
Advice on Eating Right with Knee Osteoarthritis
Jenny Tschiesche from the Lunchbox Doctor speaks to us about how to eat right while suffering from knee osteoarthritis.
OA Knee Pain Blog
Jenny Tschiesche from the Lunchbox Doctor speaks to us about how to eat right while suffering from knee osteoarthritis.
Dr Deborah Lee from Dr Fox Online Pharmacy explains what causes knee osteoarthritis and how it can be treated.
Medical herbalist Pamela Spence explains how herbal remedies can be used to alleviate pain caused by osteoarthritis.
Yoga can help to relieve arthritic pain, amongst other benefits. Find out how yoga helps women living with arthritis.
New data reveals the experiences of osteoarthritis sufferers, including how they manage symptoms. Take a look at the results.
Mike Dilke from Relaxback UK explains how keeping mobile can have many health benefits, including joint pain relief.
Psychotherapist and hypnotherapist Nick Davies explains how psychological pain can be managed to help physical pain.
When we think about arthritis, there is a tendency to categorise it as an old person’s disease. We envision the little old lady struggling to make it across the road or the old man with a walking stick. But the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. There are thought to be around 10 million people living in the UK with the disease and these cover a range of ages from children right up to those over the age of 65.
Various factors can affect our body clocks but this is usually a temporary situation. A series of late nights, shift patterns that change and long flights can produce temporary effects such as mood changes and sleep disruption. We commonly refer to this as jet lag and do not view it as a serious problem but it is now widely recognised that our biological clocks are also important to our general well-being and health.
Obesity has been known to be a serious health problem for many years, but the impact that being overweight can have on your knees is not always recognised. Seriously obese people are fourteen times more likely to develop osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee than people whose weight is within healthy parameters, so it follows that maintaining a healthy weight can reduce your risk of knee pain due to this disease.