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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Happy Easter to all those celebrating Easter…

I went to the beach yesterday with my friends — the first time I’ve been back since December 2007 when I last had sand therapy. I did enjoy it, though there were just too many people frolicking there because of this recent holiday.

There wasn’t time to sit in a corner and bury my legs in the sand. Besides, I was too busy looking out for this little boy. More →

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In my previous post, I mentioned that recent evidence is saying that glucosamine has no effect on hip osteoarthritis.

Now, glucosamine has been implicated in the death of an arthritis patient.

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Forgive me for (sort of) neglecting this blog recently. Last week was my craziest week, not to mention that February is my craziest month!

Anyways, this month (March), I will try hard to keep this at the top of my long list.

Well, the only good thing for slacking on the job is that I have a lot lesser stress and thus, is good for my osteoarthritis. That doesn’t mean though that I didn’t think hard about arthritis in the past weeks. I always do!

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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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…if you have osteoarthritis!!

Especially if you cannot go outside because it has been raining day and night this weekend.  Believe it or not, it has been raining cats and dogs out here for the last 3-4-5 days now. I cannot really remember how long because it now feels like forever.

I hate it like this because I often walk around the (our) house, from the back yard to the front, and back again and again, as long as my legs wouldn’t hurt yet. Sometimes in the morning or in the afternoon. I love stretching my legs sometimes, more on weekends because I really need a good break from online and computer stuff (that I do sitting down) and more so because I really need the exercise.

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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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Here in the Philippines, the Bureau of Food and Drugs has ordered the pull-out from the market of the pain-killer anti-arthritis drug – Lumiracoxib (Prexige) by Novartis - due to fears that it can cause liver damage.

In November 2007, Novartis announced that Prexige had been suspended from sale and marketing in Britain and Germany amid fears it can cause liver damage.

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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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