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Arthritis – More Than Lingering Pain

Arthritis is a condition that effects millions of U.S. citizens with debilitating pain. While many arthritis sufferers are typically elderly, arthritis commonly affects patients across the age, ethnicity, and gender spectrum.

Typically arthritis patients undergo a series of pain relief options that usually involve a course of drug therapy. However, through new therapeutic medical advances, many arthritic conditions are no longer degenerative and in some cases reversible.

The following is a list of different arthritic malady's, plus the common therapeutic and medicinal responses as well as treatment. For more information, please click the link provided to learn more about treatment, causes, and support

 

Tai Chi Found to Help Arthritis Sufferers

In an article published by the Arthritis Care & Research, Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art, has been found to reduce tension.

Those who reviewed the study at Australia’s University of Sydney said that the positive effects were seen within fifteen weeks of three weekly classes. Classes were held in a variety of local's throughout Sydney, and student's were volunteers from a local arthritis study.

Students claim to have a markedly improved range of motion without customary pain, as well as less joint numbness.

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Root Relieves Back Pain

The British Journal of Sports Medicine has releases findings that an ointment made from the comfrey root has medicinal properties that aid in the relief of back pain.

The study included more than 120 participants who had chronic back pain yet were all able to feel marked improvement in regards to the amount of pain they felt.

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Migraine Link to Breast Cancer

According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, women who experience chronic migraine headaches are at a significantly lower risk of breast cancer.

Because of the hormone related triggers, there is a direct correlation between migraines and breast cancer, said Dr. Christopher Li.

Women that have a history of migraines are at a 30-percent less risk of cancer.

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Environment Affects Sleep

In a study conducted at the Sousze Sleep Center in Hamburg, Germany, it was found that the root cause of more than 40-percent of all sleep related disorders or problems had an environmental cause.

"This was a progressive, three year study in which we asked a hundred patients to keep accurate logs and record their sleep experiences, including what would disturb them," said Dr. Sousze.

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