Danny's Aching Hip and Knee Joint

While having a dinner and training session with some of my Health Sciences associates at a local restaurant, Danny introduced himself as the manager and said he could not over hear that we were talking about Health and Nutritional products. Danny, 52 years old, told us that he had a lot of health issues..... mainly high cholesterol, high blood pressure but the pain in his hip and knee joints were so severe and debilitating that he is on short final to get a hip replacement.

Danny said that although his knee joint hurt like the dickens when he is walking, the hip joint (really mainly on one side) bothered him even when he was sitting or sleeping. He figured he would take care of one joint pain problem at a time, the hip being the biggest problem.

He told us that hip joint replacement surgery, on one hip, would cost him $205,000 out of pocket. He found a hospital in Costa Rico that would do the same surgery for $12,500 including airfare, hotel and hospitalization costs. Seemingly a good deal until you consider that joint replacement surgeries are lasting, on average 8 to 12 years. This would necessitate another costly replacement surgery for Danny when is around 60 to 64 years old.

We told Danny about our products and what he may want to try nutritionally with pharmaceutical grade supplements not only for his knee and hip joint pain, but also with his general health issues with high cholesterol and blood pressure. We simply have to provide our bodies with proper nutrients in order for the body to work properly. I reject out of hand that surgery and medications are your first line solutions to joint pain and health issues, especially when the nutritional approach is much less invasive and costly.

I gave Danny some information, wrote down several websites for him to look at and now it’s his call whether or not he wants see what pharmaceutical grade nutritional products may provide to alleviate his joint pain in his knees and hips, but with his overall health as well.

Steve's Joint Pain

Received a phone call from Steve G. from Washington State, two nights ago.  Steve had been having pretty severe knee joint pain which precluded him from too much running and biking.  Steve is an amateur tri-athlete and needs to run and bike in order to stay competitive in his age group.  I think that if Steve had to give up running and biking that he may as well just give up on life, such as is his addiction to physical fitness.

He had previously called me 5 months earlier to tell me his knee joint pain had all but evaporated and he was so happy to be able to run and bike pain free again. Steve's phone call two nights ago was to let me know that his thumb joint pain, occurring where the long thumb bone (1st Metacarpel) connects to the palm (Carpus -or actually 8 carpal bones), has disappeared as well. Steve said that he thought this thumb joint pain was just the price he was paying to train with weights and ride bikes long distances.

He stated that he didn't even think about the thumb joint pain it he was focusing on training and his knees, but a couple of days ago he realized his thumbs were not hurting at the thumb-palm joint area, hence the reason he called me.  I told Steve that I also have a lady client who has experienced a great reduction in her hip joint pain, but also in her thumb joints as well.

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Tim's Unexpected Benefit from Glucosamine

Tim, from Denver, is an Electrician who worked on several multi-story commercial building.  Part of his job required carrying tools and heavy loads of material (wiring and conduit) up long flights of stairs.  He had thought that he may have to find a different job as his knee joint pain was getting worse and being in his early 50's, he could not retire.  

Tim recently e-mailed me and told me that he started taking the same Pharmaceutical Grade Glucosamine that I am taking. He said he was willing to try anything because his livelihood was on the line.  Tim wrote that  his knee joint pain was so debilitating that he was actually working in the Newspaper Job ads to find other possible employment (figure the odds in this period of economic downturn and high unemployment). He also stated that he had tried Off The Shelf Joint Supplements from Wal-Mart and other retail sources, for the past several years, all without any positive effect on reducing his knee pain.

Anyway, to get to the point, Tim wrote that not only is his knee joint pain greatly reduced, but his back pain which had been giving him problems as well, has been significantly reduced as well.  I replied back to Tim to try adding Pharmaceutical grade Fish Oil that provides EPA, DHA and two important long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and I think he will get even better results as well as giving his body a cardio-vascular nutrient. 

Tim is another success story.  He was fortunate that his knee joint problems, and back pain or back problems were such that could be helped with high potency, pharmaceutical grade Glucosamine.  Although there are some surgical procedures that are minimally invasive, a good idea is to always first start looking for solutions that possess the least risk.    

Running Shoes and Aching Knees

If you are a runner with achy knee joints, especially a runner in the 40+ age group, I would like to you consider three things:

1 - I think treatment of knee joint pain should be in escalation from least risks to higher risks. That is,.....first try the remedies that provide the least amount of risk. You don't want to immediately get cortisone shots or a knee joint replacement. You need to try possible remedies (in order) such as: Rest - Take a break from running for several days to several weeks to reduce chronic inflammation and pain; Try new shoes - old ones wear out quick, more so if you are overweight; Try topical liniments such as what we have talked about on this site; Take Joint Supplements - may take a month to see or feel any results but you owe it to yourself to try joint supplements before any other medications which can have side effects; If none of this is having a major effect in reducing your knee pain, then maybe and only maybe you should consider other alternatives, which are usually first options in the Medical community by Doctors who are trained to first look to prescription medicatons to solve problems.

2 - Remember shoes? The rubber like soles on running shoes can take up to 48 hours to "refresh" themselves. Consider not only two sets of the same shoe in order to rotate them, but consider looking to a Sports Foot Doctor to see if under or over pronation may be causing some of the knee joint pain problem.

3 - Consider shorter runs with longer breaks in between. I greatly increased my running life span by eliminating my runs on back to back days. If you are an cardio vascular exercise junkie, then consider low impact cardio training on your in between days.

Exercise for Bad Knees or Knees Joints with Pain

The Catch 22 with knee pain is that is makes exercise painful. Painful exercise is rarely done so the benefit of exercise and strengthening the leg and connective tissue does not get achieved.

For my money there are basically two low to no impact ways to get the cardio benefits of exercise with the strength building benefits for your legs. No to low impact is important to keep knee-joint pain at a minimum and to motivate a person to exercise,....pain is a great demotivater.

One is swimming. The act of swimming and running in the water is not only a strength builder but can be a heck of a cardio workout as well.

Two is bicycling on a stationary bike be it a upright or recumbent exercise bike. Upright bikes may may an advantage in helping with core torso strength depending upon your bicycling technique.

Bicycling may be the better of the two as you will get a fuller range of motion with you legs and joints. Plus you can watch your favorite programs on T.V. while getting a beneficial workout.

You don't have to spend thousands of dollars on high end exercise equipment to make a big difference. The carousel below show several models of upright and recumbent bicycles available in modest price ranges.