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Arthritis, Confessors, Moralists, Moral Theologians, Vocations and the work of lay people because of his productivity

Rocky Raccoon: Have to grab my ankle with my teeth to move it forward, then again and again...Slow going!

Then suddenly he stopped and ambled away...

Morning calisthenics?

Shot using Minolta MC Rokkor - PF 55mm f/1.7

The hands of my father, Robert Guy (1944-2024).

On - fortunately - rare days, my cat's hip joints give her a hard time. She then hardly eats and probably also has pain when walking. Today was one of those days. It seems that old cats, like humans, also react with increased joint pain when the weather changes.

Not sure how arthritis can be stopped but maybe regular exercise will help.

Only the males have antlers, which start growing in the spring and are shed each winter. The largest antlers may be 1.2 m (4 ft) long and weigh 18 kg (40 lb). Antlers are made of bone which can grow at a rate of 2.5 cm (1 inch) per day. While actively growing, the antlers are covered with and protected by a soft layer of highly vascularised skin known as velvet. The velvet is shed in the summer when the antlers have fully developed.

Elk Antler Velvet is a natural remedy for Arthritis - it reduces inflammation, influences body metabolism, supports immune function, protects damaged tissues and affects blood, liver and kidney function.

View large to see this bull's antler velvet.

Bow Valley Parkway between Banff and Johnston Canyon, Alberta, Canada

Dedicated to the fabulous Clodders. See here for her explanation of the spoon theory: www.flickr.com/photos/careyrussell/2747643582/

Do Blue for Arthritis – In observance of World Arthritis Day, the Arthritis Foundation is encouraging everyone to "Do Blue" on Tuesday, Oct. 12 – from lighting up national landmarks in blue, like Niagara Falls, to wearing blue shoes and other apparel. On this day our voices will not only be heard, but also will be seen

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

IMG_1538 # Sport ist Mord.

Grösse und Qualität im Verhältnis - oder ist alles relativ?

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Mit dem regelmäßigen Verzehr von Kirschen – oder auch Sauerkirschsaft – lassen sich rheumatische Beschwerden sehr effektiv lindern. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommen Wissenschaftler aus Portland in den USA.

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Neben der Linderung von Schmerzen können sie Haut, Gewebe, Gefäße und Gelenke vor Alterserscheinungen schützen und das Immunsystem stärken. Bei Sportlern sollen Kirschen einen Muskelkater lindern können.

100 Gramm frische Kirschen weisen ca. 25 Milligramm schmerzstillenden Wirkstoff auf. Je dunkler und saurer die Kirschen, desto besser die Wirkung

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Nahrungsergänzungsmittel: Cherryplus in der Apothekeerhältlich

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alternativ: bei Entzündungen

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2. Pistazien -- Diese kleinen köstlichen Nüsse sind voller Antioxidantien, Ballaststoffe und Mineralien, die Ihren Körper schützen und Ihre Gesundheit unterstützen. Lassen Sie sich nicht verunsichern und glauben machen, Pistazien seien "Dickmacher" wie viele Leute tatsächlich glauben. Es sind gute Fette, die Ihnen helfen, Ihren Appetit zu kontrollieren und Ihre Hormone auszugleichen. In diesem Artikel werden die gesunden Pistazien und Ihre Vorteile näher beschrieben.

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Artischocken

sind voller einzigartiger Antioxidantien (mehr als die meisten anderen getesteten Gemüsesorten). Sie haben wirklich sehr wirkungsvolle gesundheitliche Vorteile und helfen, die Entzündungen in Ihrem Körper zu bekämpfen. Es sind Antioxdantien wie Anthocyane, Cynarin, Querzetin, Rutin, Luteolin und Silmarin.

Dieses erstaunliche Gemüse unterstützt eine gesunde Leberfunktion und hat auf das Verdauungssystem einen sehr positiven Effekt. Sie kann zudem den Gesamtcholesterinwert um einige Prozent senken! Nehmen Sie pro Woche einige Artischocken in Ihren Speiseplan auf und Ihr Körper (und Ihre Geschmacksknospen) werden es Ihnen danken. Sie sind eine echte Delikatesse!

Can osteoarthritis be mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis?

Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis can be mistaken for each other because both are characterized by swelling and inflammation. However, rheumatoid arthritis is different because in this condition, the body's immune system attacks the joints. This can happen suddenly and cause severe inflammation.

Does arthritis go away? No, but it can be managed. There is no cure for arthritis. However, treatment advances can help to minimize pain, improve range of motion, and prevent further damage.

Check-up and shots. Nothing urgent but Bella will need her teeth cleaned within next few months. Both her knees have luxating patellas on scale of 2 out of 4. No surgery needed at this point but she will be taking supplements to help in case she gets arthritis. Poor Bella is now on a diet of only 1/2 cup of food per day with carrots for a treat. Hopefully that will help her lose a pound in the next few months.

Arthritis Awareness is a cause very close to my heart, as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. For many years, I believed that arthritis mainly affected older people, and was the odd twinge in the joint. That was until my auntie had it at the age of 20- it's her hand on the right hand side. I started to understand then more about how a condition such as arthritis can have a profound impact upon your life.

Then it happened to me, aged 28 and I felt like my whole world as I knew it had ended, probably because it had. My life now is utterly different from my life before, and I have swung from being housebound, to being back at work, and now I am housebound once more and using a wheelchair.

You see, there is no cure all for arthritis, and it doesn't discriminate, young, old, tall, short, slim, fat, it's an equal opportunities destroyer. The great thing is that as we progress, we learn more about this condition and how best to treat it.

If you would like to understand more about arthritis and the effect that it can have, please read this post, it's a good starting point:

batsgirl.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/gorilla-in-your-house.html

Arthritis can't kill you, but it can take your life.

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here

www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here

www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp

Arthritis cant kill you but it can take your life

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here

www.worldarthritisday.org/eular.php

Arthritis cant kill you but it can take your life..

Please look at the "spoon theory" here [http://www.flickr.com/photos/careyrussell/2747643582/]

I live with chronic 'invisible' illness, there is no cure, but I can manage the symptoms. Through various places I have met lots of friends who also have chronic illnesses, many have forms of arthritis (please remember, there are many different forms). I am always amazed by the strength they have, how brave they are.

Today is World Arthritis Day, I wanted my photo to represent that. Heres some more info for you:

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here

www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp

Arthritis cant kill you but it can take your life.

Edited to add this article, which highlights what it can be like to live with such an illness: www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/...

Ibuprofen chapter

remember the other day i said i rarely wear a skirt? well this is my usual garment of choice, although as a rule i do elect to wear a top with them ;-D

i've been looking at everyone's 'blue' pictures today for world arthritis day with a lot of interest, especially from those who are personally effected.

i spend a fair percentage of my time whinging about my flabby stomach, or my too broad shoulders, or my peculiar shaped nose...and then i read stories from carey and jaime and feel throughly ashamed of myself. and wonder what the bloody hell i'm complaining about. so this (heavily processed as i'm still a bit shy) tribute is for you :-)

Do Blue for Arthritis – In observance of World Arthritis Day, the Arthritis Foundation is encouraging everyone to "Do Blue" on Tuesday, Oct. 12 – from lighting up national landmarks in blue, like Niagara Falls, to wearing blue shoes and other apparel. On this day our voices will not only be heard, but also will be seen

Arthritis can't kill you but it can take your life....

Please join me today in celebrating World Arthritis Day, where today our voices will not only be heard but will also be seen.

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

Thank you xx

Cynthia is constantly beading. Making necklaces and earrings and such. She says it's good for her arthritis. Recently I found her sorting some of the necklaces. I don't think I fully realized how many she had made. And these are not even all of them.

Multiple attempts for these very arthritic hands to get exactly what was needed.

World Arthritis Day has been celebrated 1996 by ARI (Arthritis Rheumatism International) first. It is being celebrated each year on October 12th.

Now, people with arthritis from around the world join together to make their voices heard on this day. You can join in and raise this voice also!

The aims of World Arthritis Day are:

To raise awareness of arthritis in all its forms among the medical community, people with arthritis and the general public

To influence public policy by making decision-makers aware of the burden of arthritis and the steps which can be taken to ease it

To ensure all people with arthritis and their caregivers are aware of the vast support network available to them.

More info here

www.arthritiscare.org.uk/NewsRoom/Latestnewsstories/DSRp

Arthritis cant kill you but it can take your life

I've always loved my father's hands, not just for their looks but for the work they did. Now he's 87 and terribly arthritic. Still love his hands!

This woman faithfully writes letters to those she loves, despite the crippling arthritis in her hands. These hand shots were part of a slide show on the "hands of heaven on earth".

This guy had the sharpest 55 Chevy truck in town. I shot the reflection in his glasses because the quality of the truck reflected his workmanship. Sadly, the picture doesn't do the truck justice.

A posterior anterior view of the hand showing severe thumb CMC joint arthritis.

Arthritis is Older Than Humans

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I modified my Decmber 2012 abstract to create this abstract for the new group , Cronic Invisible Illness, and SeCoNdSyLvIe (a group admin). I deliberately softened the colors to signify the hurt people have with a cronic invisible illness. They are not always cheerful, and colorful.

In the groups words:

You LOOK healthy. You may have FIBROMYALGIA, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, FM/CFS/CFIDS/ME....or LUPUS...DIABETES, MENTAL ILLNESS.....

People do not see you as a sick person. Yet you have CHRONIC INVISIBLE ILLNESS and people MAY think you are 1. CRAZY, 2. LAZY or 3. IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD.......

This group is a SUPPORT GROUP for all people in FLICKR who suffers from Chronic Invisible Illnesses.......the list is long....and who want a SAFE haven from being labelled, discounted, invalidated or made into a pariah.

DISCUSSION in this group has been made private.

Not everybody wants to broadcast their illnesses to the world....so please join...first....

WHO SHOULD JOIN - people with Chronic Invisible Illness and their friends and families and supporters.

MORE EXAMPLES OF INVISIBLE ILLNESSES

Examples of invisible conditions are arthritis, asthma, brain injury, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain of most types, Cushing's syndrome, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, endometriosis, heart disease, lupus, Lyme disease, Meniere's disease, migraine, multiple sclerosis in the early stages, neurological and seizure disorders, osteoporosis, organ transplant, and Parkinson’s disease.

I worked from home yesterday and didn't get out to take any pictures. I did grab a few shots with my phone, so I thought I would share this one.

I have suffered from lower back pain off and on for several years, so this year when it flared up, I found out what the problem was. I have arthritis in my lower back (between three of the lower vertebrae), which flares up if I don't exercise or stretch enough. I have gone to physical therapy a few times now and have a set of exercises/stretches that help (I also take Aleve).

So here is a shot of me stretching my right leg, which also helps strengthen my hip and back.

Cheers,

Wade

#Wade365n2

She's be 85 next month - Sept 29, 2009

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Swelling and deformity of the DIP joint - the end joint of the finger. This is the most common place for osteoarthritis in the hand.

Radiograph of thumb arthritis showing bone spurs and near dislocation of the worn out CMC joint of the thumb.

Bell's Old In SL series

The MP joint in the middle of the thumb is hyperextended. It loosens up over the years as the next joint towards the wrist (the CMC joint) wears out and stiffens up. This is very advanced osteoarthritis of the thumb.