My knees and hips are starting to hurt all the time due to arthritis. What can I do about it?

Answer 1

chop em off

Answer 2

Imagine for a moment your arthritis completely vanishing right now.

If, in a moment, your pain and stiffness melted away. And your joints all of a sudden functioned like a well-oiled machine.

Like a magic wand was waived, you'd be able to jump up from your chair and run around the room like a kid.

And imagine that you'd never have to suffer as much as a pinch of arthritis stiffness or pain ever again.

I know this sounds impossible right now, but bear with me, because sometimes miracles happen.

It was a gift from a woman on the other side of the world. From the kindness of her heart, she took pity on my suffering and taught me how to completely reverse my arthritis.

Today, I want to do the same for you!

Answer 3

There are more than 100 different types of arthritis, so my answer to you begins with a question - with what type or types or arthritis have you been diagnosed?

If you don't know or aren't certain, then you need to be referred to a rheumatologist. If you haven't been to an rheumatologist for a while, go back. You do need to be completely diagnosed in order to begin working with your health care team to find the best, for you and for now, combination of management modalities. And I do mean combination - having one type of arthritis doesn't mean that you can never develop another type, or any other type of chronic illness.

In the meantime, keep moving. The best way to do that is to find an arthritis aquafit program and participate on a regular basis. Keep walking. And find an occupational therapist to assess you at home, in order to make certain that have the most suitable tools and devices to make certain that you safe in your home and when you walk anywhere.

Also, contact your local arthritis foundation, organization, society or whatever and ask if they have anything similar to the program I list below. Enroll in as ASAP.

Answer 4

Have you been diagnosed by a Doctor ?? That would be the best way to get back to feeling better,and lessen the pain.Many websites out there with great info and resources. For pain you can start with generic Ibuprofen,will ease pain and reduce the inflammation and swelling that comes with arthritic joints,using a heating pad set on low helps too. Take care. SW RNP

Answer 5

NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published July 17 2006
Most People With Arthritis Don’t Get Enough Exercise (press release)
by NewsTarget

People with arthritis don’t exercise enough, and more than a third of adults with arthritis don’t exercise at all, according to a study in the May issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
“People with arthritis are not meeting physical activity recommendations made at the federal level and by experts in the arthritis field,” said co-author Jennifer Hootman, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That’s not good, because we know that being more active is beneficial for arthritis.”

While exercise has been shown to decrease their pain, delay disability and improve gait and function, people with arthritis are even more likely to be inactive than adults in the general population.

“These findings are not surprising,” said Kate Lorig, a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, who was not involved with the study. “What’s important for people with arthritis to realize is that the most dangerous type of exercise is not to do any.”

Hootman and colleagues reviewed data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, an ongoing household survey designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The survey included 6,829 people who had been diagnosed with arthritis and 20,676 people without arthritis.

Just 37 percent of adults with arthritis met the least stringent physical activity guidelines established by a panel of experts in arthritis, physical activity and public health in 2001 — a percentage similar to people without arthritis.

But participation rates at the more rigorous federally recommended levels of physical activity were even lower for people with arthritis — 30 percent compared with 33 percent for people without arthritis.

Twenty percent of people with arthritis reported performing some type of activity to strengthen their muscles. Both aerobic and strengthening exercises have been shown to help people with arthritis.

People with arthritis least likely to be physically active were those who had difficulty walking up ten stairs, grasping small objects, bending or kneeling, lifting ten pounds or standing for two hours.

“We can’t tell from this survey which came first—the inactivity or the problems with function,” said Hootman. “But we do know that getting people with arthritis active actually improves function.”

The authors say that fear of pain and the misconception that exercise can harm joints are obstacles to getting people with arthritis to exercise.

Other risk factors for inactivity among people with arthritis included frequent anxiety or depression, especially among women, and severe joint pain among men.

“If we can get people with arthritis over the initial pain barrier by addressing their pain and getting them more active, they’ll actually have less pain in the long term,” Hootman said.

Answer 6

Buy a pair of very supportive shoes...with great arch supports. If your shoes aren't fitted properly and aren't supportive enough, that puts more stress on your knees and hips.

Try a water aerobics class. That way you will get the exercise you need without putting excess strain on your joints.

Good luck.

Answer 7

Have you tried massage? Massage has excellent benefits, especially for arthritis:

http://www.deservingbodymassage.com/arthritis-massage.html

http://www.deservingbodymassage.com/benefits-massage-circulatory.html

Answer 8

Exercise baby....and celebrex....works wonders together. But don't stop the exercise due to pain.....it will subside, I swear

Answer 9

first off like the old saying use it or lose it is very correct, have a look at http://www.glucosamine-arthritis.org/ it is quite good, if you have more pain than what you need rub/massage a product like emulgel, or anti-flamme (in NZ) but the main thing is to exercise
http://www.antiflamme.co.nz/product.html
http://www.glucosamine-arthritis.org/
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002793.html

Answer 10

me too, i was prescribed so much pain meds i was a zombie, then i start using pot and i am much better i started 1 year ago

Answer 11

Talk to your Dr they have a new prescription called celebrex that is supposed to help.