Natural Remedies for Arthritis - A few tips to help those joints work better.

If you are suffering from the pain of achy joints, natural remedies for arthritis may be a huge help in assuaging your symptoms. This is especially true if you find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where doctors and medicines are hard to find. Knowing how to treat your arthritis may keep you moving as you hunt, garden and tackle other manual tasks necessary for survival.

Arthritis is a condition that causes various levels of damage, inflammation, pain and stiffness to the joints – or more specifically the cartilage between them. Unfortunately, arthritis can affect any one regardless of age or gender and is often hugely detrimental to a person’s mobility and in some cases, their quality of life.

Natural Remedies for Arthritis

If you have visited a physician regarding your arthritis but you are still experiencing extreme discomfort even with the aid of prescribed medications, a number of natural remedies for arthritis will likely help to alleviate some of your ongoing symptoms, allowing you to function more normally throughout the day. Below you will find just a few remedies that come highly recommended by doctors and arthritis sufferers alike. Try several to find out which remedies work best for you.

Work with Your Body

If you experience moderate to severe arthritis, it is likely that you experience your most intense symptoms during specific points of the day – for example, some people are stiffer in the morning when they first wake up, while others are most uncomfortable in the evening when they stop moving.

If you have things that you need to accomplish during the day that are often made harder by your arthritis symptoms, try to rotate your schedule around when you know your body will best be able to handle each activity.

Keep Moving

Many people who are dealing with regular arthritis symptoms experience the most discomfort when they have settled down and stopped moving for the day. Once you stop moving your joints, arthritis tends to cause them to become inflamed and irritated – making comfortable mobility very difficult.

If this is something that you are dealing with, be sure to keep moving throughout the day to keep your joints moving and preventing them from getting stiff.

Avoid keeping a tight grip on anything as this puts extra strain on your joints. Also, even when you are relaxing due to arthritis discomfort, be sure to change positions frequently as staying stationary in any one position for too long will likely cause your symptoms to flare up. 

Hot and Cold Therapy

Most doctors and medical experts recommend treating inflammation with either hot or cold compresses dependent on your personal preference. Hot compresses work best for some people by calming pain and helping sore swollen joints to relax. Others prefer cold compresses because they help to reverse swelling.

Try both to find out which works best for you. Oddly enough, in some cases a routine of using both heat and cold therapies alternately works most effectively for some people.

Epsom Salts

A common component in many people’s medicine cabinet, Epsom salts is very effective for those looking to find natural remedies for arthritis that will assuage mild to moderate discomfort and help you achieve easier joint use and mobility.

Use Epsom salts by running a warm to hot bath and sprinkle in several tablespoons. Allow the salts to dissolve before soaking in the tub. Gently stretch and flex aching joints under the water to find relief. 

Arthritis is a very common condition that unfortunately limits millions of people in terms of what they can accomplish throughout the course of their day due to the pain, stiffness and inflammation they experience. While modern medications do help – many people also find extended and additional relief from using a variety of natural remedies for arthritis.  

If you are experiencing severe pain – be sure to work with your physician to develop a treatment plan for your arthritis that will be most beneficial to you. 

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