Interesting info for all osteoarthritis sufferers
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I happened to stumble upon this podcast the other day..
It's from the BBC radio 4 "Inside Health" programme from 11/09/2012 which can be found as a podcast on the I player radio App.
It gives a great insight into OA,claiming a joint replacement isn't always necessary,and the possibility of stem cell cartilage repair,which could become possible in the next few years.
It also explains how arthritis isn't necessarily as formerly thought a wasting disease..
Well worth downloading.
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joy47826 Paulus1949
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Anyway, thanks...and an MD does Stem Cell Therapy now here in So. Cal. for joints and PRP which I posted about months ago here....
I've had Dextros PROLO in my shoulder and got good 3 yrs of relief.....Dextrose is mildest and least pricey form of this therapy for joint regeneration.
He is forever saying on his radio program on weekends, to stay healthy, stay away from doctors....and he is ONE.
marey joy47826
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juliette39133 Paulus1949
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Paulus1949 juliette39133
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What the latest opinion believes is that by keeping the thigh muscles as strong as possible by excercising helps the muscles to support our joints,and that the inflammation in the joints is part of the bodies natural healing process,which is why we get "flare ups" of pain which comes and goes.
Going against old thinking is we shouldn't sit and rest for to long when we have pain,but make an effort to excercise and keep the joints moving.
I take the point to avoid Docs as much as possible,but some conditions if ignored can eventually kill you.
Although a minority of Joint replacements go wrong it is unfortunately our last resort,and is from what I know quite a skilled and technical operation,saving many folks from a life of pain and misery..and I now have little pain from my new hip which troubled me for 20yrs.. worsening significantly when I stopped riding my bike,kind of supporting the theory of keeping the thigh muscles strong??
I have pain now from my unoperated hip,but only take tablets as a last resort,the side effects of some can long term be worse than the cure.
DawnDedee juliette39133
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marey DawnDedee
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juliette39133 Paulus1949
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Paulus1949 juliette39133
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I was also a landscape gardener and keen squash player for many years.
Wether or not this contributed to joint wear we will never know,it could have happened anyway?
I have found that my joint pain worsens a few weeks after a virus has cleared up,possibly caused by the immune system doing its work on healthy joints?
If the medical profession can't agree on treatment for OA what chance for the rest of us..Hmmmm.
joy47826 Paulus1949
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Sugars are HORRIBLE for arthritis and a lot of other body systems....
So damn if you do and if you don't....
All my mother's sisters were horrible with OA but they all ate tons of sugary stuff all their lives, as did I for TOO MANY years.....
That goes for carbs too as they turn to sugar.
I go to my integrative MD once a year for my annual check up and labs but don't run to docs for any pain I have....
And I do a LOT of supps to keep healthier...avoid the pharma drugs as I ended up in the ER with stomach ulcer in the 80's from an anti inflammatory drug....that was my big WAKE UP.
I soak up alterantives, love the world of alternative healing.
juliette39133 joy47826
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