Pain Joint

As you get older it is likely that you begin experiencing joint pains, or at least you may know someone around you who does. Joint pain can have several causes. Joint pain can be caused by damage to a structure within the joint itself or near it like a tendon, or it can also be just one part of a whole-body disease process. Anyway, it is important to differentiate if the pain in joints is caused by inflammation of the joint or if there is joint pain without inflammation.

In the case of aching joints caused by inflammatory joint disorders, some of their characteristics are: swelling and pain, systemic symptoms like fatigue or weight loss, marked morning stiffness or joint pain stiffness that becomes worse when resting or being inactive for a long time but is improved when moving or using some drugs. The most known inflammatory joint disorders are rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, inflammatory osteoarthritis and crystal arthropathies.

As for joints pain caused by non-inflammatory joint disorders, they have these characteristics: pain without swelling, there is no fever or weight loss, minimal and intermittent morning stiffness which lasts less than one hour and stiffness which becomes worse when in activity. The most known joint disorders in this category include: trauma like tears to muscles, and osteoarthritis.

Treating and preventing

So, how can joint pain be treated or prevented? Joint pain treatment will depend on the cause, so inflammatory joint pain will probably respond well to corticosteroids, while non-inflammatory joint pain is better treated with paracetamol. As for prevention, in the case of patients which have osteoarthritis, which results from wear and tear of a joint over the years, a simple change in their lifestyles, like wearing comfortable shoes and a leg pillow like the Leg Wedge Pillow, would be enough to help reduce this wear and tear and make less likely to develop osteoarthritis.

The Leg Wedge Pillow has been designed to fit the natural curves of your body and legs, cradling you in comfort and providing proper sleep positioning and joint pain relief. This great pillow relieves pressure in joints like those of the hips, knees and ankles as soon as you place it between your legs. You will be able to feel the pressure and tension release almost immediately, allowing you to get pain free sleep and waking up in the morning rejuvenated and ready for the day. Now you can sleep quietly and comfortably without having to worry for joint discomfort.