Three tips for arthritis relief - osteoarthritis
Karri Koivula
Massage – not the areas that hurt
Some experts think that arthritic conditions or pain conditions in general aggravate and flare up trigger points, and that one can get additional relief to arthritis symptoms trough self massage.
The idea is not to massage the area where it hurts, but to find pressure tender areas in your muscles near the actual pain area, and massage them instead.
For example, if your osteoarthritis pain is in your knee joint, then you would find and massage tender points from your quadriceps muscles.
Sound crazy, but it works…
Exercises - lose it or use it
Not moving will only make matters worse in the long run, it’s important to maintain as active lifestyle as possible.
Besides maintaining functionality, exercise can work as a natural pain medicine, because it helps to release endorphins, body’s natural pain killers.
Just a half an hour long walk, can be all what’s needed to release enough endorphins to make a difference.
Nutrition – dietary Supplements
Supplements are probably most useful in case of osteoarthritis
Couple of most hyped supplements include glucosamine and chondroitin
They can be very useful when the pain is directly cause by cartilage breakdown.
There’s some scientific evince to back up their usefulness, and they might be worth trying, especially in case of osteoarthritis.
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