Chester Jones never liked being Grumpy Grandpa. He didn’t get the name from a cantankerous disposition. He got it as a result of unrelenting pain he had dealt with since his 20s and the depression it ...

Massage, whether conducted in a softly lit day spa or a treatment room at a physical therapy clinic, is increasingly popular among people seeking to soothe sore joints and muscles, ease anxiety or ...

Treating arthritis may require a variety of health professionals. Building the right health-care team is a crucial step in managing your arthritis and your pain. In creating your team, you may need ...

The COVID-19 public health emergency officially ended on May 11, 2023, but little has changed for people living with long COVID. Many continue to struggle with ongoing, new or recurring effects of the ...

Join us for a candid conversation between mental health experts and families as we explore the real-life impacts of juvenile arthritis—not just on the child, but on the whole family. Get practical ...

Work out in water for more support and less pain. Remember what it was like to walk without aches? Get that sensation again by taking your workout to the water. “Exercising in a pool provides nearly ...

Exercise is now considered an essential part of any arthritis treatment plan and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Arthritis Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...

The reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that the right to abortion was protected under the constitutional right to privacy, is having unforeseen consequences for some people who take methotrexate ...

Your knees are crucial joints, each held together by a durable but vulnerable network of stabilizing ligaments, tendons, cartilage and bones. Knee ligaments have the especially tough job of keeping ...

Sometimes gout can be diagnosed based only on symptoms: intense, painful swelling in a single joint — often in the big toe — that subsides, only to show up again in the same or a different joint. In ...

Travis Salmon wasn’t the type to let a little ankle roll knock him out of the game. When he twisted his ankle playing basketball in high school and college, he did what was expected: He iced it, ...

Body-wide inflammation is at the root of most chronic diseases — and you may have more control over it than you think. If the experts are right, a lot of people are in a state of chronic inflammation.