[at-l] Arthritis on the trail

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

This might not help while you're *on* the trail, but when I was seeing a 
rheumatologist for fibromyalgia after my (latest) car accident, I overhead 
him describing a non-surgical treatment for arthritis called prolotherapy to 
another patient.  I asked him about it and he was very excited about it 
(he's a neat doctor) although it's nothing new.  It involves injecting a 
sugarwater solution into the arthritic area.  This irritates it and causes 
it to rebuild tendons and ligaments in response.  That's my understand of 
how it works, anyway.

I asked around and found out the receptionist at my physical therapist's 
office had it done for one shoulder and she said it completely cleared up 
her arthritis, with no recurrance after three years.  I don't have arthritis 
but I like non-surgical and non-toxic solutions to anything, so it stuck in 
my mind.  Here's a web site about it:

http://www.prolotherapy.com/prolodefine.htm

I suppose other than the shot, it couldn't hurt to give it a try.

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9


>So I was wondering how other arthritic hikers handle their arthritic
>problems; especially on LD hikes.  I suspect there are a lot of us out
>there.  And I suspect that since a lot of thru hikers are post 40, 
>arthritis
>is a big if minor problem.
>
>William, The Turtle
>
>PS	My friend Wendy (post 30) walks with two poles at times and she's
>not a hiker.

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