subject: The Effects of Arthritis [print this page] The Effects of Arthritis The Effects of Arthritis
Every person may experience good things in life. Some of the happiness in life is achieve together with accompanying problem. Some problems may be for one's health. Anything that comes to our life either good or bad should be treated as spices in life. One way or another, treatment and relief may be acquired.
One of the leading causes of health problems today is arthritis. It is a disease that gives pain to skeletal and joint muscles. It is annoying, irritating to working persons on their everyday life. Persons that experience arthritis back pain and arthritis neck pain may find themselves looking for treatment.
The advice is to get help from Physicians that specializes on this problem. The treatment is to have medication for pain relief from Doctors. The next thing to do is to educate, gain knowledge on origin of arthritis and treatment as well.
Every joint in the human body has synovial fluids. These fluids are the ones that lubricate and acts as shock absorber. Their functions allow the body to move freely. The pain is the result of vanished lubricants in the joints. There may be degeneration and degradation in the joints that result to arthritis back pain. Another theory is that there may be build up and fluid accumulation in the joints that cause arthritis. Degradation of joints and cartilage may also be present that cause stiffening resulting to arthritis neck pain.
One of the treatments for back pain is heat application. It is helpful in relief from pain, stiffness, and muscle spasm. Superficial heat may be applied in the form of warm tub baths, showers, and warm compress. Paraffin baths or dips that offer concentrated heat are helpful to patients with wrist pain and pains located on small joints. It is also the relief for back pain and relief for neck pain. The benefit is achieved within 20 minutes of application and shorter length of time. The next step is to have therapeutic exercise after heat application for effective usage. In some patients heat application may increase pain. When that happens, use hot or cold compress, ice bag and moist pack for treatment of back pain and neck pain.
