Joint Health: Part 2

A variety of medical problems can cause chronic joint pain, and these include diseases and conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Tendonitis, Bursitis and Gout. Knowing what type of joint pain you have, and what may be causing that pain, can go a long way towards helping to reduce or eliminate your chronic pain.

In most cases, the first step towards treating joint pains is to use standard anti inflammatory medications. These could be over the counter drugs such as Ibuprofin, Aspirin or Motrin, for instance, or an herbal anti inflammatory such as White Willow. When the over the counter medications don't work well enough, doctors often prescribe stronger versions of those same drugs, which are known as NSAIDS.

Many people can reduce or eliminate chronic joint pain themselves however, by making a few simple lifestyle changes. Women who regularly wear high heeled shoes, for instance, might find their joint pain practically gone when they switch to lower or no heeled shoes. Body builders who reduce the amount of weights they lift at one time, and allow their body recovery days to heal, may find their joint pains reduced drastically as well.

Anyone who is overweight and particularly obese can drastically reduce the amount of pain they feel in their joints by losing weight. A simple ten pound loss of body weight can make drastic differences in how your joints feel on a daily basis, and the more you lose of course, the better you'll usually feel.