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Suggest Treatment For Arthritis With Over Weight
I have l4 l5 mild arthritis they say but believe me I live in ny and it doesn't feel mild. I have an appointment with an ortho today what should I ask him. I am overweight trying to stretch and loose weight but I have had this when I was thiinand 18 I am 44 now
Mon, 29 Sep 2014
Hello,
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Its apparent from your description that you have got a degenerative disease of spine. some may have it early like in your case. Basically you should undergo a MRI of your spine which will give you an idea whether the likely compression is treatable with surgery or not.
Otherwise the option that we have are to mitigate the pain. You can start pregaba, a molecule which will reduce your pain.Even amitriptyline is a good medication which reduces such pain to a large extent .
Do consult a physiotherapist who would like to advise you some back exercises and do , do them regularly.
To lose weight
You can take high protein, and vitamin diet,
Avoid fatty, oily, junk food.
Drink 4 to 5 little water daily.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly,
Wish you good health,
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Its apparent from your description that you have got a degenerative disease of spine. some may have it early like in your case. Basically you should undergo a MRI of your spine which will give you an idea whether the likely compression is treatable with surgery or not.
Otherwise the option that we have are to mitigate the pain. You can start pregaba, a molecule which will reduce your pain.Even amitriptyline is a good medication which reduces such pain to a large extent .
Do consult a physiotherapist who would like to advise you some back exercises and do , do them regularly.
To lose weight
You can take high protein, and vitamin diet,
Avoid fatty, oily, junk food.
Drink 4 to 5 little water daily.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to contact me directly,
Wish you good health,
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