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Osteoarthritis Pain Ruining Your Life?

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How To Relieve Osteoarthritis Pain

Is your osteoarthritis pain getting you down?

If you are suffering osteoarthritis pain you are not alone as 1 in 3 people over the age of 60 suffer from this condition.

My name is Dr. Sophie Hardy and I was a UK trained chiropractor who worked with International and Premiership footballers (soccer players). I worked alongside many top class therapists, including physiotherapists, masseurs and exercise specialists giving me a wide knowledge base. I retired in my mid 40s with osteoarthritis pain in my spine and in my hands. I now spend my time helping my fellow sufferers with their osteoarthritis pain.

There is no cure for osteoarthritis but you can do a lot to relieve your osteoarthritis pain.

By making a few simple lifestyle changes and following some osteoarthritis treatment guidelines you can relieve the symptoms and relieve your osteoarthritis pain. With a little effort you can still a full and active life.

Here at Exercises for Osteoarthritis you can learn all about how to relieve osteoarthritis pain. Whether you are newly diagnosed with limited knowledge or someone who has been suffering for years, the aim is to have interesting, helpful and educational information. If you have experienced a type of treatment, whether successful or not, please leave your comments at the end of articles as this would help others thinking of using that type of therapy.

If you want to learn more about your condition including what is osteoarthritis, what causes osteoarthritis pain and what are the symptoms of osteoarthritis in individual joints then click on the tabs at the top of the page. I also keep up to date and make regular posts about anything to do with osteoarthritis, including current osteoarthritis treatment guidelines, do natural osteoarthritis remedies or alternative treatments for osteoarthritis help with your osteoarthritis pain plus all the latest news regarding new treatments for osteoarthritis.

If you are newly diagnosed and don’t know where to start putting yourself together a treatment plan to relieve your osteoarthritis pain I suggest you sign up for the newsletter at the top of this page and start by reviewing your treatment options under treatments for osteoarthritis in the navigation bar.

Self Massage and Home Exercises for Osteoarthritis Pain.

I personally run the Joint Control programme of self massage and exercises for osteoarthritis. Each programme is individually designed for you and how your osteoarthritis pain affects you. Home based exercise studies have shown to be highly effective in relieving osteoarthritis pain. (E.G. hipkneehand osteoarthritis pain ) I give support and care is available for anyone who needs it.

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How to relieve osteoarthritis pain

Don't let your osteoarthritis stop you from leading a full and active life!

Leave your comments at the end of articles so others know whether that type of treatment has worked (or not worked) for you. Join us on Facebook so together we can help one another by building a community with the best collection of treatments on how to relieve osteoarthritis pain. That way we can lead the lives we all deserve.

I look forward to working with you!

Yours in health

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Dr. Sophie Hardy

P.S. Life is too short to live in pain like this. Simply exploring this site could give you the answer to your osteoarthritis pain.

 

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Depression and Pain Management – cause and effect

Depression and pain management can often be linked

Depression and pain management can often be linked.

Depression and pain are commonly linked. When we are in chronic pain it pulls us down mentally and emotionally as well as physically. This can lead to depression and anxiety. Because of this it makes sense to try and roll the depression and pain management into a single treatment plan.

Pain causes depression and depression makes the pain feel worse. This has been well researched over the years and is due to reflexes in the body but it is also why you can often put together depression and pain management plan that combats both of these at the same time. Continue reading

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What Causes Depression and Anxiety

What causes depression and anxiety

Medication, financial concerns and chronic pain are common with people with osteoarthritis. These may cause depression and anxiety.

Most of us will suffer depression and anxiety at some time in our lives because often what causes depression and anxiety are factors often beyond our control.

Understanding what causes depression and anxiety can help us decide on a treatment and and work out how we can beat depression naturally.

This is the second article in a series about depression and chronic pain. Although this obviously applies to people with osteoarthritis, it doesn’t matter what is causing the pain and this will apply to many people who have depression due to an external influence.

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Alternative Knee Replacement Lasts 30 Years

alternative knee replacementThis video is an interview with an orthopedic surgeon. In it he discusses an alternative knee replacement prosthetic that the manufacturers say will last. In it he also discusses the the causes of osteoarthritis and conservative treatments which should be tried first before embarking on the surgical route. Continue reading

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