Weight control—A group approach for arthritis clients

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“…12 Furthermore given that excess weight is strongly linked to osteoarthritis pain in a dose dependent fashion, even though the cause effect relationship between these variables may not be conclusive, 13 the finding that the morbidly obese patient commonly has worse pain relief after total knee joint replacement surgery 14 and arthroscopy 15 and patients continue to use addictive opioids to relieve their pain 16 implies concerted efforts to effectively minimize the presence of excess body weight and pain among people with painful disabling osteoarthritis in a timely way is crucial. This brief describes some recent research concerning the link between obesity and painful osteoarthritis, and in light of the compliance challenges associated with dietary restriction, 17 plus enormous length of time and resources required to do this effectively the writer proposes a more comprehensive and timely strategy for fostering weight reduction and minimizing functional declines attributable to the overall disease process among obese osteoarthritis sufferers based on the available research. Since the keystone of managing osteoarthritis is the ability to self manage the disease and/or reduce or minimize further disability in a timely way strategies that overlap with this approach are specifically highlighted…”

Obesity, Osteoarthritis and Pain

“…Furthermore given that excess weight is strongly linked to osteoarthritis pain in a dose dependent fashion, even though the cause effect relationship between these variables may not be conclusive [13], the finding that the morbidly obese patient commonly has worse pain relief after total knee joint replacement surgery [14] and arthroscopy [15] and patients continue to use addictive opioids to relieve their pain [16] implies concerted efforts to effectively minimize the presence of excess body weight and pain among people with painful disabling osteoarthritis in a timely way is crucial. This brief describes some recent research concerning the link between obesity and painful osteoarthritis, and in light of the compliance challenges associated with dietary restriction [17], plus enormous length of time and resources required to do this effectively the writer proposes a more comprehensive and timely strategy for fostering weight reduction and minimizing functional declines attributable to the overall disease process among obese osteoarthritis sufferers based on the available research. Since the keystone of managing osteoarthritis is the ability to self manage the disease and/or reduce or minimize further disability in a timely way strategies that overlap with this approach are specifically highlighted.…”