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Joint Pain: Causes, Home Remedies, and Complications

Joints are the parts of your body where your bones meet. Joints allow the bones of your skeleton to move. Joints include: shoulders hips elbows knees Joint pain refers to discomfort, aches, and soreness in any of the body’s joints. Joint pain is a common complaint. It doesn’t typically require a hospital visit. Sometimes, joint pain is the result of an illness or injury. Arthritis is also a common cause of joint pain. However, it can also be due to other conditions or factors. Joint pain can be caused by bursitis

FDA approves new kind of non-opioid pain medication,
1st of its kind in 20 years

The FDA has approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx (suzetrigine) and manufactured by biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is a non-opioid painkiller, which doesn’t have addictive properties, unlike opioids often used for this type of pain. This is the first class of non-opioid pain medication approved to treat moderate to severe acute pain approved in more than 20 years.

Finding the Best Joint Pain Relief for You: 24 Treatment Options

Although the term arthritis technically means joint inflammation, most people with arthritis will tell you the most bothersome and debilitating symptom is pain. And arthritis pain comes in many forms: dull and aching pain, throbbing pain, or sharp pain that causes you to catch your breath when you put your weight on an affected knee or move your shoulder just so. Or pain that worsens after a day of activity, a poor night’s sleep or a time of stress. There are many types of pain and also many ways to treat it.

Arthritis pain: Do's and don'ts

Arthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. You can find plenty of advice about easing the pain of arthritis and other conditions with exercise, medication and stress reduction. How do you know what will work for you? Here are some do's and don'ts to help you figure it out. Whatever your condition, it will be easier to stay ahead of your pain if you: Learn all you can about your condition, including what type of arthritis you have and whether any of your joints are already damaged and enlist your doctor, friends and family in managing your pain.

Chiropractic Care for Joint Problems: What to Know

Chiropractors have a number of ways to work out problems in your joints and soft tissue: High-velocity low-amplitude spinal manipulation therapy (HVLA SMT). This is the “adjustment” most associated with chiropractic care. The chiropractor pushes a joint, usually in your spine, beyond its normal range of motion with one or more quick, forceful thrusts. Joint mobilization. Here, the joint is worked gently through its natural range of motion, looking for places where movement is restricted.

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