Make sure you drink a lot of water. The padding between your joints is fluid, so you need to always drink a lot of water. You also need to take vitamin C. Probably about 6-8,000 units...it helps with inflammation.
Some other tips:
Eat a variety of foods.
Include vegetables, fruits, and grains in your diet.
Control fat and cholesterol intake.
Eat only moderate amounts of sugar.
Maintain a healthy weight.
Use salt only in moderation, and limit your sodium intake.
Drink alcohol only in moderation.
Take the recommended daily requirements of vitamins and minerals, including calcium.
Also, with Rheumatoid Arthritis, eating foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids sometimes helps with tenderness. These fatty acids, including oils from some cold-water fish (white albacore tuna, salmon, mackerel, herring, and others), modify the inflammation associated with RA.
You can also do range-of-motion exercises. That is where you gradually bend the joint (in the direction it is SUPPOSED to go ONLY) to help decrease stiffness.
If you exercise,try to exercise with low impact, like bike riding, or swimming...or even on equipment, like that Gazelle thing...That thing is extremely low impact.
Since arthritis is caused by excess rubbing of the joints together, you need to preserve the padding that protects your joints. Water...lots of it. That goes for everyone...take preventative measures.
If you guys have tingling in your fingers, especially the middle and pointer finger, or numbness, or loss of strength in your hands, you need to see a doctor immediatly. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is caused by pinched nerves, and the longer you wait, the more extensive the damage can be.
I have heard magnets don't work.
Yahooed it:
http://www.carpaltunnel.com/
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Vitamin B-6 is almost always ineffective. Topical creams by “renowned doctors” don’t work. Magnets don’t work for carpal tunnel syndrome.
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it keeps your joints lube
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