Hello,

We are researchers at the Social Psychology Lab of the University of
Virginia conducting a study on pain intensity. This study will allow
us to investigate how thoughts and feelings combine in the experience
of pain.

If you are over the age of 18 and you have experienced at least 6
months of physical pain in your life, please take a few minutes to
reply to an anonymous brief survey. The link is:

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Launch?study=/user/andy/pain/schroeder.painstudy...

We appreciate your assistance with our study. If you have any
questions, please contact us at psych-painstudy@virginia.edu.

Thank you,
Gerald Clore, Ph. D.
Juliana Schroeder
University of Virginia

I'm having a miserable time of it. My arthritis is flaring up, and because
I have an ulcer, I can't take aspirin. If it isn't one joint that's giving
me trouble, it's another. I could do physical therapy for my knees, but
that aggravates my ankles. The best treatment that works is to rub
aspircreme on the joints that are giving me trouble and then wrap them in
ace bandages, but that's starting to get played out. I'd figured that
eventually it might give me a rash, and I was right. The rash is trying to
take hold on my ankles. So now I have to just hope that discontinuing the
cream and trying to walk slowly will be enough to control the pain and the
rash. I didn't do anything to deserve this torture. ;(

Hi

I am new to this group. I was diagnosed this year as having Marfan's
(HCTD - Hereditary Connective Tissue Disorder).

Currently, I am taking anti-arthritics, anti-inflamatories and
cortresone injections

I have bi-latteral chondromalatial-osteo-arthritis (Patella femoral
pain syndrome)
Costochondritis (Inflamation of the membrane between the rib-cage and
organs)
Generalised Arthritis/Inflammation related pain in all joints due to
sublax/hyper-mobile joints

And I am wearing a wrist brace permanently at this point due to loss
of cartlidge in my left wrist in which case my GP is indifferent, my
biokineticist is just glad cus her work is less seeing as she only has
a couple of routines to work with so I don't strain my wrist...or my
heart and the occupational therapist still hasn't come back to me with
any form of solution...

So, yes...it goes without saying that I would appreciate any advice in
regards to these little nuisances ;o)

An estimated 46 million adults in the United States reported being
told by a doctor that they have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia.

One in five (over 21%%) adults in the United States report having
doctor diagnosed arthritis.
In 2003–2005, 50%% of adults 65 years and over reported an arthritis
diagnosis.

By 2030, an estimated 67 million of Americans aged 18 years or older
are projected to have doctor-diagnosed arthritis.

This is the data about Arthritis collected by different agencies from
United Sates of America. One thing in this Data is important to note
that this is only from U S, data from all over the world may be more
shocking.......... to know more click:

http://www.ayurvedicdietsolutions.com/Arthritis.php