The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls arthritis the nation’s most common cause of disability. Nearly 21 million U.S. adults report activity limitations because of arthritis each year. Among all U.S. adults of working age (18-64 years), 5.3% (6.9 million people) reported that they have arthritis that limits their work. Of the 23 million adults with arthritis in this age group, arthritis-attributable work limitations affect about 1 in 3 people.

It’s important to realize that “arthritis” is divided into two primary types: osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease (DJD); the wear-and-tear form of arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. These two types are completely different, even though they have some similarities. They both affect the joints and can be connected with joint stiffness, pain, inflammation and swelling. However, their underlying causes are distinctly different.

You May Have Arthritis, But Arthritis Doesn’t Have To Have You The most important key ingredient to living you best life with arthritis is simply this – you are in control of this disease. In other words, you have arthritis, but arthritis doesn’t have you. By making changes to your eating and exercise habits you truly can live your best life now with arthritis.

In addition, many people with arthritis automatically reach for pain medication, but it is not always necessary to do so. There are other solutions that work just as well, or even better, for both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

To learn more about living your best life now with arthritis, please download our special report. You’ll learn about the “Exercise Myth.” the truth regarding exercise and arthritis pain. You’ll also learn 15 natural ways to decrease the pain of arthritis, while increasing your mobility.

If you or someone you know is suffering from neck pain, you may want to consider chiropractic care. You have nothing to lose but your neck pain!

Dr. Jeffrey L. Matheny, D.C.
Doctor of Chiropractic