Rheumatoid Arthritis isn’t just a garden variety pain – it’s an autoimmune disorder whose cause isn’t known. What is known is that Rheumatoid Arthritis can lead to permanent disability at any age.

You may think of arthritis as a disease of older people, but Rheumatoid Arthritis is found in younger adults and even in children. So what can you do to keep from becoming disabled by Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Start with a nutritional consultation. You definitely need to make sure you’re eating a balanced diet with sufficient fish oils, antioxidants, zinc, selenium and Vitamins A-C-E. These vitamins and minerals are believed to be essential in helping the body fight off the effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Continue reading →

If you’ve tried all sorts of different remedies to help reduce arthritis pain, don’t feel like you’ve hit rock bottom or like you’ve run out of options. There is a new arthritis diet that may help greatly reduce your pain. Doctors have found that there are specific foods that cause inflammation of the joints and muscles and that there are foods that relieve pain.

If you’ve ever thought to yourself that your joints are much achier after your meal than before you ate, the pain you’re experiencing could directly relate to the foods you ate. Although there’s no medical or scientific evidence that actually links the two together, they have more in common than you think. Continue reading →

As seniors age, their bones become less dense due to the loss of calcium and other minerals. This erosion of bone material, called osteoporosis, is usually more pronounced in women who have already been through menopause. Your doctor can do a bone density test to see if you are at risk for osteoporosis.

Other changes that occur from aging include joint inflammation, pain, stiffness and even deformity. This not only affects body flexibility, but also balance.

Because the bones are more brittle now with less density, you have less balance, and you may have gained weight thus putting more pressure on them, thus increasing your risk of breaking a bone resulting from a fall. Continue reading →