What are joints?
A joint is the "hinge" between two bones. Sometimes the bone, cartilage, or joint capsule become irritated and this gives complaints.
One or more joints are stiff or painful.
Certain movements are difficult or succeed not like turning on a lid or lifting a bag.
It may be that you night not fall asleep or you wake up from the pain.
Sometimes it's hard to say exactly where the pain is. For example, if you suffer from your shoulder joint has the pain may radiate to the muscles of your upper arm.
Advice on joint
Keep moving
If the joint is not thick, warm or red, then it is safe and good to keep moving. The muscles become stronger by moving and prevents them stiff. The pain is less in the long run.
Start slow and expands moving further and further. Such as hiking, cycling or swimming. If you notice the symptoms during or after exercise worsen, try temporarily quieter to do. Are the symptoms less severe, you can overload the joint again.
Tackling obesity
If you are overweight, try to lose weight so that your joints are taxed less. Exercise and healthy diet are more important.
Joint symptoms often caused by overloading or osteoarthritis, and sometimes by inflammation.
Overcharge
*Heavy load or overweight may for example knee problems.
*Many repetitions of a motion, such as with a computer mouse or a lot of types, can cause wrist or elbow complaints. These frequently are not only the joint, but also the muscles and tendons sensitive.
Osteoarthritis
*In osteoarthritis, pain and stiffness, often occurs in the hip (s), the knee (s), at the base of the thumb or on the eindkootjes of the fingers.
*The symptoms are the worst example, if you morning your hand or knee moves for the first time (start pain).
*The stiffness decreases within the first half hour that you are moving.
*Often you find after ten minutes moving in a clear improvement.
*Can the pain or heavy landurig move back again.
To clarify the cause of your symptoms, it is important to examine how the symptoms started and when it has the greatest burden. Your doctor looks at the joints, test what movements difficult or painful and compares the joints themselves.
Inflammation
Is your joints stiff, painful, swollen and red? Then there is an inflammation of the joints. Examples of this are:
*reactive arthritis;
*joint inflammation by a bacterium;
*rheumatoid arthritis (a form of rheumatism).
Sometimes it is only with time clear what the cause of your symptoms. Often, the cause of the joint pain remains unknown.
Medications in joints
If painkiller paracetamol. Still the pain comes back, take the painkiller with a fixed regularity. If necessary, take two paracetamol every four hours (maximum 8 tablets).
Does this not enough, try a NSAID such as ibuprofen, diclofenac or naproxen. NSAIDs can cause gastric intolerance. Another agent or an additional drug may be prescribed in order to protect the stomach.
NSAIDs can affect the action of other drugs. People with cardiovascular and kidney problems and people over 70 should be especially careful with the use of NSAIDs.
Most joints self-limiting. However Osteoarthritis keep for life. In the beginning the symptoms vary and they can eventually worsen.
Keep moving
Try to keep moving and expand the exercise step by step to a half hour per day. Often it is easier to maintain when you move someone (swimming, walking, cycling, gymnastics).
Sometimes it is necessary that a physical therapist or exercise therapist (Cesar or Mensendieck) guides. The physiotherapist or remedial therapist indicates how far you can go and what movements match the joint problems that you have.
Painkillers
When using painkillers, look how you can gradually reduce.
Do I have arthritis?
The joints sometimes stubborn. You might be worried that you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). : That chance if exists
*you have inflammation, such as annealing and swelling;
*the symptoms persist for longer than four weeks.
In this case please contact your GP, who can refer you to a rheumatologist.
Contact your doctor if you have the three signs of joint inflammation:
*swelling (your joint is swollen, for example, a thick knee);
*heat (the skin around your joint is hot);
*redness (the skin around the joint is red).
A reference in consultation with your family doctor sometimes a sports doctor make sense. Not all insurers will reimburse the care. For addresses in your area, please visit Sports Care.
A joint is the "hinge" between two bones. Sometimes the bone, cartilage, or joint capsule become irritated and this gives complaints.
One or more joints are stiff or painful.
Certain movements are difficult or succeed not like turning on a lid or lifting a bag.
It may be that you night not fall asleep or you wake up from the pain.
Sometimes it's hard to say exactly where the pain is. For example, if you suffer from your shoulder joint has the pain may radiate to the muscles of your upper arm.
Advice on joint
Keep moving
If the joint is not thick, warm or red, then it is safe and good to keep moving. The muscles become stronger by moving and prevents them stiff. The pain is less in the long run.
Start slow and expands moving further and further. Such as hiking, cycling or swimming. If you notice the symptoms during or after exercise worsen, try temporarily quieter to do. Are the symptoms less severe, you can overload the joint again.
Tackling obesity
If you are overweight, try to lose weight so that your joints are taxed less. Exercise and healthy diet are more important.
How do joint pain ?
Joint symptoms often caused by overloading or osteoarthritis, and sometimes by inflammation.
Overcharge
*Heavy load or overweight may for example knee problems.
*Many repetitions of a motion, such as with a computer mouse or a lot of types, can cause wrist or elbow complaints. These frequently are not only the joint, but also the muscles and tendons sensitive.
Osteoarthritis
*In osteoarthritis, pain and stiffness, often occurs in the hip (s), the knee (s), at the base of the thumb or on the eindkootjes of the fingers.
*The symptoms are the worst example, if you morning your hand or knee moves for the first time (start pain).
*The stiffness decreases within the first half hour that you are moving.
*Often you find after ten minutes moving in a clear improvement.
*Can the pain or heavy landurig move back again.
To clarify the cause of your symptoms, it is important to examine how the symptoms started and when it has the greatest burden. Your doctor looks at the joints, test what movements difficult or painful and compares the joints themselves.
Inflammation
Is your joints stiff, painful, swollen and red? Then there is an inflammation of the joints. Examples of this are:
*reactive arthritis;
*joint inflammation by a bacterium;
*rheumatoid arthritis (a form of rheumatism).
Sometimes it is only with time clear what the cause of your symptoms. Often, the cause of the joint pain remains unknown.
Medications in joints
If painkiller paracetamol. Still the pain comes back, take the painkiller with a fixed regularity. If necessary, take two paracetamol every four hours (maximum 8 tablets).
Does this not enough, try a NSAID such as ibuprofen, diclofenac or naproxen. NSAIDs can cause gastric intolerance. Another agent or an additional drug may be prescribed in order to protect the stomach.
NSAIDs can affect the action of other drugs. People with cardiovascular and kidney problems and people over 70 should be especially careful with the use of NSAIDs.
What happens next with joint problems ?
Most joints self-limiting. However Osteoarthritis keep for life. In the beginning the symptoms vary and they can eventually worsen.
Keep moving
Try to keep moving and expand the exercise step by step to a half hour per day. Often it is easier to maintain when you move someone (swimming, walking, cycling, gymnastics).
Sometimes it is necessary that a physical therapist or exercise therapist (Cesar or Mensendieck) guides. The physiotherapist or remedial therapist indicates how far you can go and what movements match the joint problems that you have.
Painkillers
When using painkillers, look how you can gradually reduce.
Do I have arthritis?
The joints sometimes stubborn. You might be worried that you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis (RA). : That chance if exists
*you have inflammation, such as annealing and swelling;
*the symptoms persist for longer than four weeks.
In this case please contact your GP, who can refer you to a rheumatologist.
When contact your doctor to joint pain ?
Contact your doctor if you have the three signs of joint inflammation:
*swelling (your joint is swollen, for example, a thick knee);
*heat (the skin around your joint is hot);
*redness (the skin around the joint is red).
A reference in consultation with your family doctor sometimes a sports doctor make sense. Not all insurers will reimburse the care. For addresses in your area, please visit Sports Care.