How Your Joints Change as You Age

SOURCES:

Merck Handbook: “Results of Growing old on the Musculoskeletal System.”

CDC: “Osteoarthritis (OA).”

Keith Roach, MD, affiliate attending doctor, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; affiliate professor of medical medication, Weill Cornell Medical Faculty, NY.

Ruchi Jain, MD, rheumatologist, Magnolia Rheumatology, Westchester County, NY.

Hospital for Particular Surgical procedure: “Inflammatory Arthritis.”

Arthritis Care and Analysis: “American Faculty of Rheumatology 2012 suggestions for using nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee.”

American Faculty of Rheumatology: “Significance of Following Your Remedy Plan.”

Robin Jahrous, Lake Bluff, IL.