How is osteoarthritis treated?

Well I know that Osteo means bone and arthritis means joint pain. Emu oil has linolenic acid that helps joint pain and arthritis. Try to keep your weight down.Treatment focuses on pain relief and halting the progression of the disease. It may include analgesics, anti-inflammatories, rest, physical therapy, exercise and occupational therapy. Lifestyle changes such as weight loss and use of assistive devices may help some people. Nutritional supplements, such as glucosamine and chondroitin, are sometimes used to relieve pain. If joints are seriously degenerated and are painful, surgery to replace joints or fuse bones may be performed.

OA is treated by medication, therapy, and surgery as a last resort. The type of surgery that they use alot is fusion of joints or bones together to relieve pain. Therapy is done not to cure but to alleviate symptoms for a period of time. We do hot and cold compressions to the joint, more hot than cold, muscle strengthening exercises, and electrical stimulation which is a stimulation that is used to strengthen muscles as well, also we use supportive devices that are used when times are worse throughout the day and also to lessen the weight off of the joints. Hope this has helped.

Actually total joint repairs are the last resort of osteoarthritis but that is when it gets as bad as it can get. Treatment is usually anti-inflammatory you may find ibuprofen helpful as an over the counter treatment. This is the arthritis that almost all of us get eventually and isn't the more serious one rheumatoid arthritis also known as "crippling arthritis". The good news is total joint repairs are getting easier all the time the average hospital stay is 3 days, and we get you up and walking the day of surgery. There are many prescription anti- inflammatory drugs available that will relieve the pain in your joints if over the counter doesn't.