Discover how to manage arthritis symptoms as you age and maintain a high quality of life. This program will cover strategies for preventing falls, improving balance and adapting to the physical ...

The recent findings of a huge study may erase some concerns about a pain reliever that has long been saddled with a worrisome reputation: celecoxib (Celebrex). While all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...

When rheumatoid arthritis affects your hands and wrists, a variety of treatment options are available to help relieve pain, offer better mobility and prevent joint deformity. With its 29 joints and ...

Exercise is now considered an essential part of any arthritis treatment plan and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Arthritis Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...

Restful sleep is important to almost every aspect of your health — including managing your pain and your arthritis. Yet pain from arthritis can make getting to sleep and staying asleep difficult.

Travis Salmon wasn’t the type to let a little ankle roll knock him out of the game. When he twisted his ankle playing basketball in high school and college, he did what was expected: He iced it, ...

Work out in water for more support and less pain. Remember what it was like to walk without aches? Get that sensation again by taking your workout to the water. “Exercising in a pool provides nearly ...

Your joints have been sore and stiff for months, so you’ve decided to see an arthritis specialist, or "rheumatologist" — a doctor who specializes in musculoskeletal diseases and autoimmune disorders — ...

Find out if osteoarthritis physical therapy is right for you. With the right help, you can exercise your sore joints and improve mobility. Although getting up and moving may be the last thing you feel ...

Body-wide inflammation is at the root of most chronic diseases — and you may have more control over it than you think. If the experts are right, a lot of people are in a state of chronic inflammation.

Sometimes gout can be diagnosed based only on symptoms: intense, painful swelling in a single joint — often in the big toe — that subsides, only to show up again in the same or a different joint. In ...

Stretch and strengthen your leg muscles to make daily tasks like walking and climbing stairs safer and easier. Before attempting these exercises, please see below for tips on how to safely stretch and ...