Osteoarthritis Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Osteoarthritis treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Osteoarthritis
The treatment and management of osteoarthritis involves lifestyle changes, medications, other treatments, alternative and complementary therapies, and surgery.
The goals of treatment include:
- Controlling pain
- Improving mobility and joint use
- Minimizing disability, returning normal function
- Slowing the progression of osteoarthritis
- Protecting other joints from developing osteoarthritis
Treatment involves the following:
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