Is Bracing Helpful for Joint Pain?

When it hurts to move one of your joints, you may find yourself restricting your activity and becoming sedentary. While this provides short-term relief, avoiding normal day-to-day activities is not...

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Do Ice Baths Really Help Reduce Inflammation?

It has been a long-established idea within sports science that it was practical, following intense workouts, to use ice baths to reduce inflammation. However, a study was released in the Journal of...

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What is Gout and How Does it Affect Your Joints?

Gout is a condition with a funny name that sounds like something from the Middle Ages. However, to the millions of people in the U.S. who currently suffer from gout, it is in no way humorous.

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Exercises to Help Ease Joint Pain

Regular exercise is considered the most effective non-drug treatment for reducing pain and improving movement if you have osteoarthritis, also called OA. That’s because exercise has many benefits for...

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Staying Active to Help Your Joints

Nowadays, many people lead a sedentary lifestyle. After sitting during our commute to work, we sit behind a desk for eight (or more) hours a day, then sit some more for the commute back home. Once...

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The Best and Worst Foods for Joint Pain

Medication and physical conditioning are common ways to reduce joint pain. Now there’s growing evidence that “diet” should be added to that list.

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Is Heat Therapy or Ice Therapy Better for Your Joints?

Whether it’s inflammation, sore muscles, or osteoarthritis pain, heat therapy or cold compresses can provide pain relief. And although treating joint pain with heat and cold therapy is an effective...

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Can Supplements Help with Arthritis and Joint Pain Relief?

Studies demonstrate that anti-inflammatory supplements can help relieve arthritis and joint pain.

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Types of Arthritis and How They Affect Your Joints

This post was updated for content on February 15, 2021. Existing comments have not been removed or edited.

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The Stages of Osteoarthritis

This blog post was updated on February 8, 2021. Previous comments have not been removed or edited. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequently diagnosed type of arthritis, with more than 27 million...

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