Improve Your Quality of Life in 2025
How do we measure quality of life? According to the European Union, there are eight main indicators that contribute to a person’s quality of life and one of these is health.
Looking Back Over 2024, Looking Forward to 2025
Looking Back Over 2024 As we come to the end of the year, we always like to say thank you to our patients who have allowed us to share their treatment journey over the last 12 months and for whom, we hope, there have been great improvements in quality of life. Certificate of Excellence If…
Top Festive Tips for People with Arthritis
As the countdown to Christmas begins in earnest and our normal routines go out of the window, it can become harder to manage a chronic condition like arthritis. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis can sometimes feel anxious about the impending festivities. If you’re one of them, there are some…
Coping with Arthritis in Cold Weather
The recent Arctic blast that hit the UK was an unwelcome reminder to people with arthritis that their symptoms often become more severe during cold weather. Impact of the weather on arthritis symptoms Although it’s not true for everyone, many people report feeling more joint pain and an increase in stiffness as temperatures drop, particularly…
Non-operative Treatments for Arthritis and When to Choose Them
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease that can affect any joint in the body. Although there is no cure for the condition, there are treatments that can slow its development and relieve symptoms. In the latter stages of the disease when the symptoms can become debilitating, many people choose to have joint replacement surgery. This is…
Research Gives Hope to Sufferers of Knee Arthritis Pain
A discovery by researchers at the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust offers new hope to people with osteoarthritis of the knee. Leeds clinical trial The study, funded by the charity Versus Arthritis and published in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine in July 2024, is good news for the 5.4…
Arthritis: Talking About Your Condition
Receiving a diagnosis of arthritis can be hard. You are likely to have many questions and concerns about how the condition will impact your life and those closest to you are also likely to be worried and wondering how best to support you. Sometimes, patients ask us how to talk to the people around them…
The Stats on Revision Joint Replacements
Joint replacement surgery is a routine procedure to treat severe joint pain caused by arthritis or serious injury. It is a highly successful approach with excellent patient satisfaction ratings. However, prosthetic implants eventually wear out and need to be replaced. Or, the implant may loosen, dislocate or become infected, all of which means the original…
Two New Clinical Studies to Diagnose and Treat Arthritis
Two major new clinical studies will help to improve the early diagnosis of osteoarthritis and investigate treatment options for children with a serious inflammatory condition called juvenile dermatomyosis. Versus Arthritis, the UK’s largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis, is investing £2.2 million in the projects, which it hopes will lay the foundations for…
Treating Arthritis with a Mako Partial Knee Replacement
Arthritis of the knee is a painful condition that causes stiffness, swelling and loss of function. Think about how often we use our knees in everyday life – for sitting down or getting up out of a chair, going upstairs, getting in and out of cars. The knee is one of the most hard-working joints…