The Best Ways to Manage Your Joint Pain

Joint pain is an issue that is very common and can have many possible causes. Joint pain can be caused by injuries or other causes such as gout, cartilage damage, rheumatoid arthritis or even causes that are less common. Joint pain has numerous treatments from simple at home treatments, to tablets used for easing the inflammation or pain. Pearl Chemist has a wide selection of the best tablets for joint pain, available in store or online.  

What is Joint Pain?
Joint pain is discomfort that is found in any joint. The medical term for it is arthralgia, not to be mistaken with arthritis, which is actually inflammation of the joint. Arthritis can cause joint pain, but is not, in itself, joint pain.  You can experience pain in just one joint, or in several joints simultaneously. 

What are the causes of joint pain?
Joint pain can have many causes. Some of the most common causes are injury, various types of arthritis or gout. 

Injury:  joint pain can be due to an old injury, or a current injury. It could mean damaged cartilage behind the kneecap, or other types of knee joint injuries such as a torn ligament or knee fracture.

Arthritis:  osteoarthritis is common as we age. There are several types of arthritis.

Gout:  gout is one type of arthritis. A telltale sign of gout is that it usually begins in the big toe before affecting other joints. Often dietary changes are required to avoid attacks of gout, along with pain relief when they do appear.

Rheumatoid arthritis:  this type of arthritis is a bit less common than osteoarthritis. It usually affects the hands or feet first and is symmetrical in that it often affects both sides of the body at the same time. This is accompanied by a throbbing and aching pain which is often worse in the morning and after inactivity.

Treatments for joint pain can range from at home remedies, to tablets or pills used to address pain and inflammation. Some of the home remedies include eating anti-inflammatory foods and spices such as turmeric, fish oil and ginger. Otherwise, the best tablets for joint pain include painkillers such as paracetamol or co-codamol. The best pills for joint pain related to inflammation will be NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, naproxen or diclofenac.  Pearl Chemist has the widest selection of remedies for your joint pain.  Visit us online for delivery directly to your door, or visit us in store.   www.pearlchemist.co.uk