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Types of Joint Pain and Treatment

Aches and pains may be a part of life but no one wants to be saddled with long term pain which could be related to bone joints, muscle or tissue damage and several other health issues. Sports persons are constantly plagued by spasms of pain related to ligaments, tendons, joints and other sections. Different parts of the body require specific types of joint treatment and family doctor will carry out a thorough check before advising a treatment technique.

Sometimes overweight people suffer from joint pains due to additional pressure on their joints which can be removed only by weight reduction through exercise and diet control.

People with chronic joint pain could be suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, bursitis and gout. While pain in the neck, knees, shoulders, back and hip can be quite common among children and youngsters, joint pain gets painful as people become older. For moderate joint pains and swelling, a family clinic like the Phoenix Family Medical Clinic will first study your case history and then advice anti-inflammatory drugs depending on severity of pain. Besides medications and physiotherapy, doctors also advice topical medicine that can be used to relax muscles and tendons which however does not help in chronic pain.

Joint injections for osteoarthritis

Body joints contain hyaluronan that lubricates joints and acts as shock absorber so that they do not rub against each other and work as destined. The viscosity of hyaluronan leads to easy movement of cartilage surfaces against each other like machine. A person suffering from severe case of osteoarthritis is given injections of a synthetic version of this joint fluid to keep joints in motion. As advanced stage of osteoarthritis can lead to severe pain, swelling, stiffness and also disability a long term treatment plan is carried out in urgent care clinic.

After a shot of anesthesia to numb the knee, the doctor will first draw out any existing fluid in the area with a needle. After this, a pain killer injection is given below the knee cap which will work throughout the joint section to relive pain. Doctors give two types of pain relief injections during osteoarthritis that are corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid depending on the condition of pain.

Bursitis joint pain

All body joints are cushioned by small fluid filled sacs that are referred to as bursae and human body has over 150 bursae that facilitate body movement. Inflammation of bursa leads to bursitis, which usually occurs in shoulder region and can later extend to elbows, hips and also knees with age. The disease is common among athletes, manual laborers and sedentary people. People that work on their knees for long periods also suffer from inflammation of bursae that is also referred to as prepatellar bursitis in medical parlance. In initial stages, this disease can be treated at home through rest, ice compress and pain therapy. But severe pain and advanced bursitis conditions are treated with steroid injections to bursae in regular intervals.

Physicians at Phoenix Family Medical Clinic are experts when it comes to treating joint paints. We also treat other kinds of arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis, along with diseases like diabetes, we also administer vaccination and so on. Not only these, our Providers and Physicians at Phoenix Family Medical Clinic treat and provide care for kids with ADHD.