Arthritis, inflammation in the joints, is a painful symptom, with different causes. It can stem from both an autoimmune disease (Rheumatoid Arthritis), or from the degeneration of the protective cartilage between the bones (Osteoarthritis). Although living with arthritis is challenging, and gets in the way of day to day life, there are always ways to help ease the discomfort, as well as ways to protect your joints from further damage. Let’s look at some of the things that ARE in your control that can help you reduce the painful symptoms, and turn this diagnosis around!
- Keeping a healthy body weight takes the extra pressure off of your joints and bones, relieving and lessening excess pain and inflammation. – I can start to take action here!
- Exercising is key to keeping your joints agile, your weight low, strengthening your muscles, and supporting your joints. Low impact exercises such as walking, riding bike, tai chi, swimming, and other water based activities can be good choices.–I can start exercising!
- Hot and cold therapies help to reduce inflammation and pain. Hot showers, baths, moist heating pads or electric blankets can ease stiffness and reduce discomfort overnight. Cold treatments, such as icing, can help relieve joint pain, swelling, inflammation, and bring quick relief. –That sounds easy enough!
- Acupuncture treatments, relaxation, and breathing techniques, as well as stress and anxiety reducing activities can reduce both physical and emotional pain, and may also help lower inflammation while lifting your spirits.—Ok, that sounds good!
- Eating a healthy, whole food based diet, rich in organic fruits and vegetables increases antioxidants, boosts your immune system, reduces inflammation, and benefits your overall health. Try to avoid foods that cause inflammation such as red meat, processed foods, saturated fat, and added salt. –Nutritious and delicious, I’m in!
- Turmeric is a powerful anti-inflammatory that is filled with antioxidants. You can add it to your food, make a tea, or even make a hot compress and wrap your joints in it (keep in mind it will stain you yellow for a moment). –I’m on it!
- Get massages and practice self-massage to help ease the pain in your joints, increase mobility, bring stress relief and just because they bring nourishment to your body and soul, which you deserve!—I can definitely start to do that!!
- Add herbal supplements to your health regiment to help reduce joint pain and inflammation. Here are a few: boswellia, bromelain, devil’s claw, ginkgo, stinging nettle, thunder god vine. –I can start to do that too!
- Dead Sea salt baths help to alleviate pain and inflammation, and are known to be particularly helpful to those suffering with arthritis.—I am already running my bath!
- Most importantly find a community of others who understands and can be of support to each other.—Yes, I definitely can!
We hope that you feel empowered to get started with these wonderful and beneficial ideas, but we have one more idea for you. Essential oils can also be very beneficial for your arthritis, so our Cure Natural Skin Care –Cure 4 line has a new oil blend just for supporting arthritis. Yes we did!
Our Arthritis Pain Relieving Oil has a blend of eucalyptus, peppermint, rosemary, turmeric, marjoram, lemon, tea tree, cedar and a few other oils that aid in relieving discomfort, achiness, and pain. A few drops rubbed into your sore joints, is a great way to start, continue, and end your day in ease and relief.
We know that having a long term diagnosis can be challenging, but we also know that YOUR arthritis can motivate YOU, to create a healthier and happier lifestyle. We hope this helps call you into empowered action. We stand behind you and with you. We know you can do it!
We hope that you feel empowered to get started with these wonderful and beneficial ideas, but we have one more idea for you. Essential oils can also be very beneficial for your arthritis, so our Cure Natural Skin Care –Cure 4 line has a new oil blend just for supporting arthritis. Yes we did!
Our Arthritis Pain Relieving Oil has a blend of eucalyptus, peppermint, rosemary, turmeric, marjoram, lemon, tea tree, cedar and a few other oils that aid in relieving discomfort, achiness, and pain. A few drops rubbed into your sore joints, is a great way to start, continue, and end your day in ease and relief.
We know that having a long term diagnosis can be challenging, but we also know that YOUR arthritis can motivate YOU, to create a healthier and happier lifestyle. We hope this helps call you into empowered action. We stand behind you and with you. We know you can do it!
