Arthritis is thought to be the most important cause of pain to a lot of Americans. So what is arthritis? It is the inflammation of joints, and contrary to what most of the people thought about it, it is not a disease that is connected only to older people. In fact, it can afflict people of all ages; it is a disease that has no known cure.

The tendons, muscle and other main organs are the ones that greatly affected by arthritis. There are about 100 kinds of arthritic condition, and the most ordinary symptoms are swelling, pain and redness. There are also times when inflammation is accompanied by a pain, and some other times it does not cause any pain whatsoever. It really differs on the individual itself.

Sport is a great activity to catch inflammation. Because the probability of people get injured is quite high. But these should not be a cause of worries, since inflammation is in fact normal, and in truth it is the only way our body could heal itself. So whenever it attacks the body it automatically defends it against itself.

Arthritis needs proper care so you can live a normal life without restriction, if inflammation occurs it is best to quickly stop the inflammation at the early stage. The problem with most people who are suffering from arthritis is that they did not consult with their physician, so their movements becomes more constrained due to the pain brought by this sickness. Leaving it off will only make the condition worse.

There is a treatment to make the pain bearable or make it stop completely. Arthritic treatment helps catch inflammation and makes it manageable, through the use of pain relief in the form of pain relievers, pills to stop inflammation, cream or ointment for pain, and sometimes the use of special shoes, a good example of this are splints and braces. Physical rehabilitation or therapy can also effectively assist in treating the pain brought by that illness. Overweight patients are told to lose weight to avoid undue pain. So if you are overweight it is best to start losing weight immediately.

There are also cases that patients can no longer find relief through all non surgical treatment, this is the time when surgery is now highly recommended. Although it still depends on the kind of arthritis and other factors that the patients have.

·Form of arthritis
·Location
·Condition of the patients
·Age

In a lot of cases, not just one surgery are done to a patient who severe problem. But other cases that are in the early stages, a simple arthroscopic surgery will suffice. On the other hand if the condition becomes more complicated another surgery may be needed to catch the inflammation. Ankle replacement and bone graft are examples of this of surgery. These treatments have a high rate of success, but there are some cases that surgery still fails or the arthritis returns due to aging, corrective measure like another surgery is done.

Like mentioned before, arthritis has no lasting cure as of this time. The only thing doctor's can do is to help the patients manage their pain to live the rest of their life without any restriction or just to delay the inevitable. Diet, medication, exercise and other type of treatment can only help postpone crippling brought by arthritis.