(NC)- Is this arthritis, we wonder, when examining the pain in our wrist, knee, or hip?
It’s alarming, especially when we think we are too young to have arthritis. But if so, is there anything you can do about it, aside from taking painkillers?
Various degrees of pain in a joint, loss of flexibility, limited movement, and [...]

..The Arthritis Society has launched the Lifestyle Makeover Challenge to help Canadians reduce the onset and disability of some forms of arthritis by adopting a more active, healthier lifestyle. Losing just 10 to 11 pounds translates into a decrease in stress on knee joints by 40 pounds and reduces the risk of needing a joint [...]

(NC)-Exercise, combined with a balanced diet, is the best way to maintain a healthy weight and is extremely important for people with arthritis.
“A 10 pound weight loss now can cut the amount of osteoarthritis years later by as much as 50 per cent,” said Dr. Arthur Bookman, former chair of The Arthritis Society’s medical advisory [...]

Many forms of arthritis can contribute to back pain including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and osteoarthritis. Arthritis pain is a hard ailment to treat and some types of arthritis, including those that cause back pain, continue to get worse as we age.
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Back pain is one of the most common and difficult to treat ailments.  [...]

(NC)-September is arthritis month in Canada - a time to raise awareness about a condition that affects more than four million Canadians. One of the most destructive types of arthritis is rheumatoid arthritis (RA) - a chronic, progressive and disabling disease, affecting approximately one out of every hundred Canadians. The disease commonly develops in early [...]

With more and more people these days suffering from acute or chronic back pain, is it any wonder why this seems to be such a hot topic of conversation in the medical field? It is said that out of every five people in America, four of them suffer some sort of back pain. Many times [...]

For most people, the very term arthritis conjures up images of the elderly and the slow degeneration of joints that comes with age. But for the nearly 300,000 Canadians who suffer rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the term is anything but a natural part of growing old.
RA hits people in the prime of their lives, between the [...]

It was more than 30 years ago that Lonnie Garnier got the news. At the age of 35, the Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, stevedore learned he had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the joints, causing extreme pain, stiffness, fatigue and joint destruction, often resulting in disability.
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Over 100 known forms of arthritis are making millions of people suffer today.  The most weakening of all forms is rheumatoid arthritis.  It causes joints to ache, throb, and eventually become deformed.  Those who suffer from this disease often find it hard to do everyday tasks, like taking a walk, or opening a car or [...]