Desperate Arthritis Sufferer Saved by the Internet

If you suffer arthritis, you know that sitting for long typing on a computer can be as pleasurable for your joints as teeth pulling.

But there is a brighter side to computers and Internet. One that can help you even more effective than a well-meaning doctor.

And this amazing healing power of the Internet was recently proven in an Austrian study.

Many people with arthritis are in so much pain that they prefer to stay at homes. Others live in rural areas where treatment options are limited.

With this in mind, researchers in Australia recruited 148 people who suffered from chronic knee pain who were all aged 50 or more.

They divided them into two groups, one that received an Internet-based arthritis management course, and another that received simple but vague educational material about arthritis.

The online course included educational material, seven Skype-based videoconferencing sessions with a physiotherapist to train them in effective and safe home exercise, and an interactive program called PainCOACH that taught them relaxation techniques, problem solving skills, the use of pleasant imagery, and the modification of negative thoughts about pain.

At three and nine months after the program, all participants completed questionnaires to report their level of pain while walking, their quality of life, their functional status, their sense of control over their arthritis, their ability to cope, and the negative beliefs about pain.

After both three and nine months, the group that received the intervention reported significant improvements in all of the above aspects, especially in pain and level of function.

For people who had no other hope and were desperate for relief, the Internet went from a tool of convenience to one of a real lifesaver.

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