Osteoarthritis needs care and R&D'.
Those of us with osteoarthritis often resort to anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve pain. But the truth is that we can change our routine by replacing them with other solutions and taking better care of ourselves. As we say at ÜNIK Nutraceuticals, "taking care of yourself is the first step to feeling good".
So, how can I take care of myself and change my routine? You may ask. Well, actually, in a very easy way, with chondroprotection. We don't know if you've read or heard about it, but it can change your life.
Dr. Josep Vergés, founder of the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) invented this concept 25 years ago. OAFI (Osteoarthritis Foundation International) invented this concept 25 years ago. In a conference he gave recently, he explained that "therapies are poor and medications are not up to the task" and that, therefore, what many patients do is to palliate the discomfort or pain with anti-inflammatory drugs. The problem is that these end up causing cardiac problems on some occasions.
" Chondroprotection is the set of actions aimed at preventing, delaying or repairing degenerative joint injuries", as we read on the website laartrosis.com. An example of this are the products and advice we give you in ÜNIK Nutraceuticals. With them you can achieve the well-being that chondroprotection provides.
What is osteoarthritis?
But before talking about solutions, let's talk about what osteoarthritis is in order to understand it well. It is one of the most typical ailments of the joints. Although it can damage any joint, it most commonly affects the joints of the knees, hands, hips, neck and lower back.
In a healthy joint, the ends of the bones are covered with a soft, slippery tissue, cartilage. What cartilage does is preserve the bones and help them glide easily when the joint moves.
Osteoarthritis occurs when cartilage wears out or deteriorates over time, breaks down and becomes rough. Chronic, degenerative osteoarthritis results in a progressive loss of articular cartilage causing pain, stiffness and bone deformity.
According to Dr. Vergés, "there are 500 million osteoarthritis patients in the world, 7 million in Spain". Despite this, there was no international association related to arthritis until eight years ago, at which time Dr. Vergés created OAFI. "The success of an idea is to carry it out," according to the doctor. And so he did, he materialized his idea: this institution helps arthritis patients.
In the conference that Dr. Vergés gave recently, he said that "osteoarthritis needs care and R&D" and this is the aim of this association, which offers content in podcasts and free activities that we can sign up for if we have osteoarthritis and want to find out what the solutions to our circumstances, pain and discomfort may be.
In addition to this necessary information to learn more about osteoarthritis, ÜNIK Nutraceuticals offers the food supplements mentioned above. These products can achieve effective control in the earliest stages of the disease and even help substantially in more advanced stages.
A product for each type of osteoarthritis
At ÜNIK Nutraceuticals we have a solution for every degree of knee osteoarthritis.
Grade 0: absence of osteophytes, narrowing or cysts.
Recommendation: practice moderate sports or walk daily.
Grade I: onset of cartilage deterioration and softening of the articular surface.
Recommendation: ÜNIK Sport or ÜNIK Joints as a preventive.
Grade III: significant cartilage loss, moderate or clear osteophytes with moderate interlinear impingement.
Recommendation: ÜNIK OA as a nutritional supplement
Grade IV: cartilage loss is greater than 60%, large osteophytes and clear pinching of the interline.
Recommendation: ÜNIK OA as a nutritional supplement
Although current guidelines for the treatment of OA suggest, as standard use, pharmacological treatment characterized by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids and specific cyclooxygenase drugs, there are increasing studies of dietary supplement treatments that include a heterogeneous class of molecules with great potential to reduce inflammation, oxidative stress, joint pain and stiffness, and improve cartilage formation.
ÜNIK Nutraceuticals offers us, as osteoarthritis patients, an alternative.
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