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Medical Specialties Musculoskeletal ultrasound Rheumatology connective tissue disease Telehealth services. From I-5 Take exit Turn West on Northgate Way. At Meridian Ave. According to the Arthritis Foundation, arthritis affects over 50 million people and it is currently the leading cause of disability across the nation.
There are more than types of arthritis, with the most common being rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. With osteoarthritis joint cartilage wears down too quickly, no longer acting as the thick cushion between bones.
With a thinning cushion loading the joint can lead inflammation, which causes the aching pain and stiffness you feel. Osteoarthritis can be caused by acute injury or surgery to the joint, or it can develop over time after a previous injury that has fully healed.
You seek treatment, recover, and return to the game. Although the injury healed, damage occurred to the cartilage or surrounding muscles, decreasing support to the joint, or changing the motion of the joint slightly. Therefore, it is still possible for you to develop osteoarthritis from that injury later in life. It is also possible to reverse some of all of the joint pain and changes associated with osteoarthritis. Physical therapy is a great starting point to save your joints. Osteoarthritis takes a while to develop and also takes a while to reverse.
Physical therapy can progress you through the pain and stiffness phase with a long term home therapeutic exercise program to continue to improve your cartilage health. PRP injections from your physician also attempt to accelerate cartilage healing and repair. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune condition and is a type of inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis develops as an autoimmune response, meaning that the immune system sees the joints as a threat and decides to attack them. Because it is an autoimmune condition, it is common for it to affect the same joints on both sides of the body.
Treatment can help make RA more manageable by addressing symptoms and protecting against long-term damage.
Treatments include medications, surgery and lifestyle changes. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can make it difficult to live a full, healthy life. Fortunately, there are many ways to manage these symptoms — from medications to lifestyle changes. Treatments for rheumatoid arthritis are more effective than ever. Depending on your individual situation, you can find an RA medication that minimizes the pain, swelling and long-term damage of the disease. Care and support are available, no matter where you live or what your specific needs are.
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