| Patients who suffer from "ankle arthritis" are actually | | | | No, not the stuff you eat. In this case RICE means:o |
| dealing with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis | | | | Rest - and give your ankle a chance to heal.o Ice |
| which has settled in the ankle joints. A lot of | | | | Compression - use cold compresses to reduce |
| pressure is put on ankle joints, because they bear | | | | inflammation and pain.o Elevation - keep the leg raised |
| the brunt of the entire weight of the body. When | | | | to lessen swelling and pain. |
| you pile all of your weight on sore joints and take a | | | | You may be able to tell if you have ankle arthritis by |
| step, there's bound to be pain. What's worse, ankle | | | | watching for the following symptoms:o Recurring |
| joints are ball joints which rotate in all directions, so | | | | pains without a reasono Swelling and stiffness |
| the cartilage will deteriorate even faster than in other | | | | suddenly occurringo Pain remedies won't stop the |
| joints. | | | | pain and stiffnesso A big toe that's very painful and |
| Ankle Pain Stemming from Other Causes | | | | wants to turn to the sideo Bunions that hurt badly |
| Never just assume that any pain you have in your | | | | even when not being touched |
| ankles and feet is being caused by arthritis. These | | | | When a person first develops ankle arthritis, simple |
| pains can be caused by many different things, | | | | OTC pain medications will probably be all the |
| including lower back and hip problems. Before just | | | | treatment needed. The disease is incurable, though, |
| shrugging your shoulders and thinking, "Its only | | | | and will progress over time. It may get to a stage |
| arthritis", make an appointment with your doctor for | | | | where your doctor wants to treat the condition |
| an exam. Only then will he be able to tell what's | | | | much more aggressively. |
| causing your infirmity. | | | | If you've tried everything looking for relief from |
| The rarer diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis can be | | | | arthritis pain, you may want to do what many others |
| made by taking a simple blood test. If you are | | | | have done, and try some form of home remedy. |
| diagnosed with the more common osteoarthritis, it | | | | Doctors and the FDA frown on such practices as |
| may mean that you'll be facing a regimen of intensive | | | | herbal medicines and yoga, but there are a lot of |
| treatments for the rest of your life. | | | | people who swear by the treatments claiming they |
| Sprained ankles are fairly common and cause | | | | have stopped the progression of the disease and |
| sufferers a lot of pain, even more so that an actual | | | | even caused some improvement. |
| break. To treat a sprain, doctors will prescribe 'RICE'. | | | | |