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February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Minerals Can Help Ease Arthritis Pain

(PRWEB) October 3, 2006

Scientists are finding intriguing connections between minerals and arthritis management. The use of mineral in ancient cultures supports this modern research. Minerals are inorganic elements, meaning that they cannot be produced, or synthesized by our bodies. Work together with vitamins, enzymes, and hormones, minerals regulate most of the body’s biological functions.

One important role of minerals is the regulation of healthy cell function. If mineral supply is deficient, the likelihood that body cells will become compromised is increased. Compromised cells can cause various chronic and degenerative diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

Research provides evidence that various mineral deficiencies can cause an interruption of healthy tissue production. Both major forms of arthritis can be caused by this problem. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis exhibit degeneration of the cartilage matrix due to chronic inflammation caused by deficient cell function. As this inflammation process occurs, both nitric oxide and glycosaminoglycan are produced. This leads to further cartilage deterioration. Minerals can dramatically reduce the amount nitric oxide and glycosaminoglycan produced, therefore supporting the reversal and stabilization of chronic inflammation.

Ancient cultures have used minerals for their health benefits and healing properties for hundreds of generations. By studying the use of minerals in ancient cultures, researchers determined the most effective minerals for treating arthritis and joint pain. A breakthrough was made when Lumanite was discovered. Lumanite is the ideal complex of minerals, nutrients and antioxidants for aiding in the relief of arthritis and joint pain.

Lakota announced today the availability of the Extra Strength Joint Care enhanced with the medicinal mineral Lumanite (patent pending). This first ever combination of a minerals and Native American medicines is indicated for not only relief of joint pain, and inflammation, but for protection against cartilage deterioration, and a re-growth of healthy connective tissue. This unique mineral compound, though ancient, is supported by modern research.

Arthritis suffers searching for a natural alternative for their arthritis pain, may find that a mineral complex is the answer. Science is increasingly finding therapeutic potential in minerals, and natural source compounds. Many of these compounds have an esteemed therapeutic lineage, having been used in Native American medicine for thousands of years to treat arthritis pain and other ailments. Minerals may prove to be nature’s gift for easing arthritis pain.
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Linda’s response…
I haven’t yet tried lumanite specifically myself, but I don’t see that just supplementing with minerals is going to totally take away the kind of pain that we with RA have. However..we very often develop defeciencies from the medication we take. ie prednisone, stomach acid inhibitors, etc.  Also, many of us have Osteoporosis as well, so minerals can help with bone density.  We’re not just talking calcium, but all the trace minerals as well.  Our food is quite lacking in many of these trace minerals, so I believe supplementing is a good idea.

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Need For an Acurate Pain Scale for RA

February 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Need For a Acurate Pain Scale For RA
December 24, 2011 By Linda Basta Leave a Comment (Edit)

Pain is such a difficult thing to analysis. It can be so subjective. A good pain scale is needed for use by both patients and their health professionals. I consider the one used by most hospitals and rehab. centers as very inadequate. You know the one with the smilely faces labeled 1-10.
I never know what to pick. I’ve gotten tolerant over the year having RA. What I couldn’t deal with and labeled a 10, 8 years ago, now I put at a 7. They determine your medication does accordingly, so you always want to consider that when picking you number.
The one I like quite a bit better is called The Comparative Pain Scale developed as described in Jack Harich’s article on this webpage. http://www.tipna.org/info/documents/ComparativePainScale.htm.
It still goes by a 1-10, but each number is fully described so you can be more accurate. Go take a look.
I also like the use of words describing the type of pain. ie burning, stabbing, tingling, etc.
All in all, I think this is a very important issue. Most Rheumatologists and other Health Professional don’t have any idea what we are feeling, and so a good pain scale can help them to relate better to us, and give better treatment. Family members and care takers could become more empathic, and it would even help us to better communicate with each other.
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Does Weather Effect Arthritis Pain

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Asks Does Weather Affect Arthritis Pain?
April 25, 2011 By Linda Basta

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts Asks Does Weather Affect Arthritis Pain?
New York, New York (PRWEB) January 11, 2008

With the winter weather biting hard in many parts of the country, you may be one of the many arthritis sufferers who feel that their arthritis pain is influenced by the weather — specifically, that they experience more arthritis pain on cold, rainy days and less arthritis pain on warm, dry days.

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts reports on two recent research studies on whether climate really does affect arthritis pain, which have produced conflicting results. The Johns Hopkins Health Alerts editors have also just released a free Special Report on Arthritis Pain Relief to help arthritis sufferers with the latest news on the most effective arthritis pain relief strategies.

What the Research on Arthritis Pain Shows

One study looked for a relationship between weather and arthritis pain in 151 people with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or fibromyalgia (a rheumatic disorder that causes joint pain) as well as 32 people without arthritis. All participants lived in Cordoba City, Argentina, which has a warm climate. Participants kept a journal for one year recording the presence and features of any pain, and these daily reports were matched with weather conditions such as temperature, barometric pressure, and relative humidity.

Patients in all three groups experienced more pain on days when the temperature was low, while people in the control group were unaffected by any of the weather conditions. In addition, patients with rheumatoid arthritis were affected by high humidity and high pressure; osteoarthritis patients by high humidity; and those with fibromyalgia by high pressure. However, the associations were not strong enough to allow pain to predict weather, or vice versa.

Another study looked at 154 people (average age 72) who lived in Florida and had osteoarthritis of the neck, hand, shoulder, knee, or foot. Participants reported their arthritis pain scores for up to two years, then researchers matched the scores with the daily temperature, barometric pressure, and precipitation status. No significant associations were found between any of the weather conditions and osteoarthritis pain at any site, except for a slight association between rising barometric pressure and hand pain in women.

A Mild Case for Warmer Weather

Although some evidence exists that people living in warmer, drier climates experience fewer episodes of arthritis pain, climate does not affect the course of the disease. At most, it may affect symptoms of arthritis pain.

One theory holds that a drop in air pressure (which often accompanies cold, rainy weather) allows tissues in the body to expand to fill the space, meaning that already inflamed tissue can swell even more and cause increased arthritis pain. Other possibilities: Pain thresholds drop in colder weather; cold, rainy days affect mood; and during colder weather people are less likely to be outside and get the exercise that normally helps keep arthritis pain in check.

So does this possible link between cold, rainy weather and arthritis pain mean that people with arthritis should you should move to a dry, warm climate like Arizona? Not necessarily, especially if it means leaving your family, friends, doctors, and support system behind. If you are thinking of moving, first spend a considerable amount of time in your new location to see if the weather affects your arthritis pain symptoms.

But bear in mind that no environment is arthritis-proof: Even though the people in these research studies live in warm climates, they still struggle with arthritis pain. Similarly, it’s possible to get relief from arthritis pain in any climate. For example, even if cold weather means you can’t spend time outdoors, you can still get valuable exercise in a gym or heated pool.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

Johns Hopkins Guide to Arthritis Pain Relief: A free Johns Hopkins Special Report

The free Johns Hopkins Guide to Arthritis Pain Relief is designed to give you an overview of the latest research and findings from Johns Hopkins’ specialists on the dos and don’ts of arthritis pain relief.

The free Johns Hopkins Guide to Arthritis Pain Relief deals with both osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), to help keep you up to date on the latest news on the most safe, effective arthritis pain relief strategies.

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