Products to help for joint pain and rheumatism 

On this site you will find natural products based on herbs, vitamins, minerals and anti-oxydants targeted at specific problems of the joints, tendons and muscular apparatus. There are also devices to treat body parts afflicted with rheumatic pain and stiffness by means of massaging movements, heating, cooling and mechanical support. Please click at the banners or links to learn more or buy.

Natural drugs to help for rheumatic problems

Devices to help against rheumatic pain and functional difficulties

Help against other health problems

What is rheumatism and what causes rheumatism

Dietary advices against rheumatism

About herbs to help for rheumatic problems

Natural drugs to help for rheumatic problems

FIBROMYALGIA - Anatrin: By fibromyalgia there is widespread chronic musculoskeletal aching around the body, and distinct tenderness at specific points. Symptoms also include fatigue, lack of sleep, morning stiffness, headaches, and depression.  

This prouct helps against fibromyalgia by increasing energy, reducing pain, alleviating inflammation, improving mental mood and  giving more energy so that fatigue disappears or alleviates. 

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OSTEOPOROSIS - Exuprin: By osteoporosis the joints get brittle because they loose their mineral content, especially calcium salts. This supplement furnishes those minerals lost in a easily absorbable form.

The product also gives vitamins and other natural substances that stimulate the bones to take up the minerals to rebuild their structure.

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Carpal tunnel syndrome - Neurophine - This ailment is due to nerves in the wrist that are squeezed because of tissue swelling in the surrounding caused by wearing and inflammation. This product helps to alleviate inflammations and tissue injuries that cause nerves to be squeezed.

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RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME - Sedorum - RLS gives unpleasant itching, cribling and burning feelings in the limbs and unwanted movements coupled with these sensations due to problems with the nervous sensory functions and controle of the limbs. This natural drug contains relaxing herbs and nutrients for better motoric nerve function.

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COLD HANDS AND FEET and blood circulation problems in hands and feet - Cold hands and feet and problems with the blood circulation in hands and feet are frequent manifestations by rheumatic conditions. This cream helps to improve blood circulation and thus make the hands and feet warmer. Through this link you can also find many other products for body comfort that are useful by rheumatic problems.

Thermax warming cream Always too cold? Verseo Thermax Warm Cream is a topical cream which works naturally to warm cold hands and feet by improving blood circulation problems.

 

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Devices to help against rehumatic pain and functional difficulties

The devices exhibited here are just some examples. Through these product links you can find many other devices for various needs. Just click at any of the product links and you get into a shop where you can browse for the exact product you are looking for.

Knee and elbow support - Through this link you can find it in many sizes.

Pro Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support - Medium: 14.5" - 16" Pro Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support Runners, soccer players, hikers, and athletes of all levels will enjoy relief from tendonitis and knee pain when they buy the Pro-Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support from ActiveForever. Designed with comfort in mind, the Pro Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support provides the necessary warmth and moderate knee support to relieve pain and allow you to perform at your optimum level, yet is comfortable enough to be worn for everyday walking. The Pro Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support provides gentle compression to the area of the knee surrounding the patella, commonly referred to as the kneecap. Inside the knee brace is an additional support in the form of u-shaped tubing that cradles the patella and helps to improve patellar tracking. The Pro Tec Short Sleeve Knee Support also provides warmth to the region, increasing circulation and enhancing the healing process.

Square Hit VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap Square Hit VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap The Square Hit VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap was designed to help users stay in the game without having to suffer from pain associated with Tennis Elbow. Designed using the latest computer modeling and biomechanical principles, the Square Hit VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap dampens pressure on the injured muscle and tendon groups to comfortably reduce forearm pain. The unique stretchable design makes the VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap less likely to irritate forearm muscles or cause nerve injury and is ideal for those who play tennis, as well as golf. Buy your Square Hit VictoryBand Tennis Elbow Support Strap today from ActiveForever! Square Hit Tennis Victory Band Elbow Support Strap Features: Relieves pain in the elbow during work or play Ideal for those suffering from tennis elbow Stretchable design to reduce forearm numbness Square Hit Tennis Victory Band Elbow Support Strap

Support to facilitate good posture - Through this link you can find it in many sizes.

Shoulders Back Posture Support Lite - White - Medium - 24-38" Around Rib Cage ShouldersBack ™ Posture Support Lite The ShouldersBack Posture Support Lite is a back brace that helps train the body to maintain proper posture by strengthening the muscles that surround the spine. This lightweight and flexible vest-like brace helps user's stand taller and gain confidence in as little as one hour a day. Easy to use, the Shoulders Back Lite is made out of a soft, sheer material that can be worn under or over clothing, even during the heat of the summer. Fully adjustable, the Posture Support has one set of straps that fasten just under the chest, while suspender straps come diagonally across the shoulders; these straps can be adjusted to increase or decrease the tension and corrective force. Start standing taller with today; buy the ShouldersBack ™ Posture Support Lite from ActiveForever!

Body wrap to worm comfort. warm and ease movements in aching and stiff areas

Q Fiber Infrared Heat Therapy Body Wrap Q Fiber Infrared Heat Therapy Body Wrap Heat Therapy from the Q Fiber Infrared Heat Therapy Body Wrap provides you with the ultimate in muscle relief and improves your physiology. Heat therapy is more than just a temporary fad people use at saunas. It's a healthy means of improving your immune responses, increasing blood flow, and speeding up metabolism. The infrared heat therapy body wrap is made with all types of users in mind who need muscle pain relief! Infrared deep heat therapy activates the natural enzymes and metabolism within the tissue. During the first minutes you will feel the heat therapy penetrate your body from the outside into your core. By increasing heat inside your body, blood vessels are able to dilate and blood moves through your body faster. This also increases your metabolism, which is good if you are working to lose weight. Another great benefit of the infrared heat therapy body wrap is the muscle strain relief.

Therall Joint Warming Back Support - Medium Therall Joint Warming Back Support The Therall Joint Warming Back Support is an easy to use, therapeutic device that provides long lasting, soothing relief to aching joints, muscles and tissues. The Therall Back Support is constructed from a four-way stretch material that is embedded with ceramic fibers; these fibers retain heat and slowly reflect back a deep penetrating therapeutic heat. Added benefits of using the Therall Back Support include an increase in blood circulation and an improvement in joint mobility; buy the Therall Joint Warming Back Support today from ActiveForever! Therall Joint Warming Back Support Features: Four-way stretch material Provides light compression Embedded with ceramic fibers that retain heat Heat penetrates deep into aching joints, muscles and tissues Provides long lasting, soothing relief Helps increase circulation and improve joint mobility Therall Joint Warming Back Support Specifications:

Ice and heat wraps for knees, shoulders, back - Through this link you can find wraps for cooling and heating of various body parts. They can be found in various sizes.

ActiveWrap Knee Heat & Ice Wrap - Active Wrap Knee - Small/Medium ActiveWrap ® Knee Heat & Ice Wrap The ActiveWrap Knee Heat & Ice Wrap is an all in one wrap that provides firm compression support along with relieving hot and cold therapy. The smart design of the Active Wrap Knee Support allows the hot and cold packs to be adjusted anywhere through the wrap to provide cool, comfortable relief. The ActiveWrap Knee Heat & Ice Wrap does everything you need a wrap to do: it provides heat, cold, and mild-moderate support for the knee. The Active Wrap Knee Heat & Ice Wrap is the all in one wrap you have been searching for! The ActiveWrap Knee Heat & Ice Wrap is not only a heat and ice wrap but also provides compression support. The ActiveWrap includes 2 large reusable hot and cold packs with a specially formulated thermal material designed to prevent the gel from moving or pushing away from the injured site. The 2 large reusable packs are great for continuous icing after a strenuous activity, when one pack gets too warm simply switch it out with a cold one.

Massager to massage stiff and aching legs and feet  

Ucomfy Leg and Foot Massager Ucomfy Leg and Foot Massager The Ucomfy Leg and Foot Massager is designed to provide users with total-body tension relief and revitalization by massaging the feet, ankles and calves all at the same time. With a combination of kneading and vibration therapy, the Ucomfy Leg and Foot Massager uses pressure nodes located under the feet to stimulate the reflex points of the soles of the feet, while flexing kneading disks work calf muscles and ankles. This enables the Ucomfy Leg and Foot Massager to provide soothing lower leg therapy. The Ucomfy comes equipped with three speed levels and three intensity settings, as well as customizable massage with dual-mode kneading and vibration programs that penetrates deeply into tired muscles, soothing away soreness and fatigue. Easy to use, the Ucomfy has an adjustable tilt angle for easy and comfortable seating position, while the convenient carrying handles make this leg massager easier to move around in the home.

Heat wrap system to treat problems in the limbs due to diabetes and arthritis - This is the central unit. Through the links you will also find wraps for various body parts.

Aqua Relief System - Aqua Relief System - Boots & Pads Sold Separately Aqua Relief System The Aqua Relief System is specifically designed for diabetic relief and care. This automatic hot water therapy system provides instant heat through patented hand and feet wraps to improve circulation while reducing pain. By distributing 105° Fahrenheit water to the hands and/or feet, the Aqua Relief System helps relieve the discomfort due to diabetic neuropathy, arthritic pain or even carpal tunnel syndrome, while also relieving pain in joints and sore muscles. Both safe and effective and clinically proven to be a therapeutic pain management system, the Aqua Relief provides long lasting thermal therapy in the comfort of one's own home. The added benefit of being an all-in-one system provides users with cold therapy, when needed, to reduce swelling and edema. Purchase your Aqua Relief System today from ActiveForever! Note: The Aqua Relief System does not include boots or pad. All accessories sold separately.

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Good online shops with products to help for rheumatism and other health problems

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PRODUCTS FOR BODY COMFORT - This online shop have a lot of products for body comfort that are useful by rheumatic conditions, like therapeutic bath products, massage products, detox products.

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What is rheumatism and what causes rheumatism

Rheumatism is chronic disease in the joints, tendons and the muscular system. By rheumatic ailments normal tissue is destroyed, the afflicted area will also often be red, warm and swallen, and there will be chronic ache or pain.  There is also often some proliferation of abnormal tissue, making the afflicted areas permanently swallen and more or less deformed.

The rheumatic conditions can be grouped in three groups based on the causes and the type of disease process.

- In the largest group, inflammation is the basic process. The inflammation in this group is  usually caused by an auto-immune process, and not by an infection in the joints or muscles. An infection somewhere in the body can however release substances that bind to the joints and there trigger an immune response, and thus cause such a disease to begin.  The inflammation can then in turn make tissues grow outside their limits and deforme joints, tendons and muscles.

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most well-known disease in this group. Anchylosing pondylosis, an inflammatory process of the spinal verebrae and of the discs between the vertebrae, is another exmple. Systemic Lupus eruthematosus is a rheumatic disease giving inflammation in joint structures throughout the body and also inflammatory reactions in nearly any organ system.

Inflammatory rheumatoid diseases can not allways be clearly classified. Often people suffer from conditions that look like blendings of several diseases.

Often by arthritis and sometimes by other inflammatory rheumatoid diseases there is a substance  in the blood called rheumatoid factor. This substace is an antibody that is directed at other antibodies in the blood, especially directed ay IgG type antibodies. The autoinflammatory condition makes the immune system produce abtibodies against own tissue. These antibodies can then be detected as something alien to the body by the immune system, and the immune system can then also make antibodies against the antibodies of the abnormal autoimmune responce.

Sometimes by arthritis and other rheumatic diseases there is a accumulation of protein waste between the cells in many tisues, so-called amyloid, complicating the disease. The condition is called amyloidosis. The amyloid seems to accumulate within cells at first. Then the cell full of amyloid dies, and mostly dissolves, but the amyloid remains and disturbes the structure of the tissue.

- In the second group the joints, tendons or muscles are destructed by wearage. Tissues in joints, bones and muscles can be injured if they are subjected to exaggerated daily impacts during sport or work. If the tissues for some reaon also have impaired repair processes, the injuries by the dayly wearage wil be even greater.

Osteoarthritis, a wearage and break-down of the joints in the limbs,  is an example of this group of diseases.

- In the third group a chronic infection in the joints is the basic process. The infection makles the joints inflamed and makes them morer esily susceptible for daily wearage.

Inflammation in the joints will make the joints swallen. The joints can be red and feel warm. The swelling will in the accute face be made of extra tissue fluid assambled in the joints. When the inflammation gets chronic, the tissues wil begin to grow abnormally and exaggeratedly. The abnormal growth can in extreme cases even resamble the growth of cancers.

The inflammatory reaction is seldome confined to only the muscles and joints, but often other organs are affected to some degree also, or inflammatory disease in other organs occur simultanously, for example in the intestines, the kidneys or the heart.

The exact process and causes by inflammatory theumatic diseases will be different for the different types of rheumatic diseases. There are however some common causing factors, or factors aggraviating the condition.

Some types of food tend to increase inflammatory reactions and thus aggreviate rheumatic disease. Oils containing omega-6-poly-unsaturaed fatty acids are among these, like soy oil or corn oil. Too high consume of ceraeals, and especially wheat also trigger inflammation. Altered fatty  acids, trans-fat, are among the worst triggers of inflammation.

Infections that are not necessary serious themselves, can sometimes trigger auto-immune reactions, and thus cause rheumatism. This may occure because substances produced by the bacteria fixes to the tissue in muscles and joints, and cause the immune system to react against the points where these substancs are fastened. It may also occur if substances produced by bacteria are so similar to components of the own tissue that the immune system gets confused.

Problems in the joints, tendons and especially muscles can also be caused by neurological conditions. Such conditions can cause pain and partly or totally paralysis. Examples of this is carpal tunnel syndrome where nerves get squeesed because of inflammation or wearing in surrounding tissues and restless leg syndrome where sensorial dysfunction causes an unresistable urge to moove or directly automatic cramps and movements.

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Some dietary advices about rheumatism

Things you should consume: You must have a great enough consume of omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids, since these fatty acids reduce inflammation and thereby alleviate rheumatic diseases.

Fish, especially fat fish, seafood, fish oils and flax seed oil contain omega-3-polyunsaturated fat, and you should use much of these food types.

Also omega-9 mono-usaturated acids are good at reducing inflammatory processes, and they are good for the heart and blood circulation. Food types you should use to get these fatty acids are: Olives, olive oil, rape oil, canola oil and almonds.

If you add the listed oils to your diet, you should reduce the intake of other types of fat, so that you do not get too much fat.

You should also eat much vegetables, since also these make a body chemistry that reduce inflammation.

Things you should not over-consume: Some types of fatty acids are necessary in the diet, but nevertheless tend to increase inflammatory processes in the body, namely the omega-6 poly-unsaturated acids. You should avoid consuming too much of food with a high content of these fatty acids.

Many common oils contain very much of these acids. Oil types you should avoid consuming in great amounts because of a high  content of omega-6 fat are:  Soy oil, corn oil and sunflower oil.

Most food you buy that is ready to eat from the factory or restaurant contain these types of fat. You should therefore reduce the consumption of food you do not cook yourself.

Sunflower seeds and most nut types contain omega-6-oils. Sunflower seeds and nuts should absolutely be a part of your diet, but do not over-consume them.

Bread, cereals and products  made of corn or cereals also increase the inflammation response, especially if they contain wheat. Wheat causes a special type of inflammation in the intestines called celiac disease in some individuals, but may also trigger inflammation  of non-celiac type. However, full-corn cereals and full-corn bread are valuable types of food, so you should not stop eating them. But if you eat bread or corn products at every meal, you should reduce your intake of these and eat more potatos, beans and peas.

Things you should avoid: You should aviod chemically altered fat. This type of fat has a very negative effect on the health and may be very potent inflamatory agents. Margarine, snacks, fast food and ready made cakes or cookies often contain this kind of fat. Unfortunately this type of fat is also often added to bread. A good idea could be to bake your bread yourself.

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Herbs and natural substances that help for rheumatic diseases

Here are listed some herbs that help against rheumatic diseases. Some of these herbs alleviate inflammation, others stimulate tissue healing. The products presented above contain one or more of these herbs as ingredients.

BioCell Collagen Type II™ - This is a protein that gives important building blocks used to restore the normal structure of the joints.

Boron - This element is found natyrally in the structure of joints and help to give the joints their normal physical structure.

Condoirine sulphate - This is a structural component in joints and tendons. A supplement of this substance may help to rebuild damaged joint structires.

Copper - This element has shown to counteract inflammation.

Glucosamine HCI - This sugar-like compund has shown to reduce pain by osteoarthritis and to help joints restore their natura structure and lubrication.

Hyaluronic acid - This is a structural component in joints and tendons. A supplement of this substance may help to rebuild damage joint structires.

Methylsulfonyl Methane (MSM) - This component contains sulphure that is used as a building block in the structure of joints and tendonms, and thus helps to restore normal joint structure.

Boswellia Serratat - This hebs alleviate inflammation. The ingredient in the herb, boswellic acid, reduces production of enzymes that are effectors in the inflammation process.

Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) - This is a moemga-6-fatty acid that helsp to alleviate inflammation and auto-ommune responses. This is one of very few omega-6-acids having this property. Most omega-6-acids increase inflammatory processes. GLA is under research as an anti-cancer agent that can suppress metastais. This property may be of importance also by rheumatic diseases, since also by these diseases tissue often grow past their natural borders.

Omega-3- fatty acids. Omega-3-fatty acids tend to alleviate inflammation. You find such acids in Fish, especially fat fish, seafood, fish oils and flax seed oil

Ginger - This herb stimulate the restoration of normal structure in damage joints, as by osteoarthritis.

Cat's  Claw - This herb reduces inflammation, reduces excessive storage of water in the tissues and thereby reduces tissue swelling. Active ingredients is a group of glycosides.
 

Tumeric - Turmeric counteracts inflammation and by means of anti-oxydants counteract damage of jopint structures.

Grape Seed Ext -Turmeric counteracts inflammation and by means of anti-oxydants counteract the action of certain components in the inflammatory process.
 

Valerian root  (Valeriane officinalis) - Valeria can help to relieve crams in muscles. It can also be helpful against restlessness, poor sleep and anxiety.

Vitamins B3 and C - These vitamins has shown to counteract reduction of the structures in the joints by rheumatic processes, to reduce pain and increase range of motion.

Vitamin B5 - Pantothenic acid. A study has swown that people having severe arthriotis have low levels of vitamin B5. This vitamine also stimulate tissue regenereation.

Zink - People suffering from rheumatoid arthritis often show to lack zink in their tissues. Zink is also imprtant for the regeneration of damaged tissues.

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