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66% of adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis are overweight or obese (compared with 53% of adults without doctor-diagnosed arthritis).
ARTHRITIS
Arthritis is a universal term used for over 100 medical conditions that affect your joints.
Arthritis-related issues include stiffness, inflammation, pain, damage to joint cartilage and tissues surrounding the cartilage. This can result in joint instability, weakness and deformities that can deplete quality of life in everyday activities such as driving a car, preparing food or walking.
As we age the population who has arthritis is growing. Arthritis is not a result of the aging process. There are millions of people who are working that suffer from arthritis.
Research has suggested early intervention can postpone the onset of the disease and could reduce the number of people with osteoarthritis.
Arthritis-related issues include stiffness, inflammation, pain, damage to joint cartilage and tissues surrounding the cartilage. This can result in joint instability, weakness and deformities that can deplete quality of life in everyday activities such as driving a car, preparing food or walking.
As we age the population who has arthritis is growing. Arthritis is not a result of the aging process. There are millions of people who are working that suffer from arthritis.
Research has suggested early intervention can postpone the onset of the disease and could reduce the number of people with osteoarthritis.
Of Arthritis 95% of all arthritis cases are caused by:
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Lupus
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Scleroderma
- Treatments for Arthritis
- Arthritis does not have a known cure. Arthritis is usually manageable, but has degrees of pain and discomfort.
- With proper diagnosis from your doctor and treatment most people who suffer from arthritis respond effectively to sport massage therapy. This allows sufferers to continue a pain-free lifestyle.
- Ask your sport therapist for a customized treatment plan..
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Facet Joint Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Hand or Wrist Arthritis
- Hip Arthritis (Osteoarthritis)
- Knee Arthritis
- Knee Replacement
- Lupus
- Neck Arm Pain
- Neck Headache
- Osteoporosis
- Overuse Injuries
- Pinched Nerve
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis (Spine Arthritis)