Secondary Arthritis

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by shonadoll

Start hom on glucosamine/chondroitin supplements as soon as you can. I really helps me, I've got disc damage and had a ruptured ACL. I work in a vets and it makes a big difference to some dogs too.

Think i'm going to get some of this stuff, hopefully it will help my knees and shoulders because they're rubbish and ache/hurt a fair bit

Originally Posted by shonadoll

Start hom on glucosamine/chondroitin . . . it makes a big difference to some dogs too.

Works for Toads as well

After my spill and 2 ops to rebuild my leg/knee I now suffer from crepitus - apparently it's caused by air getting into the joint -so I now sound like an SV popping & banging on the overrun whenever I go up/downstairs

I bought a bucketload of that stuff, and also take a daily high strength cod-liver oil supplement, and touch wood so far my knee has been OK. However I've been warned that I'll probably need a total knee replacement in about 10 years or so, so I guess age gets to us all in the end

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

I can't ride it any way, flat bars don't do any good for my foobarred shoulders....tis why the SV suits me so well. Ain't we a pair of old crips..lol






and it scares me...its sooooooo big!!!

well if you don't want it then I doubt YC would mind if it was pushed in his general direction

seriously though, poor Matt, sounds horrid

All I know is glucosamine and cod liver oil are meant to be really good for joints and such so dose him up big time! Either that or he needs to be referred to the best hospital about more often........the pub

My mother desperately needs a knee replacement but she's decided that at nearly 85 she's too old so she stuffs IB to stop it swelling and getting too painful, and she rubs voltarol gel into it too. Seems to work - sort of. Being over 65 she gets free prescriptions and the doc dishes them out all the time.

Originally Posted by Ed

My mother desperately needs a knee replacement but she's decided that at nearly 85 she's too old so she stuffs IB to stop it swelling and getting too painful, and she rubs voltarol gel into it too. Seems to work - sort of. Being over 65 she gets free prescriptions and the doc dishes them out all the time.

speaking of gels, my boss uses arnica gel, apparently it works wonders, I think it's more of a herbal thing. Just a thought anyway.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

well if you don't want it then I doubt YC would mind if it was pushed in his general direction

Anyone seen this months streetfighters? Awesome raptor thou in there. Me liiiiike.

[dizzyblonde]

keep yur mitts off...i saw it first....lol,,,,,,,mmmmmm and its been on my screen for months....mmmmmmmm my dream bike

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Anyone seen this months streetfighters? Awesome raptor thou in there. Me liiiiike.

Nah you couldn't handle a bike like that chris, even restricted to 33 bhp you'd be hard pressed to keep up with chav's on scooters!!!!!!
Be a good lad and get a c90.

I am another huge fan of Glucosamine we get this stuff http://http://www.healthydirect.com/product/0310/d.jsf
and its much cheaper than on the high street.
I used to have pretty knackered knees and this stuff has worked wonders. Pretty much zero aches and pains now. My understanding is that the Glucosamine promotes cartaidge growth but as cartaidge has such a poor blood supply the chondroitin and MSM are needed to act as carriers to get the glucosanine to where it's needed.

One other arthritis cure I know of is apple cider vinegar. If the arthritis is caused by a build up of calcium deposits on the joint (think of gnarled arthritic hands) then this will work wonders. My mother has used this for over 20 years and swears by it. She used to have an arthritic lump on her wrist. Taking the cider vinegar gor rid of it and kep it away but even now if she stops taking it for a couple of weeks then the lump comes back. Recommended dose is 2 teaspoons in warm water 3 times a day. You can put a teaspoon of honey in as well to take the taste away if you want. My mother only takes it twicee a day and finds it still works fine.
The way it works is that apple cider vinegar contains mallic acid (only apple cider vinegar has it so you cant use any other vinegar) the mallic acid dissolves the unwanted calcium deposits from the joints and carries them harmlessly away in the bloodstream. Because the majority of this takes place at the start of treatment it is not unknown for the joint to become more painful than usual for the first couple of weeks.

hope some of this helps

cheers

Stewart

Got secondry arthritus in my neck which i broke in a bike accident when i was 19.

Some days it gives me a bit of jip,other days it does'nt bother me,at the end of the day youve just gotta live with it and get on with it...lifes to short.

Then again i suppose it also depends on your pain threshold and according to some i'm supposed to be a bit of a hard barsteward...so pain,what pain.