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Pain - This Type of Arthritis is No Barrier to Physical Exercise
Knee arthritis
is no fun.
It
makes walking, bending and straightening more painful, sometimes to the point
where sufferers simply stop moving around.
Luckily,
a new study in the journal Arthritis Care & Research shows that we
shouldn’t necessarily hang up our walking shoes just because we develop knee osteoarthritis.
Researchers
studied 59 people with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis: 48 women and 11 men. Most of them were in their
mid-fifties and sixties, and their average age was 61.1 years.
The
researchers didn’t look at people who were using walking aids or who had
surgery, which means that those with severe knee arthritis were likely excluded.
To
assess their pain levels, they completed two questionnaires every three months
or so: the pain subscale of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
questionnaire and the P4 pain scale.
They
also wore accelerometers for one week every three months to measure their daily
number of steps.
By
the end of the three years, it became clear that pain did not predict how far these
people were willing to walk. Those with mild and moderate pain walked the same
distance as those who were pain-free.
So
why the difference?
It
turned out that other factors were influencing how far people were willing to
walk. The oldest and heaviest participants did less exercise than the younger
and thinner ones, and everyone exercised more during the summer than during the
other seasons, especially during the winter, which is what you might expect.
The
study showed that pain does not seem to put people off walking as much as
things like being overweight does. So, for arthritis
patients, it might be better to help them to concentrate on food education and
meal planning, so they can lose weight and make exercise more comfortable.
And
not only that but helping them to find enjoyable indoor exercises during the
winter months could also help them to reap the rewards of exercise.
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Pain - Arthritis Reversed with This Cheap Baking Ingredient
Arthritis is partly caused by
an overactive immune system that uses inflammation to attack your joints, which
it mistakenly identifies as a threat.
Even
in osteoarthritis,
your immune system is responsible for the inflammation in your joints.
A
new study in the Journal of Immunology
has now shown that one common baking ingredient combats this unnecessary immune
system response and can thereby reverse inflammatory joint conditions.
Researchers
from Medical College of Georgia at
Augusta University first tested baking soda on rats and then on
humans, showing that it signalled to your mesothelial cells that your body is
healthy and not under attack, which then curbs your immune system’s response.
This
is how it works.
Throughout
your body, there are mesothelial cells that line cavities, like your digestive
tract, which covers some of your internal organs to prevent them from bumping
into each other.
These
cells have sensors, called microvilli, which watch for and detect potential
threats like bacterial infections. When they sense a threat, they tell the
organs they cover to mount an immune system response.
When
you drink baking soda, on the other hand, the mesothelial cells that surround
your spleen sends the opposite message.
Your
spleen is an important factor in your immune system, so when its mesothelial
cells tell it that there is no threat present, it refrains from launching the
immune cells that trigger inflammation.
There
are two types of immune system cells, or macrophages, with one type being pro-inflammatory
and the other type being anti-inflammatory.
After
the rats and humans drank water with baking soda for two weeks, scientists
tested the cells in their spleens, kidneys, and blood, and found that there
were suddenly a lot more anti-inflammatory than pro-inflammatory macrophages.
After
drinking baking soda, the rats’ systems switched from pro-inflammatory to
anti-inflammatory and sustained this change for three days.
In
humans, the change towards anti-inflammatory cells lasted for four hours.
When
they removed the rats’ spleens, this entire mechanism was lost.
The
authors promoted this as a potentially healthy and natural way to combat arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, as it does not turn the
biological mechanism on and off, but simply nudges the balance of your immune
system from one side to the other.
Baking
soda is just another name for sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate of soda, and it
is not the same as baking powder.
In
addition to containing baking soda, baking powder also includes an acidic
substance and a flour to mop up moisture. Thus, baking soda is healthier to
drink.
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Pain - Strange Cholesterol
and Arthritis Connection Discovered
Osteoarthritis has traditionally
been understood as a condition of age-related or weight-related joint wear and tear.
But
a new a new study from Madrid in Spain and published in the journal Arthritis Research and Therapy
reveals another factor. One that’s very easy to control.
And
this may lead to a simple cure for arthritis.
They
used 36 rabbits of which 20 received a normal diet and 16 a high-fat diet.
They
then induced osteoarthritis
in 20 rabbits, 10 from each dietary group.
Unsurprisingly,
the rabbits fed the high-fat diet had high cholesterol, fat (triglycerides), and C-reactive protein, an
indication of high inflammation.
This was absent from the rabbits on the normal diet.
12
weeks after inducing the arthritis,
they compared the joints of the four groups.
Compared
with the normal dieters with arthritis,
the arthritic high-fat dieters had much higher inflammation
in the connective tissue in their joints called Synovial Membranes and had a
lot less connective tissue in their joints.
This
is also the case for the high-fat dieters without arthritis
compared with their non-arthritic peers on normal diets.
This
seems to suggest that high-fat dieting and high cholesterol puts rabbits, at least, at risk of osteoarthritis
and that it worsens osteoarthritis
that is already present.
If
this is also the case for humans, it suggests that you can reduce your risk of
this painful disease or moderate its symptoms by modifying your diet.
For
more ideas to fight arthritis and join pain, watch this video - The best anti-inflammatory foods
High cholesterol is not the only cause of arthritis but this new
study proves that diet and lifestyle changes can indeed affect, even cure,
arthritis. And that’s exactly what I did using the 3 simple steps to fight arthritis and join pain found here…
This
post is from the Arthritis Strategy Program. It was created by Shelly Manning,
a former arthritis sufferer and a health consultant.
A Brief Background on
the Author
Like you, Shelly
Manning also suffered from arthritis, particularly osteoarthritis. This was due
to her weight and desk job. Her condition eventually took a toll on her
relationship with her (former) husband.
It was when she went
to Hong Kong that she met Janerdquo, an old woman who owned the restaurant
where she ate. Janerdquo supposedly offered her a bowl of a weird-smelling
soup, which helped ease her joint pain. She ate there each day for 10 days
until she was completely healed from arthritis.
Shelly Manning
decided to research this natural remedy and to create a step-by-step treatment
plan to others who are suffering from different types of arthritis, such as
gout, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, and psoriatic
arthritis.
That’s why she
created “The Arthritis Step By Step Strategy.” According to her claims, this
unique strategy will get rid of joint pain and stiffness, repair your damaged
joints, and treat the underlying cause of your arthritis.
Shelly teamed up with
Christian Goodman, the owner of Blue Heron Health News, a publishing company
that aims to help people to take responsibility for their own health by using
natural health alternatives for preventing arthritis in fingers and knees
naturally.
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