Gaining improvements in joint comfort and mobility

Abundant living
with John Arts
Abundant Health

 At any given time I’m helping hundreds of people improve their joint health. My goal is to help prevent further cartilage loss, reduce inflammation and improve the function of the joint. In most cases we can get significant improvements in joint comfort and mobility.

I have one client who was referred to an orthopaedic specialist with suspected Osteoarthritis – also known as OA – in his left knee. It was sore, stiff and swollen. He had x-rays which confirmed there was significant cartilage loss and changes to the bones of the joint.

His right knee caused him no problems but the specialist decided to x-ray that one as well. What he found was the arthritis in his ‘good’ right knee had more cartilage loss than the sore one.

You may wonder ‘how can moderate arthritis cause significant pain while the worst knee did not?’. The answer is probably inflammation. The sore knee was obviously inflamed. It was swollen, puffy, stiff and very sore. The more degenerated right knee had no swelling and no pain. After a few months his sore knee is much improved.

The body can be quite cynical at times. The normal way damaged tissue is healed is through initiating the process of inflammation. In simple terms, blood vessels allow more fluid into the damaged area. This causes swelling and pain. I’ve found that OA symptoms are caused as much by inflammation than actual cartilage loss.

The first step is to reduce inflammation. We do this by adding Omega 3 from oily fish and anti-inflammatory antioxidants especially curcumin from turmeric. The second thing is to add therapeutic amounts of chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine sulphate to stabilise cartilage. Chondroitin is most important as it is an actual constituent of cartilage. Contact me for personalised advice.

John Arts (B.Soc.Sci, Dip Tch, Adv.Dip.Nut.Med) is a nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health Ltd. For questions or advice contact John on 0800 423559 or email: john@abundant.co.nz  Join his full weekly newsletter at: www.abundant.co.nz

 

 

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