Arthritis - Dawgs™ Footwear



Arthritis

Artho means joint and itis means inflammation. There are approximately 38 causes of arthritis and most of these conditions affect the human foot. The most common of these conditions is osteoarthritis. This is the simple wearing and tearing away of the cartilage of the joints. Age, excessive weight, ill-fitting shoes and trauma or injury, are the basic causes of osteoarthritis. Fortunately, this condition is treatable.

The first step in the diagnosis of arthritis is a good complete medical history. The second step is an x-ray evaluation to view the bone structure of your feet. In more advanced cases of arthritis an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or CT scan (computerized axial tomography) are extremely helpful. In more complicated cases of arthritis, blood tests are used to differentiate between one arthritis type and the next.

Gout, which is also classified under arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the two most crippling kinds of arthritis. In most cases, simple aches and pains of the feet are usually biomechanical, in that the bone structure of the feet are not being supported as well as they should be. The first line of defense for painful feet is to get a well-supported shoe.