I'm 29 and I don't have bad joints or anything, but recently I started taking tablets because my mom suffers from Arthritis and she takes them too and I want to prevent it. Would it still benefit me to continue taking it despite having healthy joints?
2007-02-27 08:15:06 · 7 answers · asked by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Should be OK
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-02-28 15:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't hurt you, but it might be wasted money. There is not hard and fast proof that G/C prevents or helps with arthritis, although most docs and health care professionals believe it does. If you have the extra 20-30 bucks a month to blow, go for it.
2007-02-27 08:19:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can take these if you like but neither has been medically proven to have any effect on joint health or condition. But they can't hurt you either so if it makes you feel proactive, take them.
2007-02-27 08:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your blood vessels stop providing nutrition to your spine at age 30
the way to continue nourishmnet is to exercise
to way to prvenet damage to your knees, shoulders, joints is not to abouse by running on concrete, using impropoer posture to bend over etc. YOU do not need Glucosamine
STOP believing marketing and people selling stuff to you
2007-02-27 08:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask what arthritis is . . ??? Virus?
check the label it is a dietary supplement.
why not add 'Johnny Jump Ups' to your diet (a small flower with purple & yellow flowers) they may help you with you knees.?
2007-02-27 10:47:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to triflex, and tell your mother to also it has msm and that helps with pain some, it will help keep the joints lubricated....
2007-02-27 16:45:02 · answer #6 · answered by blessedfriend2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say for sure.
They worked wonders on my old dog.
2007-02-27 08:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋