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Adjunct Therapies for Arthritis Pain: Ozone Therapy
by Arthritis VIP | Arthritis
Ozone is a colourless gas with an acrid odour made up of three oxygen atoms discovered in 1848. Its primary function is to protect living organisms from the harmful effects of UV radiation. At the earth's surface, it occurs at a lower concentration. Since its...
7 Knee Exercises to Relieve Knee Pain
by Arthritis VIP | Research
Whether you lead an active lifestyle or not, knee pain can be detrimental to everyday living. In fact, over 18 million people see a doctor regarding knee pain a year. This pain may be caused by injury, osteoarthritis, overuse, or a sprained ligament, to name a few. ...
Exercises to Relieve Joint Pain
by Arthritis VIP | Arthritis
For patients with pain in their joints, the thought of exercise can be, well, painful. Yet exercise is critical to relieving pain. That is because exercising painful joints helps replenish necessary lubrication to joint cartilage and can reduce stiffness,...
The Effectiveness of PRP Injections
by Arthritis VIP | Platelet Rich Plasma
In recent years, research has proven that the body has the unique ability to heal itself. The body can regrow tissue and cells and repair damage to ligaments, tendons, muscles, and joints. Through the use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) treatments, the body is given a...
Benefits of Platelet Rich Plasma
by Arthritis VIP | Platelet Rich Plasma
For the better part of 75 years, plasma has been used to help patients facing life-threatening conditions such as immune deficiency disorders and organ transplantation. For that reason, plasma is often referred to as “the gift of life.”[i] More recently, however,...
Why Yoga?
by Arthritis VIP | Arthritis
Yoga originated in India over 5,000 years ago as a way to boost physical and mental health. It comes in many different forms, poses, breathing techniques, and meditation. This type of exercise helps people with arthritis improve both physical symptoms like stiffness...