Osteoarthritis affects around 10 million people in the UK. The condition – which is a degenerative disease predominantly linked to ageing – occurs most often in weight-bearing joints like the knee (5.4 million people in the UK) and the hip (3.2 million people in the UK). Arthritis of the thumb is also common, occurring in…
In the second of our blogs to mark National Arthritis Awareness Month, we are exploring the range of treatments available for people with elbow arthritis. This type of arthritis is one of the less common forms and you can find more information about the causes and what symptoms to look out for in our blog…
To mark Arthritis Awareness Month, we are looking at the causes of one of the less common forms of arthritis – elbow arthritis. Although elbow pain is a common problem it is rarely caused by arthritis and is more normally due to soft tissue problems, such as tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow, or the result…
