Aleve, Vioxx, Celebrex, and Bextra: What You Need to Know About Arthritis Pain Medications
Aleve, Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra: What You Need To Know About Arthritis Pain Medications Recent controversy about the safety of pain medications for arthritis has left patients and health care professionals alike confused about which medications...
Food supplements for a hungry market
Parry Nutraceuticals has been synonymous with the food supplement Spirulina for many years now. One does remember the numerous press advertisements, all in patent yellow predominantly, putting forth to the public the virtue of this algae. But did...
Hair Loss Treatments
The desire to avoid hair loss is not confined to our time. In ancient Egypt, men used to rub fat from crocodiles, snakes, lions, and other animals on their head in hopes of preventing or treating hair loss. Julius Caesar and Napoleon also...
How magic are stem cells?
Research on stem cells is advancing knowledge about how an
living bodies develop from a single cell and how healthy cells
replace damaged cells in adults. This promising area of science
is also leading scientists to look at the possibility...
The Need for Centralized Medical Records
Consolidating your family’s medical records is one important step you can take to help insure your loved ones receive the best health care. In this era of medical specialization, the availability of centralized medical records can make a crucial...
Three tips for arthritis pain relief
Massage –Not the area that hurts
Some experts think that arthritic conditions or pain conditions in general aggravate and flare up trigger points, and that one can get additional relief to arthritis symptoms trough self massage.
The idea is not to massage the area where it hurts, but to find pressure tender areas in your muscles near the actual pain area and massage them.
For example if your arthritis pain is in your knee joint, then you would find and massage tender points from your quadriceps muscles.
Exercises -lose it or use it
Not moving will only make matters worse in the long run, it’s important to maintain as active lifestyle as possible.
Besides maintaining functionality, exercise can work as a natural pain medicine, as it releases endorphins, body’s natural pain killers.
Just a half an hour long walk, can be all what’s needed to release enough endorphins to make a
difference.
Nutrition – dietary supplements may help
While not everybody agrees that supplements are useful, there is quite a lot of anecdotal evidence to support them.
Here’s a Lists of supplements that are thought to help in maintaining joint health, and which may be helpful in some arthritic conditions.
Glucosamine - amino sugar that may have a role in cartilage repair
Chondroitin - component of cartilage that works similar to glucosamine
Msm or methylsulfonylmethane - a big supplier of sulphur
Omega 3 fatty acids - can be obtained from fish oils
