Treatment of OA: The goal of treatment is to reduce joint pain and inflammation while improving and maintaining joint function. First line of treatment involves weight reduction and avoiding activities that exert excessive stress on the joint cartilages.

Other part of treatment involves rest, exercises especially swimming, walking, cycling and light weight training, applying local heat before and cold packs after exercises, balanced nutrition and diet control.
Osteoarthritis is a type of arthritis that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of the cartilage (protein substance that serves as a “cushion” between the bones of the joints) in one or more joints in our body.
It is also known as degenerative arthritis. It is observed that it occurs more frequently in males before 45 years and in females before 55 years. This disease commonly affects the hands, feet, spine, hips and knees.
Majority of cases of osteoarthritis have no known cause and are referred to as primary osteoarthritis, the minority are secondary osteoarthritis.

To Be Continued…