The joint cartilage, the shiny and almost friction free covering to many of our joints is the reason we can move so easily most of the time. Chondrocytes are the cells which produce the cartilage and maintain the layers of shock absorbing tissue so we can walk, run and jump. If injured or damaged,

Fibromyalgia is a puzzling pain syndrome which affects mostly females and occurs in around two to four percent of the population. Typical symptoms of fibromyalgia are chronic widespread pain, tenderness, fatigue, poor sleep and intolerance of exercise. A recent study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Opiates, which are morphine chemicals, are often prescribed for moderate to severe pain in osteoarthritis, lower back pain, neck pain and neuropathic pains. The

Copper bracelets and magnetic bracelets are very popular treatments for pain relief of arthritis and osteoarthritis, with a large market spending lots of money every year. Now for the first time,

Tai Chi practice may be helpful for people with arthritis, as London Physiotherapists will be aware. The study was published in Arthritis Care & Research

UK researchers have developed an acoustic device which listens to the sounds noisy knees make and could screen for early onset of osteoarthritis or OA. Millions of people suffer from osteoarthritis of the knees in the world and the treatment and management of this condition is very expensive and difficult. An

Lower arm pain is suffered by a large number of people and work days lost every year stand at five million days. This is from a combination of conditions such as neck pain and arm pain, RSI or repetitive strain injury, tendonitis, golfers elbow and tennis

If you fracture a joint there is a relatively high chance that you will develop a degree of osteoarthritis in the years that follow. Why exactly this is so is not clear, but around 12% of people with ankle, knee or hip OA have had previous injury to their