The idea of hopping on to a pair of skates to cure your knee arthritis may seem reckless and dangerous, but wait, these are not ordinary skates, they consist of shoes with balls built into the soles. These skates have been trialled on a number of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, the results were [...]
Archive of entries posted on May 2007
Lose Weight Fast
Excess weight places far too much stress on healthy joints, for those of you with arthritic joints the importance of losing weight cannot be overemphasized.
wd-40 for Arthritis
No, this is not to be taken, but I have read a number of references to the use of wd-40 for the relief of the pain of arthritis. There are numerous references to its efficacy in providing pain relief when sprayed on painful joints.
It’ a great product when used appropriately for what it was intended, [...]
ASU to Treat Osteoarthritis
What is ASU?
It’s the unsaponifiable part of avocado oil and soy oil, eating avocado and soy products will not produce the same effects as taking ASU in supplement form.
Researchers have found that ASU increases collagen synthesis, this is a very encouraging result, for it’s the destruction of collagen in osteoarthritis which results in the joint [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Green Tea
A study from the University of Michigan Health System, April 29, 2007, found that a compound in green tea called:epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) inhibited the production of some molecules in the immune system which contribute to inflammation and joint damage. Read more of this article at :
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2007/greentea.htm
Salah-uddin Ahmed, Ph.D., lead researcher on the study. In [...]
Thunder God Vine for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Arthritis is a common condition that afflicts people from all backgrounds. Although it is often thought of as an older person’s affliction, arthritis can strike even the very young. Most treatment options consist of drug therapies aimed at reducing the symptoms of joint stiffness, pain and swelling. However, many of these drugs can often have [...]
