Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment Perth

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Osteoarthritis Pain Treatment Perth
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Introduction

• Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that
  progresses over time. It causes joint pain and
  stiffness, and limits your daily activities.
• In the most severe cases, the involved joints are
  non-functional and in these cases joint
  replacement surgery might be the only solution.

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Common symptoms of osteoarthritis

• Joint Stiffness
• Joint stiffness is most prominent when you wake
  up in the morning or after periods of inactivity.
• Pain in the joint
• Pain is experienced in the joints during or after
  movement.
• Reduced flexibility
• You might be unable to move your joint through
  its full range of motion.

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Common symptoms of osteoarthritis

• Tenderness in the joint
• You might feel tenderness in a joint on applying
  light pressure to it.
• Bone spurs
• You might feel hard lumps (pieces of bone
  fragment) around the affected joint.
• Sound of grating
• You might hear or feel a grating sensation at the
  time of joint mobilisation.

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Major causes of Osteoarthritis pain

• Cartilage deteriorationOsteoarthritis occurs due
  to the gradual deterioration of the cartilage
  that cushions the ends of bones in your joints.
• Ligament degeneration
• Meniscal damage
• Joint fluid alterations
• Muscle weakness

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There are several factors that might heighten
your risk of osteoarthritis. These factors
include Age With age the greater the risk of
osteoarthritis Obesity Extra body weight can
increase susceptibility of developing
osteoarthritis. Excess body weight places
additional stress on weight-bearing joints like
hips and knees. Injuries in the
joint Sports-related injuries often heighten the
risk of osteoarthritis. Even past sports injuries
that have been healed can increase the risk of
osteoarthritis. Genetics Hereditary conditions
may exist that precipitate degeneration of the
joints.
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How Painsense can help you?

• Painsense specializes in interventional pain
  treatment and assists patients to provide chronic
  pain relief such as osteoarthritis pain relief. 
• At Painsense, the team believes that every
  individual has different requirements and needs.
  That is why specialist clinical assessment is
  carried out to get an idea of the medical history
  of every patient. 
• Further, the use of radiological investigations
  may be employed to make the treatments more
  accurate.

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Conclusion

• Most importantly, the accuracy of the procedure
  is confirmed at every step before implementing.
  Performing the greatest number of interventional
  procedures for Osteoarthritis in Perth, Painsense
  is best placed to assist you in this area.

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• Contact us today to schedule an appointment or to
  speak to one of our staff. We are more than happy
  to answer any of your questions with regards to
  pain management treatment.

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