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You use your knees every time you walk, run, or move your lower body at all.Knee pain, therefore, dramatically affects the daily life of victims, who must use their knees through the day.Knee pain is the second only to back pain among American adult pain sufferers.Knee trouble is most frequently caused by osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint condition in which the cartilage that surrounds the two bones that contain the knee joint wears away, sometimes causing painful joint-on-joint contact...

Everyone will experience pain at some time in their lives.Pain is a necessary form of protection against accidents, diseases, or conditions that would otherwise impair or kill us.Pain alerts us that something isn't right.Pain can be either 'acute' or 'chronic' - the distinguishing characteristic between the two is their duration.Acute pain usually occurs after a particular injury.It appears fast and is usually very extreme - one example is the pain of a broken bone...

Your knees, shoulders, and elbows are all large joints.Your hands and feet contain many joints.Our joints are used for almost every movement we make.Half of adults over age 65 - or more than 20 million Americans, suffer recurrent or chronic joint pain, stiffness, and sometimes swelling.Joint pain can be so severe that ordinary daily activities of victims, such as eating a bowl of cereal or washing one's hair, become difficult or even impossible...