Home Remedies For Joint Pain Relief


by David E. Miller - Date: 2010-10-13 - Word Count: 483 Share This!

Joint pain can occur in one or more joints in the body. It's caused by various types of conditions and injuries, but no matter what the cause is, joint pain is really troublesome for the sufferers. Home remedies prove to be a great benefit to sufferers of joint pain.
Osteoarthritis is quite common in adults over forty-five and one of the leading causes of joint pain. Vitamin E promotes the positive effect of vitamin C in relieving osteoarthritis pain and preserving the health of joints. The recommended daily dose is 400 IU.
Eating high-fiber food prevents and minimizes joint pain from osteoarthritis. The real condition to avoid here is being overweight, so eating fibrous food will actually help you to eat less, therefore allowing you to knock off some weight. Fiber also has anti-inflammatory effects which wards off osteoarthritis pain.
You can try adding Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate crystals) to bathwater to provide extra comfort for arthritis pain. Magnesium sulfate helps the body excrete carbon through the skin.
Exercise is an important factor for helping people with joint pain, but if your exercise causes pain that lasts more than half an hour after exercising, you probably overexerted and you may be worsening your osteoarthritis. Reduce the frequency of your exercise and increase it gradually.
Joint pains that are non-arthritis in nature can be relieved using massage, stretching exercises, warm baths, and other home remedy solutions. Stretching techniques help after an attack of joint pain caused by bursitis, or inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs that cushion bony prominences.

Another example is the cat stretch, which is good for relieving stiff shoulder joints. To perform this stretching technique, get down on your hands and knees and put your hands slightly above your head Stretch backward, keeping your elbows stiff, and come down on your heels. Another stretching motion you can do is to stand facing a wall corner and walk your fingers up the wall in the corner. Try to get your armpit in the corner; this is how you know you're doing the exercise right.
Joint pain due to bursitis may also be treated with a castor oil pack when the pain is not acute anymore. One way to apply this remedy is to apply a heating pad over the spread out castor oil, separated by a flannel. If a joint that has bursitis is hot, you can use ice on it, alternating 10 minutes of ice with 10 minutes of rest, then the ice again and so on.
Homemade balm composed of turmeric water and powder also provides joint pain relief for bursitis sufferers. Apply the balm once or twice a day.
Flaxseed oil can be used in bursitis joint pains. The thing that makes it great is that you can use it on salad dressings!
If your joint pain still bothers you for more than three days, home remedies may not be enough. It is therefore best to consult a medical professional.

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