By the AOL Health Editors
If you're suffering from arthritis you know how hard it can be to manage the pain. First we researched the best natural pain remedies, and then we asked what worked for you. We polled our twitter followers and the readers at Caring.com to bring you the best reader home remedies for arthritis pain. One reader suggests that Jello may be the cure you've been searching for.
*Health Editors' Note: These are tips from our readers. We always recommend calling a doctor before trying any of these cures at home.
Reader Remedies for Arthritis
Gelatin
Eating gelatin every day can help lubricate the joints. My mother takes gelatin dissolved in water but I don't know the quantities.
-- Caring.com user
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Exercise
Physical activity really helps with arthritis pain over time. Arthritis Fdn provides range of exercise options: http://www.arthritis.org/choosing-right-exercise.php
-- Utah Arthritis via Twitter
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Fish Oil
A friend at work uses omega 3 fish oil for her arthritis. As the months have gone by her joints are visibly smaller. And the best part is that she has had a huge reduction in pain. Apparently, the higher the concentration and milligrams, the better.
-- Caring.com user
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Change in Diet
My grandmother suffered from arthritis and one of the ways she got some relief was through dietary changes. For example, she reduced the amount of red meat in her diet and increased her consumption of fish, especially salmon and her all-time favorite, tuna. These kinds of oily, cold water fish are high in fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids, which have anti-inflammatory properties.
-- Caring.com user
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Massage Oil
I am a massage therapist, and have studied aromatherapy for years. I have developed a remedy that has been working for my freinds and family. It constists of thereaputic grade essential oils. Massage will help, if you cannot afford it, just keep looking, you will find a therapist that is benevolent enough to make it affordable for you. You can also try massage schools in your area, there clinics are inexpensive, once you find a student you like, they may stick with you after they graduate, and keep you at an inexpensive rate.
THe blend of oils I use is Lavender -(you dont have to buy the most expensive, but dont get the cheapest either) Ginger, peppermint, juniperberry, marjorham... It is difficult to find all these in a random place I order mine online, the bottles and whatnot can get expensive, but it is worth it!! Maybe you can find an aromatherapist in your area that will have something similar that can help.
-- kjw
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Raw Diet
Many alternative medicines/modalities will have a positive effect on arthrities, one of the Dr's I used to work with said eat a raw food diet and it will help... Cant quite go that far, just eat lots of veggies. The point here is to balance ph in the body so you have more alkaline instead of acid. Veggies, raw foods, create more alkaline, meat, coffee, sugar all create acid.
-- kjw
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Yoga and Diet
Yoga, aqua therapy, decrease in sugar intake, Vit D3 supplement, stress management-combination of all can reduce symptoms for me.
-- Arthritis Walk via Twitter
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Physical Therapy
There is also Physical Therapy. If someone in the family can go in for a few sessions and learn how to help, that is good.
My grandmother was given a prescription for P.T. last year but has refused to do it, and has gone downhill.
--DolphinsCry
