Huh? To me it is subjective, having lived with arthritis pain most of my adult life. How does one objectively measure pain?
Some studies show that glucosamine and chondroitin did work. My Doctors opinion is that- they work on some but not all.
And Vit C can somewhat/slightly reduce the symptoms and duration of a cold. Okay, not a big deal, but as you said- harmless- and it prevents scurvy absolutely 100%.
Certainly subjective- and what is a 9 to one patient, might be a six to another.
Because of course the medical professional must be caring and convince the patient it will work.
You cant just take a sugar pill and - BAM! placebo.
As I understand it (not a doctor) the best suggestion for her would vary, depending on the cause of the pain. Pain itself is a symptom of any number of possible causes, and not a disease itself.
Assuming degeneration of the cartilage, I understand that building up the muscles around the joint may be able to help, so there’s more meat scaffolding the area and holding the bones away from one another.
That being said, I’m a little skeptical of the specific movements given in that link. The leg lifts seem to be things that would build muscles around the hip area, not the knee area? (Any doctors, feel free to comment.) To me, it seems like you would want to work the muscles connected to the knee (e.g. the sartorius) in a way that would not pull away from the joint rather than pushing into it.
Mosely was on a Greek island and went for a hike last Wednesday. They found his body 4 days later. Apparently got lost, high heat, barren countryside, etc.
I wonder if his regimen had something to do with it. He liked things like 2:5 fasting to prolong life. If he was fasting when he went on this hike it may have contributed to shortening his life instead.
Like I said, he was one of my favorite British medical presenters.
