Arthritis affects more than one-third of adults in the United States. Its inflammation and stiffness may affect any joint — from your shoulders, knees, hands, and wrists to your lower back, hips, feet, and ankles.
Pain management physicians Kevin Elaahi, MD, Benjamin Kim, MD, and our expert team can help alleviate your joint pain and stiffness all year long at Interventional Pain Consultants in Parsippany, Montclair, and Landing, New Jersey. Here’s how we can help you.
There are more than 100 types of arthritis. Some of the most common include:
Our compassionate team also serves children under the age of 16 who are experiencing juvenile arthritis.
Experts still don’t understand exactly why arthritis symptoms sometimes flare. Changes in the weather, however, such as less sunlight in the cooler months, or more rain and humidity, may play a part.
Rays from the sun enhance our body’s natural vitamin D, which helps bones absorb calcium. Getting less during fall and winter may weaken our bones and joints. As the air turns colder, the synovial fluid that lubricates our joints also grows thicker and less efficient.
Seasonal changes may also result in:
Regardless of the reasons, our team can help alleviate your arthritis symptoms throughout the fall season and beyond.
Dr. Elahi, Dr. Kim, and our dynamic team provide various treatments to ease arthritis pain and stiffness and restore optimal mobility. These include:
RFA targets specific nerves to relieve arthritis pain in your joints. Your doctor inserts a microelectrode through a hollow needle into the area to emit radiofrequency energy that halts pain signals in specific nerves.
Peripheral nerves transport messages from your body to your brain. They enable you to feel sensations, such as heat, cold, and pain. To ease your pain, we implant a small electrical device next to a peripheral nerve to send pulses that interrupt unwanted signals before they reach your brain.
Employing X-ray fluoroscopic guidance, your doctor inserts a tiny needle with anesthetic and steroid medications into your vertebrae’s epidural space to relieve spinal arthritis pain.
We inject medicines, such as cortisone, into your facet joints that connect the bones of your spine, to reduce localized arthritis pain.
Regenerative medicine, including stem cell injections and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, works to ease inflammation and encourage healing. Our team also uses both oral and injected medications, such as corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid, to ease joint inflammation and pain.
We also recommend various lifestyle modifications to help ease arthritis issues.
Maintaining a healthy body weight puts less stress on your joints. Incorporate gentle stretches and low-impact exercises, such as yoga, walking, swimming, and cycling, to increase flexibility, improve joint function, and lessen joint pain.
Consume more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids to stay healthy and curb systemic inflammation. At the same time, reduce your intake of alcohol, sugary foods and drinks, and highly processed foods — all of which promote inflammation.
If you smoke cigarettes or vape, quitting with the help of a smoking cessation program can go a long way in easing your arthritis symptoms.
We may also suggest mobility devices, such as a cane or walker, to keep you moving. Even something as simple as the proper shoe inserts can help keep you on track.
Applying moist or dry heat on painful joints, followed by an ice pack, may temporarily ease arthritis-related joint swelling and discomfort.
No matter the season, our expert team can provide expert guidance and help you attain enduring relief from your arthritis symptoms. Schedule a visit at your nearest Interventional Pain Consultants office in Parsippany, Montclair, or Landing, New Jersey, today.
