Doctors want people to exercise to keep up the range of motion in affected joints.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Maybe there's no cure for America's most common disability, but for the estimated 50 million victims of arthritis, there's a way to get relief sooner than later. Developed by a rheumatologist physician with over 30 years of practice and...

Seeing the movements of a healthy hand mirroring one's own movements plays a welcome trick on the brains of arthritis sufferers, a new study shows: It reduces the perception of pain. The observation, reported this week at the Society for Neuroscience's annual conference , could offer a safe, inexpensive means of dampening chronic pain by enlisting the brain's power of suggestion.

A study by the University of California trialing a technique involving mirrors has proved effective in alleviating joint pain and stiffness.

There’s no shortage of suggestions when it comes to natural treatments for arthritis sufferers. In fact, the Arthritis Foundation reports that two-thirds of people with arthritis have tried an alternative therapy.