sedentary living and running when you’re injured, which is why you shouldn’t do either.The strongest evidence that running won’t condemn you to a life of pain and arthritis comes from an ongoing study of the Fifty Plus Runners Association. The study

Q I’m 35 years old, and have recently been told that the intermittent hip pain that has affected me for a year could be arthritis, and that I should stop running. While I accept that a marathon is out of the question, is it really the end of my

this stupid challenge, I tell him about my mum and the arthritis, he tells me about a little boy who has cancer and is going though radiotherapy. All of a sudden the electrocuted face, rope burns and numb extremities are not so bad, I realise that however

Q Severe osteoarthritis in both knees has forced me to stop running. Some time ago I read about a pioneering operation that was performed on a professional footballer, in which sections of the knee cartilage were removed, regrown in a laboratory, and then replaced in the knee. I...

essential for optimum health that I didn’t want to leave them off the list. Found in fruits, vegetables, and grains, there are about 500 different phytochemicals that help protect you against cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and even wrinkles. Researchers

.Medical investigations These are needed to eliminate other causes. If you’re old or have already suffered injury from contact sports, early osteo-arthritis may show up on an x-ray. Additionally, blood tests can reveal generalised diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis

with the MT. Pressure of any sort over the joint can cause both redness and pain.SignsThe deformation is obvious, and underlying this will be wear and eventual arthritis of the first metatarso-phalangeal (MTP) joint. The space opened out by the splitting

, such as patellar problems, and cartilage tears and strains, as well as arthritis and internal damage, which produces fluid on the knee.Self-treatmentRest, ice and anti-inflammatories with training modification may well be sufficient to settle the problem

of your knee and calf. If this were to ever happen, you would certainly need to see your GP. However, a Baker’s cyst can be secondary to more serious knee problems, like osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. So, although it is nothing to worry about

be other influences. Disruption of the ligaments within and outside of your knee, arthritis in its many forms and ankle, shin, thigh and hip injuries may all affect knee movement and produce secondary PFP.Self-treatmentOne factor in knee pain may