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If you have experienced occasional or constant joint pain \u2013 whether or not you are arthritic \u2013 there is a very urgent need to act right now.<\/p>\nIf you have experienced occasional or constant joint pain \u2013 whether or not you are arthritic \u2013 there is a very urgent need to act right now.<\/p>\n
A new study published in journal Arthritis Research & Therapy<\/em> now shows that joint pains are actually more serious than arthritis.<\/p>\n Fortunately, something that can be done immediately to reverse the process. However, if you wait, it can be too late.<\/p>\n A team of scientists recruited and compared 2,120 people with no radiographic osteoarthritis and 2,249 people with radiographic osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n Radiographic osteoarthritis simply refers to arthritis that can be observed on magnetic resonance imaging and on x-rays. <\/p>\n Researchers assessed the participant’s knee pain using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index at the beginning of the study and a year after.<\/p>\n The participants were categorized as having either no pain, fluctuating pain, or persistent pain.<\/p>\n Researchers then used magnetic resonance imaging and x-rays to examine cartilage volume and progression of Radiographic osteoarthritis, if present, at the beginning of the study and four years after.<\/p>\n Surprisingly, even those who had measurable arthritis had very little problems down the road if they did not have any joint pain in the beginning.<\/p>\n But those with persistent or serious pain were a different matter altogether.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Both those with scan-detectable and scan-undetectable arthritis at the beginning of the study who had experienced fluctuating or persistent pain went on to suffer faster cartilage volume loss than those with no pain did.<\/p>\n In other words, those who had knee pain in the absence of arthritis lost more cartilage in the following four years than those did who had painless arthritis.<\/p>\n Fortunately, arthritis can be reversed using simple diet and lifestyle changes. The sooner you take action however, the quicker and better the results will be.<\/p>\n