Arthritis in fingers

LOTS of glucosimine, I have the high strength ones and taken them twice a day all year round. I wear gloves (even in the summer if it's rainy as my hands will let me know they are not happy), THICK Seal Skinz ones (have to get a new pair this year as my old ones have gone up the spout). The winter riding ones are very warm to ride in the winter but the thick work Seal Skinz are good for stable stuff.
When I'm doing the water, I'll change into the rubber washing up gloves.

The main thing is keeping your hands dry and warm year round. I wear thin gardening gloves in the summer as the seal skinz get too hot.
 
Kind of an odd one here but it helps - cherries. When they're in season, I eat a lot of them. When they're not, I drink cherry juice (the pure stuff, not the stuff that's 99% sugar and only about .5% cherry) or take cherry extract capsules.

I ran out of the capsules last week and my ankles hurt so badly I could barely walk. My husband bought me some, I took 2 that night and 2 the following morning and felt a lot better. I take one morning and night generally.

I also take glucosamine/chondroitin, calcium and fish oil. All of them help. And I sympathize - arthritis sucks.
 
Um, am hopefully not being daft here, but are you sure you've got arthritis? Coz I've got Repetitive Strain Injury, or whatever its called nowadays, and I get pain in my hands/fingers but haven't got arthritis!!! Sorry if intruding and/or being personal, but have you had a doctor actually say you've got arthritis? There are other medical conditions/overuse injuries which can also give these symptoms.

Whatever, I get very stiff in my fingers and my horse's physio recommended Cortaflex - the one with HLA(?) is better. Last winter I took Cortaflex all through, and certainly felt much better for it; on a couple of days when I forgot to take one I certainly knew the difference, so I heartily recommend.

Also, I find nice chunky rubber reins which you can grip easily are much better, for me anyway. I find thin reins much harder to deal with.

Also, the gloves that come with rubber sticky bits on the palm are super; particularly for things like doing up girths as they grip better.
 
Not trying to be funny, but it seems that every single item of food to avoid even vegetables was on that list of foods to avoid, LOL! Yes, moderation is the key but cutting out everything isn't really a practical solution for us horse riders who need energy and proteins to repair our bodies for such a demanding hobby or the running around trying to fit everything in the day! :)
I'm not a big meat eater anyways (prefer the veggie options if I go places!) and I need all the calcium I can get as bad Osteoporosis runs in my family.

I find for me, warmth and non dampness is the major thing with my arthritis plus the glucosimine and/or cod liver oil.
 
Thank you all for your suggestions,Mijods ,I havent been to doctor as they all seem pretty useless to me ,last time I went with knee pain doc said just wear and tear and nothing could be done ,I asked my osteo what she thought and after a really deep massage and some acupuncture I havent had it since ,I have knobbly bits coming on the knuckle joints so pretty sure its arthritis.Apart from the general horse and farm work I spend 2 days a week doing a farmers market stall and struggle to handle money with gloves on ,fingerless ones seem pointless as its the fingers that suffer most ,I will get some supplements and give that a go and hope this winter is not as cold as the last one .
 
Try those thin rubber coated gardening gloves, the ones with the fabric tops and the thin rubber coated fingers and palms (mine are purple). You can get them in most gardening shops and Wilkos has them and they range in price from 99p to £1.99 depending on which Wilkos you go in :P

Tack shops have them, but they are the Atlas brand and cost £9.99. I bought my first pair, an Atlas pair, at Your Horse live for £9.99 and then found the same ones, minus the Atlas branding for 99p at Wilkos.

They are great for fiddly things but you have to put them on inside the warmth first and then it keeps your hands relatively warm afterwards.
 
I don't trust doctors either! Prefer to sort myself out privately. IMO you've done right thing in going complementary as this is often better.

Had you thought of going to a medical herbalist? You want one that's properly medically qualified if you can find one, rather than the "touchy feely" type (if you see what I mean).


Obviously acupuncture works for you, which is good.
 
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