From personal experience osteoarthritis is one bad degenerative disease of the joints. If I can be of any support to you or someone you know affected by OA please feel free to PM me.
Ranger

Hey there,
I am not going to whinge PROMISE!! Lol BUT my OA seems to be a secondary branch off from my chronic back pain. I was a dancer fo r 13 years in my younger days and allways suffered with OA in my knees but not badly!
However over the last 8 years I have been using capsicain cream for my hips. The last 6 months has seen it get a whole LOT worse and now it is in knees,hips,ankles,shoulders,elbows, wrists and both knucle joints of all fingers lol ! I find capsicain hard to use on my hands so......Does any1 know of a good cream for AO in hands please (apart from voltorol) Am going to GP on Thursday so would appreciate some tips Thanx folx

This is really nice information you have provided here. Thanks for writing about the topic. This is really helpful for me.

HI,
My mom is 97, and has been in assisted living for 8 years now...mentally just fine, but arthritis has become severe..She and half the people who live there use horse linament! If you can put it on a thorbred, they say it's good enough for them! But only use a very little bit! I spoke to my vet and my primary dr and both laughed, but said it couldn't hurt!
Frannie

In osteoarthritis, cartilage wears away, thus allowing the exposed bone to grind and rub against each other. This causes pain and swelling, as well as loss of motion of the joint.

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