What is arthritis?

It is a painful rheumatic joint disease that develops as a result of the degeneration of the joint cartilage. It is mostly seen in weight-bearing joints.

The knee, hip, waist, neck and hand joints are the joints where arthritis is most common. In case of progression, pain, movement restriction and loss of function are also observed. It seriously reduces the quality of life.

What is the reason?

The most important reason is that the cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber in weight-bearing joints, is under excessive pressure. Excess weight is very important especially in knee and hip arthritis. In spinal arthritis such as waist and neck, postural disorders and heavy physical working conditions come to the fore. In hand arthritis, the main factor is doing excessive fine work with the hand along with familial predisposition.

Apart from these, metabolic factors, especially latent acidosis and insulin resistance, are the main factors that accelerate the process in all arthritis. In case of acidification of tissues, cartilage tissue, which is one of the tissues with the most alkaline PH value in the body, begins to degenerate rapidly. In the case of insulin resistance, the integration of sugar, which is the main component of cartilage, into the structure decreases and the degeneration process begins.

In addition, sulfur, which is one of the main components of cartilage, and essential amino acids required for its use, as well as B12-folic acid deficiency are the reasons that accelerate degeneration. The deficiency of these minerals and vitamins is due to the lack of intestinal flora as well as the lack of intake.

When the degeneration process begins, the destruction products and inflammation that form cause constriction in the vessels feeding the joint, disrupting blood flow and therefore nutrition.

How is it Treated?

In classical medicine, the first thing to do to prevent pain and loss of function is to give painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs. In these patients, the drug helps for a week to ten days and then has the opposite effect, increasing pain and inflammation. Typically, the patient will increase the dosage of the drug that never works. Either the drug will be changed or it will often be continued without symptomatic improvement. Therefore, although it can be recommended for a short time in cases of necessity, their continuous use will cause more harm than good.

Physical therapy applications are beneficial in terms of both reducing pain and preventing functional limitations.

The main treatment is to stop the mechanisms that cause the degeneration process.

• Neural therapy: It increases blood flow in the diseased area, provides both tissue nutrition and renewal, and ends the inflammatory process by removing the destruction products. It also contributes to the radical solution by resetting the stresses that create leaky gut and insulin resistance.
• Nutrition: A patient-specific nutrition program for insulin resistance, taking into account food sensitivities, will make a great contribution to both eliminating the intestines and insulin resistance. An alkaline diet program that is mostly based on vegetables is also important for reducing acid load. In addition, protein-containing foods such as meat, poultry, eggs, fish, legumes and milk, as well as vegetable sources such as cauliflower, broccoli, onion and garlic are frequently recommended in the diet for sulfur support.
• Necessary Micronutrient Supports: In addition to B12, folic acid, cysteine, supplements, appropriate probiotics to support intestinal flora, beta glucan, herbal chelation products for heavy metal detox, antiacidosis supplements for acid detox may be required. In cases of advanced degeneration, PRP-CGF-Stem cell injections may be recommended in addition to the above treatments for cartilage repair and regeneration. However, it should be noted that if these treatments are directly applied without the above treatment approaches, sufficient results will not be obtained, like sowing seeds in a barren field.