Osteoarthritis is the evil of the century. It affects a large proportion of the population, particularly after 50 years. But the phenomenon is beginning to affect more and more young people.

Everyone’s talking about. But what exactly is osteoarthritis?
This wear and aging joints and chronic pain.
The causes of arthritis are many and varied. Here’s a sample:

- The cold and lack of sunshine
- Deficiency of trace elements in food
- Repetitive movements performed during work
- Flat feet, malformation of the hips …
- The depression, poor morale (according to some psychologists)

Early warning signs of arthritis are manifested by pain. They appear after exercise, when walking, after prolonged immobilization in a bad position or following a repeated movement. These pains subside at rest.
To confirm the diagnosis, your doctor will make radios which will allow it to see if you have bony growths around joints. This will be a sign that arthritis is well established.

The statement can not be otherwise since there are several types of arthritis pain and therefore different.
And you, are you suffering from one of these types of osteoarthritis?

- Cervical osteoarthritis: intermittent pain in the neck, shoulder, arm
- Osteoarthritis back pain in the back or ribs
- Lumbar osteoarthritis: lumbago or sciatica crisis
- Osteoarthritis of the hip pain with walking and pain on rising (it felt “rusty”)
- Osteoarthritis of the knee trouble down stairs, squatting or standing up from a chair
- Other parts of the body may be involved: shoulders, hands, feet (in this case, it is often osteoarthritis deformans)

If you have these symptoms, go see your doctor who will seek to relieve pain, restore mobility to joints, trying to heal injuries.
In addition, natural products can give you comfort of extra life.

These include, for example:

- Homeopathy: talk to a homeopath confirmed, he will prescribe you what granules
- Herbal medicine: Harpagophytum, blackcurrant, Meadowsweet to mitigate the pain, the Bamboo and Horsetail, rich in silica, to replenish the cartilage
- Hydrotherapy and thalassotherapy: for an anti-pain and anti-inflammatory
- Aspirin: the pain and cons to thin the blood
- Trace elements: copper for an anti-inflammatory, fluorine cons demineralization, zinc, manganese, etc..
- Shark cartilage: to replenish the cartilage
- Acupuncture, to relieve pain and regain tone
- Massage: to improve flexibility of joints
- Sports sweet as qi gong, tai chi to restore mobility

All this is only trails to explore after talking to your doctor. He will be able to judge what is most beneficial for you.
These different elements associated with a healthy lifestyle will help you to better withstand the effects painful, sometimes disabling or deforming, osteoarthritis.