Dr. Alex Jacob- How to stay fit and keep Arthritis in control

Without movement there is no life. We need our joints to be healthy so that our mobility is not hampered. One of the reasons for the lack of mobility is Arthritis. Dr. Alex Jacob has extensively worked with the disease and talks about what we should know about Arthritis.

There is a common misconception that Arthritis is associated to old age. There are various types of Arthritis, though it can be divided into two main types. Osteo-Arthritis is age based and happens due to the degeneration of our joints as life progresses. Arthritis can also occur if there is any birth defect or misalignment. Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto immune disease that can affect you at any age, even when you are a child for which the cause is unknown. This means that the body starts to destroy its own cartilage and though no cure has been found for it, it can be controlled.

Arthritis can be controlled to a certain extant depending on the stage of detection. Arthritis that occurs due to bad alignment and birth defects can be corrected surgically. There are basically two types of surgeries –  joint preservation and joint replacement. If Arthritis is detected earlier, the joint can be preserved. Joint replacement is for joints that have degenerated beyond repair.

People view Arthritis as something that will hav