Arthritis and the Weekend Warrior

" Webcast I'm doctor David marks arthritis is a painful sometimes debilitating condition. This disease of the joint affects 43 million Americans and that number will only increase the population -- What is arthritis and who's at risk. Joining us to explore these questions. His doctor Allan good he's put medicine and public health and health and rheumatologist at. Surgery welcome. Thank -- doctor -- it's not a clinical assistant professor of medicine and and why you think what about the weekend warrior out there from the book. 4045 year old guy is gonna complain that all on the weekends. -- Is that something. He hit people's appetite I don't -- end up with arthritis and listening eventually is it is or something that they should be concerned about it they should look or. To stem the development right."

" I think the weekend warrior goes out and as severe acute injury shouldn't there be seen by a rheumatologist Arnold. On I think that there are a number of injuries that could be dealt with quicker. And so that if they needed intervention. Surgeries or the or surgical procedures that they can -- done -- orange. Which greatly Kabila simpler. Rather than taking painkillers working through -- pushing off."

" And often do we can worry -- really needs education. If the -- water and man after the first episode. Well then perhaps we educate them how to prevent the second. Only too often we -- comes in after the tenth episode I would tie and there is chronic damage to the structures of the joint. That that he or she is complaining about and by the end of yet is up a little bit from where there have been and we got."

" Involved earlier alerted its three most common symptoms that a person look for writers. -- In Europe and swelling in her. Joint he read news in -- joint pain swelling and threatens correct. Well thank you very much and thank you for joining our webcast. I'm David --"