JOINT PAIN

Joints can be affected through injury, stress and strain and rheumatology such as arthritis. Pain, swelling, stiffness, inflammation and discomfort can be a problem. However these conditions can be treated.

Most people assume that arthritis is a condition affecting older people and that it is a simple sign of advancing years. However, neither of these assumptions is completely true. Arthritis is a general categorisation of many different conditions whose common feature is inflammation of the joints. Arthritis includes the more obvious conditions such as osteoarthritis (which is known more commonly as wear and tear arthritis) and rheumatoid arthritis.

It also includes conditions that are not widely known as arthritis such as ankylosing spondylitis which is more severe. The pain and discomfort of arthritic conditions can be minimal to delibitating.