Posted on 05/06/2023 8:09:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Painful, stiff or swollen joints are a common complaint among older adults, and for many, may be the first sign of arthritis - but the condition shouldn’t be an inevitable part of growing older as it can be avoided.
What was once an easy run may feel tougher to complete. Or perhaps a challenging game of tennis might leave your hip or ankle sore for days.
Painful, stiff or swollen joints are a common complaint among older adults — and for many, they’re the first sign of what may feel like an unavoidable diagnosis: Arthritis.
In a 2022 survey of more than 2,200 people between ages 50 and 80 in the United States, 60 per cent said they had been told by a healthcare provider that they had some form of arthritis. And about three-quarters considered joint pain and arthritis a normal part of ageing. But arthritis is not inevitable as we age, said Kelli Dominick Allen, an exercise physiologist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
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Hitting the “Like” icon for your informed post would mean moving my arthritic fingers, more so to type this instead, but it is warranted. Thanks.
I am 90…..no arthritis either.
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It’s all genetics period. I’ve had arthritis since my early 30s. My kids have it in their 30s and 40s. Exercise definitely helps but getting up is a chore.. after a few hours movement is better. Part of life.
In my case, that is likely. Mine is relatively mild, but my cousin (again, Mom’s side of the family) got excused from P.E. in high school because she already had it.
I learned that 3-6 mg of boron is effective also. (DYODD)
“… and fellas, she’ll like it too!”
Google: magnesium for arthritis
I’m 68 and have arthritis. I was on carbamazepine for 20 years... I learned that one side effect of this drug is it could eat up the body’s vitamin D content, which could lead to arthritis. It was a shame that while my routine blood tests were to ensure the drug in my system was within aim, my vitamin D should also have been monitored - and it wasn’t. I’m now on vit D supplements daily.
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I was starting to get it in my little finger. Told my wife it felt like someone stuck a needle into the joint. She said that’s arthritis. About that time I started the carnivore diet. That was five years ago. Pain hasn’t returned.
Swimming builds muscle around the joints and helps support them. Warm water exercises help too.
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bkmk
As your body ages, the padding that sits between your joints gradually wears away, making room for arthritis to set in. I have arthritis in many parts of my body...back, knees, shoulder. About a year and a half ago I suffered a fracture to the tibia plateau on my right knee. I had finished carrying my old iMac down three short flights of stairs, and out to my car. Got the computer in the back seat okay, and bent over to push the computer farther in so the door wouldn’t hit it, and I immediately felt a terribly sharp pain down the right side of my right knee, down the leg to my ankle, and up into my right thigh and hip. I nursed it for a few days before calling a doctor at my medical group. They x-rayed it, and found the fracture. The strange thing is that the break was on the left side of the knee, but the pain I’d suffered had been all on the right side. My right knee had always been my good knee. I ended up having to wear a full-length brace on the knee, even to bed for six weeks. The orthopedic specialist told me that I have no padding in my knees whatsoever. They are bone on bone, and she told me that it’s possible that I may have to have knee replacements. Hopefully I’ll be dead before that happens.
I've been on an anti-inflammatory medication for at least 20 years. It doesn't eliminate all the inflammation. In fact, I really didn't think it was doing much at all, until I had to stop taking it a week or so before my surgeries, and I discovered my pain was much worse without it. Despite the inflammatory medication, I've got arthritis in my shoulder (previous injury), my knees, my lower back, and I've got Osteoporosis in my right hip. I've had to have cortisone injections in my shoulder, knees, and lower back over the years.
bkmk
My oldest son, now 56, was initially diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis when he was in his early 40's. He has taken Plaquenil twice a day for several years now. Also takes an anti-inflammatory, and gives himself an injection of Humira once a week. When he changed Rheumatologists, the new doctor told him that he probably doesn't have Rheumatoid, but psoriatic arthritis, but they are treated with the same meds. He's fortunate in that he can move freely without pain, and works on a computer all day for his job, then uses his computer at night creating Fallout game mods for people to use in their games, plus he live-streams several nights a week.
I also have trouble getting out of bed and being able to stand up straight and walk. Once I'm up and around, I'm okay. It's just that initial part of getting up that sucks. I bought myself a new mattress thinking that might help, but it didn't.
I occasionally suffer from trigger finger with my middle finger, on my left hand. I'm left-handed.
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BKMK
I believe staying arthritis-free turns on having and maintaining a robust immune system.
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