in Health
Posted on May 30th, 2009 in Health
Massage
Some experts think that arthritic pain conditions in general aggravate and flare up trigger points, and that one can get additional relief to theses arthritis symptoms through self-massage. The idea is not to massage the area where it hurts, but to find pressure tender areas in your muscles near the actual pain area and massage [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2009 in Health
Arthritis is caused by the body not been fed the proper nutrients that keep your joints healthly and free of wear and tear. Specific joints in your body can develop arthritic pain, namely the spine, knees, feet and hands. When your joints have bone-to-bone contact and grind against each other that area becomes swollen and [...]