Battling Arthritis

Do you suffer from osteoarthritis? Then how sold are you to the idea of using a cane. You know…cane…man’s third foot in old age!

Osteoarthritis is a common joint joint disease and is incurable. It is just managed by some medications, proper diet,  therapy, some alternative treatments and non-straining exercises.

One source of stress on this vulnerable joint compartment is the knee adduction moment, an indication of weight placement while walking. A 20 percent increase in the peak knee adduction moment is associated with a 6-fold or greater increase in the risk of knee OA progression over 6 years.

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Listen to this folks: stem cells may be able to repair the damaged cartilage in osteoarthritis sufferers.

Wouldn’t that be the day?! Definitely a lot better than what the chondroitin-glucosamine tandem have done in both repair and un-repair (!) of the cartilage. More →

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I wanna you guys to a recently started personal arthritis blog by one of this blog’s commenter, M.C. — Arthritis and Me.

In her introductory post, M. C. wrote: More →

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A non-invasive imaging method - chemical exchange saturation method (gagCEST) - that will be useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of some diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA) and inter-vertebral disc degeneration, has been developed by researchers at New York and Tel Aviv Universities.

The said procedure can detect OA and inter-vertebral disc degeneration in their early stages based on the glycosaminogycans (GAGs) concentration. More →

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Arthroscopic surgery (arthroscopy) is a procedure wherein damaged tissue from joints are removed.

Therefore, technically speaking, this procedure should relieve arthritic knees for example. More →

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I got back yesterday from a week-long vacation out of town. I told Hart I’ll be back 4th February. I was back all right but too tired to get back to this blog. My brain is still on vacation mode as I struggle today to look for leads and squeeze my brain to write anything here.

Anyways, I may be too tired but the good news is that my legs, knees, etc didn’t bother me all this time (from when we left until going back home). I was even able to travel with no other adult in tow. So I guess the therapies are working.

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Greetings .. Gloria is away this week, and will resume posting on February 4, 2008. In the meantime, please enjoy this article about Hip Arthritis. // HART

When a person suffers from hip arthritis, he or she will, under most circumstances, suffer from a condition known as osteoarthritis which is a very common form of hip arthritis, and which is sometimes also known as wear-and-tear arthritis and even degenerative joint disease. This form of hip arthritis is characterized by gradual damage to the cartilage of a person’s joints and when the cartilage that protects the joints becomes worn out due to such a form of arthritis, the bones become exposed in the person’s joints resulting in a great deal of distress.

Affects Persons That Are Fifty Years Of Age Or Older

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Common genetic variants that play a key role in human height have been found linked to osteoarthritis.

Such were the findings confirmed by a new study co-led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health. More →

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I thought people just kneel when praying (at least Catholics do!).

However, men who spend significant amounts of time kneeling on the job are at great risk of developing osteoarthritis of the knee.

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The index to ring finger length ratio (2D:4D) has been known to have sexual differences:

• Men typically have shorter second than fourth digits; in women, these fingers tend to be about equal in length.
• Smaller 2D:4D ratios have intriguing hormonal connections, including higher prenatal testosterone levels, lower estrogen concentrations, and higher sperm counts.
• Reduction in this ratio has also been linked to athletic and sexual prowess.

Now, according to researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, the index to ring finger length ratio (2D:4D) affects the risk of osteoarthritis (OA). More →

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