'Few complementary therapies help arthritis'

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20937753


Yoga appears to help lower back pain

Few complementary therapies appear to help musculoskeletal conditions like arthritis, say experts who have looked at the available trial evidence.

Most alternative treatments have either not been scientifically tested or subjected to limited investigations, says Arthritis Research UK.

Of 25 therapies, only a handful were judged to have enough medical evidence to support their use.

These included acupuncture, massage, tai chi and yoga.

[Big Blue Marble]

1. Strangely negative spin on good news. N/T

[leojoshrun]

2. Re: 'Few complementary therapies help arthritis'

Yes i agree with xchrom. I don't know what the Arthritis research of UK says,

But this i know that acupuncture, massage tai chi and yoga are used world wide for treatment for different kind of pain.

Here you have mentioned 25 therapies, can you name them plz.

Leo

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. From my experience (after hearing about them on People's Pharmacy years ago),

I've been using a few Ayurvedic herbs for at least 12 years now....with two torn ACLs and cartilage damage in both knees, and whether it is placebo effect or not (if it feels better that's what's important), I've taken 1 each boswellia and turmeric capsules, along with 1 glucosamine sulfate capsule, each morning. It has been remarkable - my orthopod looks at my knee Xrays and wonders how I can even walk on them. I garden, walk, work out pain free - but again - this is just an herbal approach to pain using antiinflammatory herbs that have been used for thousands of years. There are some studies using them as well.

And...I am a PhD chemist that worked in Pharma for 25 years, and naturally very cynical and skeptical.....just sharing what has worked for me.

[bemildred]

4. Hmmmmm, have they tried insulting therapies? nt