| I used to play rugby in my younger days. Quite frankly, | | | | 3. Heat therapy gloves (as recommended here |
| I was brilliant - fast, nimble, great foot-balling skills, and | | | | before). Try to prevent the hands and wrist getting |
| every other attribute that aging ex-players like to | | | | cold (see list of products opposite). |
| invent about themselves! Still to this day, I allow myself | | | | 4. Seek advice from a physiotherapist and establish a |
| to dream sometimes that I could have played for | | | | daily routine of flexibility exercises. |
| England, if only I'd been noticed by one of the big clubs | | | | 5. Use pulse therapy - MicroDoctor is the most |
| (and had 300% more talent)! | | | | effective device available today (see list of products |
| The funny thing is that I now actually feel incredibly | | | | opposite). |
| lucky. | | | | 6. Drink Queen of the Meadow (Meadow Sweet or |
| During my career in medicine, I saw so many aging | | | | Filiendula Ulmaria), a plant extract that alleviates pain |
| ex-sports people (both professional and amateur) | | | | and is a natural anti-inflammatory. Normally taken with |
| suffering with severe chronic pain and mobility | | | | tea. |
| problems which were often a direct result of injuries | | | | 7. Use Blackcurrant, take it naturally for best effect. It |
| sustained playing sport. | | | | has been used to treat arthritis for centuries and is |
| Rugby, football, tennis and badminton were the biggest | | | | particularly good for the knees. Drink the juice and |
| culprits in my experience, but ultimately it is rugby that | | | | apply the remaining slush to the affected joint. |
| has left patients with the most widespread problems | | | | But now I need that something extra |
| throughout the body. | | | | I've dodged the bullet for a long time but finally my |
| There are over 100 forms of arthritis, the most | | | | repetitive finger injuries have caught up with me. At |
| common being osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. | | | | one point during the summer it was so bad that Maria |
| Sports related arthritis is often referred to as | | | | had to type the newsletter - the pain and stiffness |
| secondary arthritis and occurs as a result of a | | | | were just too much. |
| traumatic injury, joint damage and years of repetitive | | | | I had another look at the arthritis products I mentioned |
| pounding upon the joint. But normal work activity can | | | | here before and I was reminded that the two main |
| often be blamed - jobs such as typing, construction | | | | ingredients of Artrosilium. Were Queen of the Meadow |
| and factory work, and working as a shop assistant - | | | | and Blackcurrant. |
| where joints can take a real hammering. | | | | Knowing their proven worth, and understanding that a |
| As in all forms of arthritis, this leads to wear and tear | | | | formulation with both would be even more potent, I |
| of the tissue around the joint. The loss of that natural | | | | sent away for six tubes which should take me up to |
| cushion means that the bones will literally grind against | | | | Christmas. |
| each other causing chronic pain and severe reduction | | | | After only three days, I could feel a significant |
| in mobility and suppleness. It's only now at the age of | | | | difference. My fingers were more supple and relaxed, |
| 65 that I've started to have my own struggle with | | | | the pain had gone and the muscles around my fingers |
| arthritis, but I feel fortunate not to have suffered from it | | | | were moving comfortably once again. Overall, a |
| earlier. According to the law of averages, I could have | | | | fantastic result! |
| suffered a lot more when I was younger, as I've had | | | | I've since started applying it daily to my knees and |
| bad injuries with my knee and broken the same wrist | | | | wrist, using it as a preventative measure. I know it's |
| twice - all down to rugby. | | | | been only six weeks but all the joints - knees, wrist |
| It's only in the last couple of months that I've started to | | | | and fingers - feel completely normal, supple and pain |
| feel stiffness and inflammation in the index and middle | | | | free. If you would like to give your joints a chance of |
| fingers on my right hand. I never broke them, but I did | | | | functioning normally and prevent any chronic pain from |
| develop an agonizing habit of dislocating them - twice | | | | setting in, I couldn't recommend a better daily treatment |
| the index and three times the middle finger. | | | | than Artrosilium. |
| Fortunately, it's possible to relocate them immediately, | | | | I'm continuing to take a regular dose of Queen of the |
| but the cumulative effect of those injuries combined | | | | Meadow in my tea and the odd application of |
| with other bruises and swellings over the years have | | | | Blackcurrant. You can never get too much of a good |
| finally taken their toll. | | | | thing, especially when you know there are no side |
| You can make your own luck | | | | effects - unlike the worrying potential dangers of |
| I'm convinced that the reason I've avoided arthritic | | | | NSAIDS that I listed here last week! |
| problems for so long is all due to the way I've tried to | | | | Finally, I've received loads of letters asking me about |
| look after myself, paying special attention to those | | | | the Q Link pendant experiment where I gave a |
| joints that I felt were most likely to develop problems | | | | number of you the chance to give me your views on |
| (wrist, knee and fingers). | | | | its effectiveness. |
| I managed to stave off the onset of any problems, in | | | | I'm currently in the process of gathering the results and |
| particular, by taking natural supplements over the | | | | should be able to give them to you within the next |
| years. Not only have they helped to prevent the | | | | couple of weeks - make sure you click on for that |
| condition from starting but they are also proven to | | | | one! |
| slow down further deterioration of a condition whilst | | | | After writing the newsletter, I often dream about some |
| bringing pain relief. | | | | of the things I've written - I can't wait to go to bed |
| Ways to help yourself: | | | | tonight as I'm already planning to score the winning try |
| 1. Watch your weight - the heavier you are, the more | | | | for England against New Zealand - might even go to |
| pressure you put on your limbs, especially the joints. | | | | bed with my old boots on! |
| 2. Light exercise, a gentle swim will reduce | | | | Anyway, that's all from me for now. Keep smiling and |
| inflammation and aid mobility. | | | | stay healthy! |