The start of the year is a great time to set your health goals for the year ahead. If you have arthritis, your daily life can be impacted by the pain, swelling, and discomfort in your joints that often results from this condition. However, it’s important to be proactive and take steps to ensure that... Continue Reading →
VIM Pain Mgmt App from The Arthritis Foundation
This is a really good app, it’s new released by the arthritis foundation just a couple weeks ago. It’s a great way to connect with others that understand what it’s like to live with pain. It provides tips to help ease the stress and anxiety that come with chronic pain. Discusses various treatments from diet... Continue Reading →
Trying To Protect Our Health & Becoming Unhealthy
Another day of self-isolating, which means it's potentially another day of sitting indoors restlessly taking yet another Zoom class, practicing social distancing from the frig. Prolonged sitting is an unavoidable reality for many. And with us spending more time inside, as the pandemic continues, it's inevitable that we're spending even more time being sedentary. We... Continue Reading →
Fall Weather + Falling Temps = Joint Pain
Can you predict the weather based on how your joints feel? Is it Cloudy with a chance of pain I your neck of the woods? Can increased joint pain be caused by the weather? In my opinion and experience absolutely For every mile I walk in the fall feels like 2 on my knee joints... Continue Reading →
Bone Cement Injections Pros and Cons
Bone cement injections The procedure of injecting bone cement into a lesion is called Subchondroplasty is a minimally-invasive surgery that targets and treats subchondral defects associated with chronic Bone Marrow Lesions (BML), an often-painful defect of the spongy cancellous bone that underlies and supports the cartilage of your joint. Subchondroplasty is a minimally-invasive surgery that... Continue Reading →
It All Begins With Your Feet – Bone Health
One of the important things in preventing falls is the importance of posture and alignment. It all begins with your feet! The feet provide a base of support for the body and having a good solid base goes a long way to helping us maintain a good alignment. There are three main points that you... Continue Reading →
Having A Rare Condition Stinks: But Being A Patient Advocate Is An Honor
Here’s what really stinks about having something that is called a rare disease/disorder First you probably won’t find it in any regular medical textbook or learn about it in detail in any medical school. Really ? Trust me I have looked I stumble on a paragraph here and there, but even it stinks as it... Continue Reading →
Osteoarthritis
Our joints take a lot of abuse over the years. I've had OA in knees and a few other places since I was 38 and I was in shape. But over the years the pain increased more and more and I gained weight so the wear and tear was even greater. The pain was intense... Continue Reading →
Bombogenesis and Joint Pain
I’ve heard a lot about Bombogenesis, it’s a popular term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. A millibar measures atmospheric pressure. Remember your great-aunt used to to say she “feels” a storm coming on, she was probably predicting the weather with some accuracy.... Continue Reading →
Spam
I love comments but when I log in and see this garbage in my comments it just drives me crazy. I'm glad I have to approve my comments. I like the spam option I keep getting spam comments from this site or person and honestly who has the time for dealing with this garbage. Here... Continue Reading →
Facts About Arthritis
Arthritis is all around us, yet its impact on individuals, their families, employers and the country are far greater than most people realize. View or download the Arthritis Foundation's "Arthritis by the Numbers" book Arthritis DisabilityArthritis is the leading cause of disability among adults in the U.S. Arthritis Prevalence By conservative estimates, about 54 million... Continue Reading →
Understanding The Mechanisms of Pain
It's safe to say most of us are not really fans of pain. However it is one of the body's most important ways for communication. Imagine, for instance, what would happen if you felt nothing when you put your hand in hot water, or burned your neck with a curling iron , or hit your... Continue Reading →
World Arthritis Day!
Today October 12, is World Arthritis Day! Throughout the day you will see facts and info on arthritis and pain. There are over 100 forms of arthritis. World Arthritis Day is a special day that unifies people of all ages, races, and genders to raise awareness of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases Approximately 350 million people... Continue Reading →
Understanding Bone Marrow Edema-Linked To Osteonecrosis
Good Morning Pain Warriors Around The World It is time to educate on the various causes of Avascular Necrosis-Osteonecrosis So twice a week we will post some educational info on a cause with links Today Its Bone Marrow Edema What is Bone Marrow Edema? Bone marrow edema is a condition when excess fluids in the… Continue Reading →
Chronically Grateful Me by Deb Andio 