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I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
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- Today we talk about nine ways to get relief
from osteoarthritis naturally.
We're talking about joint pain.
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So, I'm gonna move this out of the way Brad,
and then we'll begin talking about
how to relieve that arthritis.
- Okay, Bob.
Let's get rid of some of that aches and pains.
- Yup, there we go.
Okay, so.
The first thing you wanna make sure you're doing,
because we're talking about joints here.
And joints have what we call synovial fluid.
- That's the lubrication in the fluid
that keeps them healthy and moving smoothly.
- I couldn't have said it better myself, Brad.
So, what happens is, if you do keep it moving,
that synovial fluid tends to be generated.
- Right, it provides nutrients and makes the joint healthy.
- Right, so you wanna keep the joints
moving as much as possible.
Now, there is a circumstance
where the arthritis gets so bad
that you can't move it anymore.
But in most cases, you do wanna keep it moving.
So, Brad, you just talked about your hand this morning.
It's sore in the morning.
A little bit of arthritis.
And what's the first thing you do?
- Get it moving, yep.
And it's a little painful at first,
but the little more I move it...
As a matter of fact, we've got a 92-year old woman
who's got such bad knee arthritis, she couldn't walk.
So we started to get her moving,
and now she's walking up to 75 feet.
Literally. From not walking at all to 75 feet.
Because of motion.
- Yeah, it's a weird thing.
You'd think that resting the joint would help,
but it actually makes it worse.
And that's why a lot of times,
you wake up in the morning, you're so stiff.
Because it hurts.
- We're gonna show you some tricks
on how to get through some of that initial pain.
- Right, the next thing is stretches,
believe it or not.
We have found, or we have not found,
McKenzie kinda discovered this.
Let's say, for example,
your knee doesn't straighten out all the way.
Can you bring the chair over here, Brad?
- Sure, Bob. - And I'll just...
I was gonna put my leg up on it.
- Oh, I thought I could sit down, it's got a backrest.
- I was just gonna do it like this.
Let's say, for example, you have the slightest...
The knee doesn't straighten out all the way.
Regaining that full range of motion
often will take stress off the knee.
That's hard to believe.
Maybe a better example would be the hip, Brad.
If you check your hips, and you put one leg up like this
on your opposite leg,
and one knee is up like this,
because the hip is tight,
and the other knee goes way down like that.
Stretch the one that's tight.
Especially if it coincides with your hip pain.
Give it a stretch, pressure on, pressure off.
And you'll find, generally over time,
that that hip starts to feel better.
- Right. - It's really amazing.
The more stress you take off the joint, the better.
- What's next, Bob?
- Well, the next one is gonna be talking about
one of the products that we're gonna mention.
And this is infrared heat.
The reason we like infrared heat...
Where is it, Brad?
- Over here. (laughing)
- The reason we like infrared heat...
Now, you can try any heating pad,
but the reason we like infrared heat
is because it penetrates much deeper.
Regular heat, and we got this symbolized.
Is that a word?
- Well, it shows it right there, Bob.
(laughing)
- Demonstrates it.
So, regular heat only penetrates this much.
- Skin-deep, basically. - Skin-deep, right.
Therma-Tech's infrared heat can penetrate 2.36 inches.
- Right, so that's the blue color right here,
versus the blue color on that side.
You can barely see it there.
There, you know, we're gonna get some deeper heat.
It takes a little bit longer,
but that's just understandable,
you're going so much deeper.
- So what happens in this case,
Brad, when he has it on his knee...
So, you have 2.36 inches on one panel
going through half the knee.
And you have 2.36 inches going through
the other half of the knee.
You're almost going all the way through the knee joint.
- Right, so you have your heating pad,
you wrap it all the way around.
And of course you can use the velcro pad like that.
- Yeah, it's got a lot of straps--
- You do have to plug it in. - Yeah, you gotta plug it in.
- So, there's a six-foot cord that goes on.
They're easy on/off.
These are really well-made.
They're commercial duty.
- Brad and I use these, well, I use them even in the summer,
because my wife's got the air-conditioning on,
it's cold in our house.
(laughing)
But I lean on that thing,
I just give my back a treat every night.
Especially, you get the upper traps too.
And it comes with straps too, by the way,
that you can strap it on and use it while you're working.
And I've done that quite often.
- So, this particular Platinum model,
you can use on ankles, knees,
you can use it on the hip.
Really any joint in the body.
Shoulder, so.
- All right, next one we're gonna talk about, Brad
is tumeric.
And I think, you know, this has become all the rage
to a lot of people.
- What did you say? - Tumeric.
- Tumeric or tumeric?
- I think it's tumeric, isn't it?
- Well, that's always a controversy--
- Is it a debate?
All right, you guys can tell us which way you say it.
But it's got a pigment, I'll give you another word,
"Curcumin." - Oh.
I don't know if that's how you say it or not,
but that's what I think is the ingredient
that actually helps you.
It's an anti-inflammatory.
And, actually, I saw one doctor,
the doctor in "How We Died", that book.
He actually mentioned that they found out tumeric
was more effective for treating rheumatoid arthritis
than some medications.
So, it's a big deal.
- Matter of fact, we're probably gonna get someone
who specializes and knows more about this...
And we'll have a guest speaker.
- Like a pharmacist, you mean?
- Yep, we've got some other people on the line, too.
- I didn't know about tumeric.
The first time I used it, I took way too much.
You're only supposed to take like a fourth teaspoon.
I guess this really changes
the chemistry of your blood levels and stuff like that.
You really don't wanna take too much,
they haven't done studies on how it affects you--
- Is that why you're a little off today?
- Yeah, I'm a little off.
(laughing)
All right, we're moving on, number four is strengthening.
It's always good to still keep...
The stronger the joint is,
the less stress there is on the joint.
And one way that Brad and I have discovered,
that really is a great way to gentle strengthening,
without putting as much stress on the joint,
is to use strengthening bands or tubes.
- Right, obviously this is something that any therapist...
We've been using these for 20, 30 years--
- Oh, we've got things in the way.
- Oh my goodness, we've got obstruction.
Let's get rid of those!
- Okay, how are we doing?
Are we okay?
We're finding Brad?
- Yeah, so we've got the bands with the handles.
These work really nice, 'cause the handles,
you've got a nice soft device to grab onto.
And it's nice to have something to hold onto on the wall.
- [Bob] We have our wall anchors,
so we'll have that listed down below too.
But as a good example here...
Brad, your tag is sticking out here, this bothers me.
- No, cut that off.
- [Bob] So, as a good example here,
I was really having a lot of elbow pain with doing curls,
with the regular barbell.
So I had to adjust and actually start
using these for a while.
I actually went back to the barbell now.
- You did.
- 'Cause I went through a period of doing this
for a couple of months.
And I like it, but I wanted to go a little heavier weight,
and so I went back to that.
But that allowed me to restrengthen my joint
and not have as much pain.
So I don't feel it any more.
- I'll never go back to the barbells.
- Yeah, I know! - I love the bands.
I've got a whole system set up, and there's nothing better.
For me.
- Right, next one.
If you have osteo-arthritis and you wanna get some relief,
especially in the joints that are weight bearing,
you wanna decrease the weight bearing.
Simple as that.
So when you're walking outside,
one, you wanna avoid hills.
You wanna avoid stairs even, too.
You don't wanna overdo them.
You wanna maybe try biking,
that's one way to decrease weight bearing.
You could also use a walking stick or a cane.
And, you know, one thing I warn people is that...
They go, "Well, I'm not gonna use a cane, I look old."
Well, sometimes it's not a matter of permanent change.
Sometimes if you do it just for a while,
it calms the arthritis down,
and then you can go back to walking without a device.
- That cane's too short for Bob, by the way.
- This is, and by the way,
one point, too, to be made,
is believe me, it probably looks better to walk with a cane
than to walk like this.
You know, 'cause you're limping so bad from the arthritis.
So, it'll probably look a little better to walk with a cane,
distinguished, like an English gentleman,
than trying to waddle.
- And when you waddle,
then you're putting pressure on other joints
and it compounds, and it causes one problem to another,
et cetera, so.
- All right, this next one
I've really benefited from, Brad.
Actually, I get pain in my hips a lot of times.
Especially with running.
I did, anyway.
And sometimes it would actually throw me off
for a couple of months, I'd be like,
"Oh, I'm really limping through this."
I was thinking, "Oh, am I getting hip arthritis?"
- Man, getting old.
- So, I starting massaging the muscles around the joints.
- You get your wife to do that?
- No, no, no.
Brad, this a family show!
So, anyway, you can take one of the handheld massagers,
the Renpho massager is really nice, because it's cheap.
These are inexpensive, I should say.
They're 40 bucks.
I mean, man, how can you beat that?
So, I'm gonna go ahead and turn it on here.
You can go ahead and massage the different areas.
You find a lot of professional athletes
have discovered this now.
And that's why they're prolonging their career.
We got Tom Brady, quarterback.
He's actually a big believer in pliable muscles.
And he uses a vibrating foam roller,
that's why I actually use, a vibrating foam roller.
And it's just real quick, but it gets the muscles.
They're really ready for running once I get it done.
- Right, so whether it's the roller or this,
you're getting into the muscle,
and you're getting it to relax,
and you're really, essentially, increasing the circulation.
And when you got increased circulation,
it's gonna be much healthier.
- Yeah, you think,
"Well, why am I massaging the muscles
when it's a joint that bothered me?"
The muscles go across the joint,
and if they're really tight,
they're gonna put more pressure on the joint.
The last one, Brad, which may be not obvious
to a lot of people,
is that you should get enough sleep.
There's really been an epidemic of a lack of sleep
in the United States.
You know, we talked about this often.
It seems to be a badge of courage, to not sleep as much.
"I only get four hours of sleep a night."
- "I live for years on three hours sleep."
No wonder, look at ya.
- Yeah, you look like you're a hundred years old!
(laughing)
But there's the recuperative nature of sleep.
And it's going to feel better for arthritis
and any other ailment you have.
It generally helps what ails ya, right?
- There you go.
You really can't go wrong with a little bit of...
Make sure you get that sleep time taken care of.
- All right, so sleepy bye.
- Oh, we're almost outta time, Bob.
- All right well, thanks for watching, folks.