Bending your knees to climb the stairs. Moving your fingers to button a shirt. Swaying your hips to a favorite song. Most of us don’t give much thought to these simple movements, unless they start to ...

If you’re an avid long distance runner, or committed to your weekly HIIT class, you’re probably familiar with the occasional ache and pain. After all, it’s normal for your joints to feel a little sore ...

Osteoarthritis affects everyone on the planet, particularly as we get older. The condition is caused by wear and tear on the protective layer of cartilage on the ends of our bones — not unlike wearing ...

What’s in a name? Well, if it’s osteoporosis, osteopenia and osteoarthritis, for starters, a shared prefix. “Osteo” means bone, and that matching descriptor also spells confusion for many seniors, who ...

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease which commonly impacts the knees, hands, hips, neck and lower back. This is the first of two stories describing recent progress in understanding the ...

Arthritis—an umbrella term for around 100 conditions that damage the joints—affects 4.1 million Australians. This is expected to rise by 31% to 5.4 million by 2040 and cost the Australian health-care ...

When dealing with osteoarthritis, there are many treatment options that patients can consider taking in order to manage their symptoms. Arcoxia is one option. This drug belongs to a group of medicines ...

Joint overuse, or mechanical overload, occurs when excessive or repetitive stress damages the structures within a joint. The following can contribute to mechanical overload: Everyday activities like ...

Nina Chamlou is a writer, interviewer and storyteller from Portland, Oregon. She covers technology, healthcare, psychology, mental health and social justice issues. Her motto is that useful info ...

Though juvenile arthritis affects nearly 300,000 kids and teens in the U.S. – causing issues like joint inflammation, swelling and pain – it is still widely misunderstood or outright unknown to the ...