By Ian Newton

You know you have a problem because of increased pain from old injuries, or you feel you are just plain wearing out, it may be joint pain that is constant or it comes and goes. It is always best to be correctly diagnosed, in order to differentiate Osteoarthritis from Rheumatoid Arthritis, or bursitis, or perhaps a ligament or tendon injury.

How you elect to be treated is up to you. There are several options. In this article we will discuss the most common form which is Osteoarthritis. This is basically a wear and tear form of degeneration with an inflammation component. We have discussed some dietary considerations in previous articles, now its time to look at which medications you will choose.

You can go down the medical pharmaceutical pathway, with a variety of non steroidal anti-inflammatory. Some of these have been known to cause digestive problems. some have been withdrawn from sale. But the trade off is they do help. In the natural world there are a number of options. Glucosamine is important at a dose of 1500mg per day. There is good evidence to show it helps arthritis. It is claimed to regrow cartilage. This is a tall order and would take a considerable amount of time.

Chondroitin sulfate and MSM-Methyl Sufonyl Methane are also very popular. There is little hard evidence to support their use. However I know people who swear by it. I have given my dog a combination of Glucosamine, MSM and Chondroitin for the past 8 years. She is now 16 and still acts like a puppy and still able to climb our stairs. In the herbal category the best are Boswelia, also know to many as Frankincense, Turmeric, Hops and Rosemary. These plants have been clearly demonstrated to have a strong anti inflammatory effect.

The next group of herbs include, Ginger, Devils claw, Celery seed and Guaiacum. These have a traditional use without the hard supporting evidence.

There are many natural creams and gels to rub on, my favorites are homeopathic based, and they work. An important note with any topical application is that you have to give it time to work. Apply twice daily for 30 days and you will get pain relief. Also if you wrap the painful joint in plastic kitchen wrap after applying the cream then it will penetrate better.

Severe arthritic pain may require a combination of pharmaceutical and natural approaches to get the best effect.

I strongly recommend using the best combination for your best pain relief. I know people who suffer who refuse to take the natural supplements because they are perceived as unscientific, I know others who will happily drink copious alcohol on a Saturday night but refuse to take some paracetamol for their pain as they think anything from a drug company is dangerous.

My answer is always the same, get smart and relieve pain or remain in ignorance and feel the pain.

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By Steven Shaw

Most likely you are interested in good health and have sought medical advice from time to time. You may have increased your exercise or even began taking vitamins or other supplements to augment your diet.

Increasingly many who are suffering from an acute or chronic disease processes are exploring the options of the so-called alternative medical treatments by increasing their awareness and taking ownership of their health and health care.

The term alternative covers a wide range of methods and modalities that have various reports of success from devoted followers.

The fact is there are a vast array of systems and practices that cover diet, exercise, subtle energy healing and awareness. These choices often confuses many people and increase their difficulty on making a good selection.

Making a good choice is hard because there are cures for just about every physical, mental and emotional disease known to man or woman.

Even though these systems have created many good results and improved awareness they can initiate a state of confusion. So you are left wondering what path or modality is best and most effective.

You more than likely have heard many stories of someone who used a specific treatment or herb and were healed of cancer or some other severe disease.

Advocates of these various therapies are often very zealous for whatever treatment or herb may have helped them and who could criticize someone who has been on deaths door and made a full recovery?

If you were to stand back from the elation, excitement and joy of such events and look for some common aspects of these events. You would find that faith and belief and possibly the placebo effect may have been at work.

This is not to say that the various treatments were not effective but there may have been a wider range of actions involved in recovery than appears at first glance.

For thousands of years mankind has been looking for messages from our universe. Not how these messages are sent or delivered.

This delivery system has been under the radar of our awareness partly because it has been a major challenge just to get and understand the messages.

So if you were to look at these various healing modalities like postal letters sent to you from the universe. You would quickly see that they all come from the same place.

The letters or messages have an array of common themes and ideas with the general same intent to heal or bring your health back to the optimal state of wellbeing.

As you know a postal letter that arrives in your mailbox is only part of the chain of events that brought the letter there.

You know that someone wrote or created your letter and it made its way to your mailbox through a series of systems such as the post offices, trucks, airplanes, automation equipment, tracking software and mail carriers.

You might not give a second thought to all these systems yet they are a major part of the whole system in getting a letter to you.

As a group the people of the earth have given little or no consideration to this independent transport system. The system facilitating the interaction of information and energy throughout all aspects of the universal environment.

This system has been virtually ignored for the past six thousand years. It is this system that holds the key to understanding how energy and information work in our environment.

How sickness, death or wellness and health are created.

Take the first step of discovery and awareness by activating your awareness of subtle energy. Your power of intuition. Learn to work with its leadings.

You will open the path of self healing not only for yourself but for all those you love and meet.

About The Author

Steven Shaw is a mentor, entrepreneur and internet network marketing professional. Steven sincerely believes in assisting others in reaching their goals: personal/financial/health/family/spiritual. http://wisdomrain.com/blog/