Treat osteoarthritis naturally

Osteoarthritis (wear and tear of joints) is defined as cartilage damage with bone damage to one or more joints. The disease begins with a small, so-called “cartilage damage” in the cartilage layer. This normally forms an elastic, protective coating over the ends of the bones, where it acts as a kind of “shock absorber” to cushion sudden, hard movements.

Only when the bone under the diseased cartilage is attacked in the further course is it referred to as the early stage of arthrosis. In the absence of treatment, it usually worsens gradually but continuously over many years. Sometimes swelling and painful inflammation of the joint also occur.

Friction causes the joint cartilage to dissolve more and more over time. Until finally, in the late stages of the disease, the exposed bones of the affected joint rub directly against each other. The joint space (buffer or space between two bones) that once existed has then often completely disappeared. Movements of the joint are thus only possible with great pain and very limited. Osteoarthritis is particularly common in weight-bearing joints such as knees, hands or hips.