How successful are steroid injections in hip joints?
I am taking a variety of prescribed Pain relief but nothing seems to be doing any good.Just making me feel queezy. is there anything out there to buy over the counter that really does work?
I am thinking of buying myself a tens machine to try to relieve the pain in my arthritic hip.Do these machines really help?
I've been signed off long term sick by my gp, for rheumatoid arthritis. I've worked for over 30 years for the same employer & have had ra for 35 years. Am I allowed to work in a charity shop one morning a week or may this affect my sick pay from work? Help & advice would be appreciated.
Has anybody tried the Seignalet Diet? I'm reading a book by Jacqueline Lagacé, an immunologist who after suffering from osteo arthritis and losing the use of her hands decided to try out this diet and had fantastic results after as little as 10 days. I would like to give it a go, but as it's pretty tough - no diary…
Hi there, I am just looking for some advice on whether or not I go to the doctor for a diagnosis or if it is not worth it at this stage. I am 36, I have had hip pain on and off since my late teens, it used to only flare up badly when I got cold (the pain would run down from my hips into my legs and would take several days…
Hi - I wonder if any helpline people have ever come across anyone who was diagnosed with RA - for whom the symptoms seemed to vanish after a few years of taking DMARDs and then stopping them? I ask because, four months after stopping injectable methotrexate, I have suffered no joint pain and no visibly swollen joints,…
If osteoarthritis is wear and tear on the joints and my hands are gradually getting more lumpy and painful should I be giving up my hobbies that require a lot of the use of hands such as sewing and crafting in general? I am a volunteer craft-co-ordinator. Crafting helped me get over a bad bout of depression and I feel…
Hi I have had RA for over 4 years and was largely under control on sulphasalazine and hydrachroloquine. I was then also diagnosed with a Sarcoidosis in April 2012 taken off these drugs and have been on prednisone now on 5mg per day the last 3 months the plantar Fasia on both feet has been awful any thoughts? I had…
Hi, My doc. has told me I have OA and bone spurs on my spine.(after seeing Xray) I have had a MRI scan and waiting for results. Any help or adivce would me much appreciated.On non steroid anti infams and anagisic.
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