Athritis, Joint Pain & Stiffness
Arthritis, Joint Pain & Stiffness
Often dismissed simply as a natural consequence of aging, Osteoarthritis is a potentially devastating condition that should not be taken lightly. It most frequently affects the hips, knees, spine and hands, and happens when your joint cartilage wears out.
Cartilage is typically found in joints, sandwiched between two bones where it acts as a cushion or shock absorber to help your bones glide freely. When it wears out, you end up with stiff, painful joints.
With advanced osteoarthritis, the cartilage gets worn out - resulting in a ‘bone on bone’ scenario which causes incessant pain, severely limited movement and weak joints which give way unexpectedly. This can be so problematic that basic activities like walking, picking things up, or tying up shoelaces become unreasonably difficult and painful.
At the Spine & Nerve Centre, we provide an effective conservative approach to help you resolve the joint pain and stiffness of Osteoarthritis without drugs or surgery, and no dangerous side effects.
Our procedures can help you:
- Repair and Restore worn cartilage: Applying therapies and technologies that improve blood supply, decrease inflammation and improve calcium transport can enhance healing and improve the cartilage in your joints. Since, damaged cartilage is largely responsible for the joint pain and stiffness of Osteoarthritis, repairing the cartilage can reduce your pain and improve mobility.
- Reduce Pressure on your joints:
Abnormal pressure from postural misalignments like curved spines or twisted joints can alter your weight distribution, drastically increasing the pressure on your joints and accelerating wear and tear. By carrying out biomechanical evaluations, such postural misalignments can be detected. Subsequent correction using joint mobilisation, realignment and postural rehabilitation can lighten the load and decrease the stress on your joints.
- Restore Joint Strength & Stability: As your arthritis progresses, your joints generally become weaker and less stable, leaving you vulnerable to further injury. Therefore, a crucial part of your care is neurological rehabilitation to strengthen your nerves and muscles. This helps you regain proper strength and stability, making you more resilient to injury and ensuring greater control of your joints so that functional activities become easier.
This integrated approach can help reduce your pain and stiffness and in some cases possibly help you avoid joint replacement surgery. If joint replacement is unavoidable, then appropriate therapy can aid your recovery and facilitate functional restoration.