Have you ever slept in an odd position and when you woke up, your arm felt numb and you couldn’t lift it? Well that’s what happened to me a little more than five years ago.…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Learn about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), its causes, symptoms, and the best treatment options to manage joint pain, inflammation, and improve mobility.
Coping with Whole Body Pain
It’s bad enough to have a headache or backache. But when literally everything seems to hurt, you’re truly miserable. You can have trouble getting through simple daily activities and may find it hard to get a good…
Can Coffee Cause Arthritis?
There are a number of risk factors associated with developing rheumatoid arthritis. You are more likely to develop the condition if you are a woman between the ages of 40 and 60, smoke, have a…
5 Ways to Manage Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Cold Weather
With fall comes cooler temperatures, and if you suffer from arthritis, you know arthritis pain often increases in cold weather. Whether you have osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), this pain can limit your ability to…
What will happen when I go to a Rheumatologist about potential Fibromyalgia?
Not all Rheumatologists (especially if they had been trained some years earlier and belong to the older generation) believe in Fibromyalgia. Even if they “believe”, not all are comfortable with managing patients with Fibromyalgia for…
Do you know the most misunderstood aspects of living with fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia itself is still very much a mystery. Although doctors now have more information, and many doctors now accept it as a “real” issue, we still have a LOT to learn about fibro and chronic…
Do you know someone who was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Polymyalgia?
I can tell you as someone who was diagnosed with PMR and fibro, most PMR info on the internet isn’t all that accurate. PMR usually affects elderly women, but it’s not so rare for younger…
Patients Reported that Cannabis Decreases their Arthritis Pain
Cannabis may be harmful to arthritic joints; patients with arthritis reported cannabis reducing their pain. The Arthritis Society is therefore providing the research to confirm this. The research is to develop medical cannabis therapies. This…
With Age, Joint Pain and Fibromyalgia is not Natural
By: Dr Alex Robber Achy seams, creaky. A knee twins. A sharp pain shooting from the elbow’s shoulder. No big issues, okay? False. All too frequently, we suppose that fibromyalgia and joint pain is a…
Faced with the Challenges of Dual Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosis
By: Dr Alex Robber Around 1,5 million Americans suffer from psoriatic arthritis (PsA). PsA is only component of the tale for many of those individuals. This is due to two or more chronic circumstances for…