How to treat joint pain

I’d like to tell you how I managed to overcome osteoarthritis of the knees and osteochondrosis of the lower back. I’m not a doctor, so I can’t explain how it all happened, but I’ll tell you what actually took place.

I am 62 years old and retired. Before retiring, I worked on building sites. I started out as a simple bricklayer and gradually worked my way up to become a civil engineer. Anyone familiar with my profession knows that it is very different from ordinary manual labour. Not only do we have to lift very heavy loads repeatedly, but we also have to squat and twist our spines whilst doing so. It’s the same routine every day, in winter and summer alike. This work has completely ruined my knees and lower back.

The constant pain is having a direct negative impact on my appearance. Over the last three years, I’ve aged considerably.

Fortunately, I was able to retire at 55 due to the arduous and hazardous working conditions. I simply didn’t have the strength to carry on. During my final year, I was able to keep working thanks to pain-relieving injections. I was lucky — a vacancy for an engineer came up. I got it thanks to my experience and professional qualifications. This new job turned out to be much easier. It did me a world of good and had a positive effect on my fragile health. The pain eased, and I even managed to stop taking painkillers for a while. But three years before I was due to retire for good, I had an accident. I seriously injured my leg whilst fishing. The shock of the pain and another course of anaesthesia affected my fragile balance, and I once again had to contend with pain in my knee and lower back.

The injury has caused my arthritis to progress more rapidly.

I don’t even want to think about those three years. My life was a living hell! Every morning, my wife would give me a diclofenac injection, then I’d have another one at work, and in the evening my wife would give me yet another one at home. Why didn’t I take early retirement, you might ask? I was helping my son. They’d just had a baby boy, and he’d lost his job. I felt obliged to help his family.

Last year, I was using a walking stick. Shortly before my final medical examination with the occupational health doctor, I decided that I would have to resign. In any case, I would have failed that examination.

That’s how I felt about myself.

Based on my extensive experience in treating joint conditions, I can say that the main treatments used by doctors are strong painkillers and, in extreme cases, hormone therapy, which causes swelling to build up rapidly.

That won’t help at all!

What’s more, the regular diclofenac injections I had to endure to relieve the pain caused me to suffer from an upset stomach. I had to take bismuth subnitrates to protect the lining of my stomach.

In my search for a truly effective treatment, I had four drainage procedures to remove the fluid. The last time, pus had formed. The doctor said that I would most likely need an operation quite soon to replace my prosthesis with an endoprosthesis. This would involve fitting titanium knees to replace the old ones, which had now become unsuitable. I began to look into the matter. It turned out that even if the prosthesis worked well, I would still have to use a walking stick. The operation itself was only 80 per cent covered by insurance. Consequently, I would have to pay the remaining costs and any additional charges out of my own pocket. The risk of complications was also very high. In short, I decided not to rush into anything and to think it all through carefully.

I decided not to rush into anything and to think carefully about my future.

I realised I had no chance of getting rid of my disability. And I didn’t have that sort of money!

My wife (she has a heart of gold) and I thought it all through long and hard and decided to go ahead with the operation. Life doesn’t end at 61, and you’ve got to spend your money.

A real miracle has happened!

Actually, I owe it all to my wife. She had a school friend whose husband worked for the city council. This chap suffered from knee pain, just like me. Or perhaps not quite as badly as me.

One day, my wife went out for some fresh air when a car pulled up beside her. A civil servant got out of the car and walked briskly into the shop.

That day, Sandra (my wife) rang her friend and asked how Greg had managed to recover from his knee problems. As far as anyone knew, he hadn’t had an operation. Besides, people aren’t keen to have operations like that.

My wife Sandra saved me, and I am very grateful to her.

It turned out to be a new product – Arthryon. Her husband, who at the time was completely worn out from work, was back on his feet in just one month. And I’ll say it again – IN ONE MONTH!

We were both very excited, but at the same time disappointed, because this medicine wasn’t available in our country. And we had no idea how to order it from the United States, where almost everything is available only on prescription. In short, I carried on preparing for the operation.

A month and a half later, Sandra’s friend rang her and said that Arthryon had been certified in Australia. My wife begged her for more details, and it turned out to be true. Now we could buy the product—unfortunately, only from the official website. I think I was one of the first customers to place an order!

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I started treating my aching knees and lower back. And I have to admit, it’s starting to work! At first I thought it was like an anaesthetic, because about 5–10 minutes after the first application, the pain subsided. I felt much better; even my lower back stopped hurting. To be honest, I’d long since given up all hope. I was hoping that at least something could be done about my knees. I was already on the verge of having an operation! But when, after a week of using the spray, I was able to bend down and put on my shoes without needing a 50-centimetre shoehorn, I realised that Arthryon really does work!

Two weeks later, I was able to walk for a whole hour without any pain in my knee! I was clearly on the mend! Another two weeks on, I considered myself fully recovered — the pain was gone! I could bend over easily, walk long distances and ride my bike (I love cycling).

I’ll be able to cycle again and go for two-hour walks.

It’s been six months since I recovered. I’m pain-free! Even though I stopped using Arthryon a few months ago. Now I go fishing, work in my garden out in the countryside and love looking after my grandson! My wife and I are planning a trip to the south of Spain! She’s always telling me how beautiful the scenery is there.

When you’re in good health, playing with your grandson is a joy, not a struggle.

So, if you have arthritis, osteochondrosis or osteoarthritis – in short, if your joints and back are causing you pain – take note of this information: Arthryon treats joint pain!

Donald Fraser, Brisbane

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