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Turmeric is one of the most powerful and safest antioxidants to reduce joint pain, inflammation, and stiffness.

Those green stalks in your refrigerator can do a lot more than hold peanut butter! Components of celery can actually help treat gout.

What makes tart cherry extract such an effective nutrient for the relief of gout? For one, tart cherries contain powerful antioxidants called anthocyanins, which give cherries their distinctive red color. Tart cherries are actually one of the richest sources of anthocyanins 1 and 2, which help block pro-inflammatory COX-1 and COX-2. 

Exercise isn’t always everyone’s favorite thing to do, but fortunately, it can easily be incorporated into your everyday life without having to spend a ton of money on a pricey gym membership or personal trainer.

While conventional medicine falls short in providing effective treatment of osteoporosis, the alternative health community has a number of safe and effective therapies that build and restore bones, making them stronger and less prone to fracture.

There are many, many causes of back pain. In my experience, I’ve found that there are two other major—and often overlooked—causes of low back pain: over-acidity in the body and poor sleeping position.

Plantar fasciitis is most often treated with steroid injections combined with stretching exercises, and oftentimes orthotics. Some doctors also offer surgery. I don’t suggest drugs or surgery unless your situation is severe.

If you have gout, you either produce too much uric acid or you are unable to excrete normal amounts. This excess acid combines with minerals to form crystals that are deposited in the joints, causing inflammation, swelling, and intense pain.

Most people don't know that you can take specific steps to protect and treat your bones, joints, and muscles from arthritis, osteoporosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, and other painful conditions.

Coffee may not cause rheumatoid arthritis, but three cups or more a day can interfere with blood sugar regulation and lead to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, tremors, heart palpitations, and dizziness.

Bursitis means inflammation of the bursa. A bursa is a sac-like structure that contains a lubricating fluid. When a bursa is repeatedly irritated, the body begins to deposit calcium spicules in that location, causing pain.

The results obtained with MME treatment so far have been permanent. Some individuals experience complete resolution from chronic back pain, others partial. In addition, MME is a noninvasive, nontoxic, and painless back pain treatment.

There are two main causes of carpal tunnel syndrome. The most common cause is inflammation of the median nerve due to repetitive motion.

Given the range of side effects associated with gout medications, many people prefer to treat gout naturally. Here are some of my top recommendations.

If you’re experiencing knee pain or joint pain, try these simple squatting and leg exercises and take a complete cartilage supplement.

It's essential that you "exercise" your joints every day, taking each one through its natural range of motion. This will help preserve your joints as well as help get rid of stiffness and arthritic pain.

If you have a history of heart disease and you’re experiencing stiff, painful fingers, make sure you take a Vitamin-B complex. Studies show that B vitamins are key to lowering dangerous homocysteine levels.

Static electricity—the very same kind you experience with a shock when you touch an object after walking across a carpet in a cold, dry environment—can be used to alleviate arthritic pain and other symptoms of arthritis.

Injury, repetitive pounding from running or other athletic activities, obesity, and standing for prolonged periods of time, particularly on hard surfaces, can stress and strain the plantar fascia and cause plantar fasciitis.

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the plantar fascia—the fibrous band that connects the heel bone to the base of the toes. The condition generally starts like a stone bruise on the heel and the pain then spreads along the bottom of the foot.

When it comes to the treatment of osteoporosis, exercise—particularly weight lifting—is extremely important. For some, weight lifting is not an option, but vibration therapy is a wonderful exercise for osteoporosis that has impressive results.

The most common conventional therapies for bursitis are cortisone injections and ultrasound therapy. While cortisone may help the pain, it does carry risk. Ultrasound therapy, however, is safe and can be a great help in stubborn bursitis cases.

Balancing progesterone levels may be a key component in the treatment of osteoporosis. Studies have found that adding progesterone to an established osteoporosis program increases bone density up to 10 percent within the first six months.

While there is no single definitive cause of muscle cramps and spasms, I would estimate that a calcium deficiency is to blame 90 percent of the time. The remaining 10 percent can stem from a circulation problem or the body’s inability to use calcium.