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Top 3 Things Women Need to Know About Joint Pain

The most common misconception about chronic joint pain is that it affects only the elderly. While it is true that the largest age group affected by joint pain is age 65 years and older, the reality is that chronic joint pain can affect anyone at any age. Many of the causes of joint pain are due to lifestyle regimens. People with physically demanding or repetitive work are more like to suffer from chronic joint p...

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Top 5 Things to Know About the Corona virus and Joint Pain

The Coronavirus pandemic has shined a bright light on the various ways in which people gather and interpret their news. For some, the virus is very serious. Others look at the numbers relative to the general population and shrug their shoulders. One thing on which we can all agree is that the estimated 15 million people in the country suffering from chronic joint pain are still suffering. To help separate fact f...

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What is "opiophobia" and how does it affect me?

Back in the day, visitors to a baseball stadium would hear the team lineups being sold by vendors yelling, "You can't tell the players without a scorecard!" These days, it's hard to understand the status of opioids as they relate to the treatment of chronic joint pain. A brief history is in order. In the early 1990's, physicians began increasing the number of prescriptions written for powerful opioids. They did ...

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Does Medicare cover treatment for chronic joint pain?

Yes, and no. In the U.S. one of the largest category of chronic joint pain suffers is the group aged 65 years and older, which makes up approximately 24% of all adults with joint pain. With so many older adults suffering from this is a debilitating condition, it would seem then that Medicare coverage for chronic joint pain would be a natural addition to the program, but it's not as simple as that. Medicare provi...

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