Arthritis and the Weekend Warrior

" Welcome to our webcast by doctor David Marks arthritis is a painful and sometimes debilitating condition. This disease of the joints affects 43 million Americans and that number will only increase as the population ages what is arthritis and who's at risk. Joining us to explore these questions his doctor -- he's professor of medicine and public health at Cornell and rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery welcome. Thank you David and that's the new doctor Stephen smiles clinical assistant professor of medicine at NYU -- what about the weekend warrior out there who -- of the 4045. Year old guys -- now playing basketball on the weekends. What's his name is that something. What you hear people say all the time I know we end up with arthritis in this may eventually. Is it is or something that they should be concerned about it they should look for to stem the development of arthritis."

" I think the weekend warrior goes out and hasn't severe acute injury shouldn't -- be seen by a rheumatologist on both -- home I think that there are a number of injuries that could be dealt with quicker. Our home so that if they needed intervention. Like the surgery that the Pope or surgical procedure that they can go have done for a torn -- let's say could be a lot simpler. Rather than taking painkillers working -- Portion on."

" And often the weekend warrior really needs education. If we can work and and after the first episode. Well then perhaps we can educate them as to how to prevent the second. Only too -- the weekend warrior comes in after the tenth episode. By which time there is chronic damage to the structures of the joint. That that he or she is complaining about and by the end the FD is up a little bit from where it could have been and we got."

" Involved earlier one of the three most common symptoms that a person should look for arthritis. The three most common symptoms would be paying. In -- a joint swelling in -- around a joint. He read news in around a joint pain swelling. And revenues correct -- well thank you very much and thank you for joining a webcast I'm doctor David Marks about."