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Getting old and careworn. Too much lifting heavy stuff at work and lots of rugby in my glory days. Sudden flare up in my ankles and feet. Anyone know any non medicine remedies? TIA |
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I really feel for you. I've just had one knee replacement. Other knee and ankle, foot. Wrists hands all painful. Very little works to be honest, even Meds. Try to exercise gently to keep the joints moving. |
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"Getting old and careworn. Too much lifting heavy stuff at work and lots of rugby in my glory days. Sudden flare up in my ankles and feet. Anyone know any non medicine remedies? TIA"
Lots of natural anti inflammatory remedies.
Turmeric is a very popular one.
Google should help.
Onion, honey etc. |
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"Getting old and careworn. Too much lifting heavy stuff at work and lots of rugby in my glory days. Sudden flare up in my ankles and feet. Anyone know any non medicine remedies? TIA
Lots of natural anti inflammatory remedies.
Turmeric is a very popular one.
Google should help.
Onion, honey etc."
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"Getting old and careworn. Too much lifting heavy stuff at work and lots of rugby in my glory days. Sudden flare up in my ankles and feet. Anyone know any non medicine remedies? TIA
Lots of natural anti inflammatory remedies.
Turmeric is a very popular one.
Google should help.
Onion, honey etc."
Agree, turmeric very good - with honey if needs sweetness. Naproxen best anti inflammatory for me but we're all different and you must protect stomach lining with one a day pill from doctors (omeprazole)
Best advice I would give (even though it's sometimes hard to do) is a daily stretch routine and keep everything moving. Don't stop & seize up. |
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Does the heat affect arthritis ? Asking because a man cancelled our social meet as the heat was making his arthritis bad but managed a fun meet 2 days later . Should I take it as a hint he doesn’t want to meet but can’t just say ? |
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^^ yes heat does affect it. 
There no natural remedy that will give you the same relief as actual medication as far as I'm aware. Natural doesn't always mean better or less harmful.
During the hot weather make sure you're properly hydrated though. |
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"Getting old and careworn. Too much lifting heavy stuff at work and lots of rugby in my glory days. Sudden flare up in my ankles and feet. Anyone know any non medicine remedies? TIA"
I understand people's reluctance to medication but it can be a real help.
Maybe have a chat with your GP and see if any physio may help.
BUPA or another private provider aren't that expensive for initial consultations.
It always pays to have early intervention as it may not be just wear and tear or getting old.
Good luck. |
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Hello iv had it since I was 18 all the medication I been on have worked for a bit then stop iv been taking medical cannabis for about a year now and don't have many flare ups at all now can get on with my life little bit in my cup of tea or on some toast with butter works wonders honestly it should be legally now  |
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"I really feel for you. I've just had one knee replacement. Other knee and ankle, foot. Wrists hands all painful. Very little works to be honest, even Meds. Try to exercise gently to keep the joints moving."
Forget Turmeric and all diet food nonsense, eat healthy and join a gym
Good gentle workouts to begin with and protein shakes (they give all the nourishment needed).
Increase workouts with weights
I was down for a hip replacement and no longer required due to gym workouts and muscle building
If you're ex rugby player you know what to do |
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I also found certain foods made my symptoms worse, pasta being the main one. Keeping the joint warm helped also.
Cycling helped to keep my joints moving, as this gets the fluid moving in the joint area, then resistance exercises/lifting weights to build strength. Simple movements and stretching before getting up, out of the chair/bed helps also.
The best prescription anti inflammatory meds i had were called Etoricoxib.
No natural meds helped me at all, as the damage was too bad and had to have hip replacements.
Glucosamine is meant to help
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"I really feel for you. I've just had one knee replacement. Other knee and ankle, foot. Wrists hands all painful. Very little works to be honest, even Meds. Try to exercise gently to keep the joints moving."
Ginger helps alot buy fresh ginger boil it for 12 hours then blend it put it through a sive add honey and lemon it helps i suffer badly and just had a new shoulder |
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Nothing outside anti inflammatories worked for me ,even had methotrexate for a while it worked but messed my liver up this is almost 30 years ago now I was lucky with early onset sero-negative arthritis .
Heat packs work wonders for me combined with painkillers but then u have miny flare ups now not 7 month long swollen joints but still have grinding major joints to this day . |
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