Is obesity the killer of arthritis? This eliminates pain and rebuilds cartilage without surgery

There is a crackling sound in my knees when I walk. Is it due to joint degeneration? Will joints become clogged and painful as we age? Can obesity lead to knee joint degeneration? Is surgery necessary for arthritis? These are some of the common questions we see in our orthopedic clinic. According to statistics, 70% of people in Taiwan suffer from joint pain, and more than 20,000 people undergo artificial knee surgery every year. Medical experts from Germany will share tips on how to effectively relax the knee joint and avoid surgery to install an artificial joint. In particular, through supplementing cartilage-promoting nutrients, exercise, and drug treatment, there is a chance to defeat arthritis!

Joint pain is caused by tight muscles compressing cartilage.

It was previously believed that cartilage would wear out and degenerate with age, weight, and the frequency of joint use, necessitating treatment or even surgery. However, the reality is that some people have cartilage wear and tear and live their entire lives without any pain. Some elderly people have no problem climbing mountains or jogging, while some people under the age of 50 can't stand up after squatting. Age is not the main cause of joint problems, but the lack of correct maintenance concepts is. Joint pain is not entirely due to aging and degeneration of the joints, but rather because the muscles in that area are tight and the fascia lacks elasticity and is sticky, thus compressing the cartilage, causing wear and pain.

Petra, a German medical doctor. Petra Bracht, and her husband Roland, who is passionate about martial arts and sports energetics. Together, they founded the pain treatment organization Liebscher & Bracht, which has more than 4,000 therapists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, teaching people to cure arthritis through nutrition, exercise and medication. Based on this therapy's focus on nutritional intake and detoxification medicine, an innovative and groundbreaking arthritis treatment has been developed. In their new book, The 28-Day Plan to Fix Arthritis, the two break down common myths about arthritis:

★Myth 1: Is arthritis related to being overweight?

Studies have shown that obese people are three times more likely to develop arthritis than people of normal weight, and overweight people are twice as likely to develop arthritis as people of normal weight. Still, the link between excess weight, which puts extra stress on joints, and arthritis needs further confirmation.

Obese people have completely different exercise habits from normal-weight people, so the opposing pull of muscles and fascia will also be different, which was not taken into account. The blind spot is that when people look for causes, they often only focus on known categories and use them to draw conclusions, but the real causes are ignored.

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This study draws a very embarrassing conclusion: "I have arthritis because I am too fat." However, this is not correct. Patients do not need to lose weight to get rid of arthritis, and it only takes less than 1 year or a few months. After all, this is also a great mental torture for patients. We have helped many overweight patients with their arthritis problems and have shown them ways to get rid of arthritis without having to do it any harder than a normal-weight person. In summary, the effect of body weight on the increased stress on joints is not significant.

Why are overweight people more likely to suffer from arthritis and joint pain than normal people?

So, why are overweight people more prone to arthritis and joint pain than the average person? The answer is simple: fat people must exercise less than people of normal weight, and the range of motion of their joints will of course be limited. It’s no surprise then that the opposing forces of muscle and fascia can affect your daily life, since it’s harder to move with the extra weight on your body.

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Getting rid of arthritis and joint pain is not difficult, but it does not mean you should not control your weight. After all, losing weight will not only make it easier to move, but it is also good for your health. If you want to lose weight. Additionally, adequate nutrition can help relieve pain, get rid of arthritis, rebuild cartilage, and shed excess weight. As long as you continue to work toward long-term freedom from joint pain, improve the metabolic problems that cause arthritis, and provide your body with much-needed important nutrients to assist in the repair of joints and cartilage, you will be able to engage in more exercise in the future. The pain is gone, I feel lighter, and overall I am healthier than ever.

★Myth 2: Does age affect arthritis?

Conventional medicine always considers age as an important factor affecting arthritis, simply because the number of people suffering from arthritis increases with age. However, when we talk about the impact of weight on arthritis, it indirectly proves that age is not the key, but as we age, the amount of movement of the joints with limited range of motion decreases, which in turn leads to increased tightness of muscles and fascia.

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Are you over 60 or 70 years old? It is generally believed that the older you get, the harder it is to move, and you often feel that all the joints in your body are rusty. This is the result of increasingly limited joint range of motion throughout life, with arthritis and joint pain being just symptoms. If you still think that age is a factor in arthritis, just look at young people who have arthritis and joint pain problems, and elderly people who do not have arthritis and joint pain problems.

Of course, young people are not in the majority with arthritis and joint pain problems, but don't jump to conclusions because the number of exceptions has been increasing over the past few years. Just think about the phenomenon of "elderly diabetes" we talked about at the beginning. This phenomenon occurs when people spend more and more time sitting in front of a computer screen.

Why do older people not necessarily have problems with arthritis and joint pain?

Petra often thinks about retired physical education teachers who have no problems with arthritis and joint pain, even though they have been chasing children around all their lives. It's not just running, but even ball games, competitive gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics are all activities they do in physical education class. Our explanation for this is that it is most likely the result of this diverse range of motion that allows them to have full range of motion in their joints. After all, based on the perspective of conventional medicine, these physical education teachers should definitely suffer from arthritis due to the intensive use of their joints.

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If you are over 70 and unfortunately suffer from arthritis, Roland's mother Ruth is a living positive example. She will tell you that it's never too late to get rid of arthritis at 90. She had an artificial hip replacement at the age of 70 and started doing our exercises regularly since then. She is now free from arthritis and joint pain.

Age is not a problem for exercise, and joint mobility problems caused by lack of exercise can be improved through exercise at any time.

[28-day joint repair plan: eradicate pain and rebuild cartilage]

1. Stretching exercises to strengthen joint flexibility:

For the fascia stretching of the affected area, it is necessary not only to stretch the muscles, fascia, and meridians, but also to stretch every part of the body in the opposite direction to avoid stiffness and limit the angle of joint movement. Only by regaining the lost complete joint range of motion function can you get rid of joint pain forever.

2. Fascia massage to improve joint pain:

With special techniques and skills and the use of assistive devices, you can loosen your fascia yourself! Rolling fascia massage has two purposes: one is to promote tissue fluid in the body, allowing the fascia network to absorb new nutrients and metabolize old waste. The second is to enable the cilia of fibroblasts to release the adhesion of fascia, thereby solving the problem of excessive contraction and loss of elasticity of fascia and achieving a relaxation effect.

3. Self-care at home: adjust diet and supplement nutrients for cartilage growth**

To solve other indirect factors that cause pain, start from the nutritional, psychological and environmental levels, adjust the diet, provide cooking recipes, ingest nutrients that are effective for cartilage proliferation, and adjust emotions and the influence of various forms of radiation energy and chemicals in the environment.