Men Arthritis
Men Arthritis
A word of warning for the gentlemen out there. More and more men are experiencing aches and pains that were once primarily associated with older age.
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" Until recently just walking up the stairs was a painful experience for turning Scotch Alicia you had a health problem he never would've expected to encounter in his late. Thirties I had. -- involve restoring a motorcycle and was getting into improperly -- kick starting. -- feeling sharp pain in my -- the pain was a form of early arthritis caused by condition called. Ephemeral -- tubular impinge were FBI. It's basically too much friction in the hip joint. I was having trouble walking I stopped walking my dogs -- dreaded stairs of this is relatively new. Diagnosis. Or a new evolution of our threats that we didn't realize occurred. And we're now recognizing arthritis years before it happens in three arthritic state if you will. Doctor Michael -- is an orthopedic surgeon he's seen men as young as their early twenties coming in with symptoms and the patients present with pain. Particularly with flexing their -- So there's going up and downstairs. Sometimes squatting down playing with their kids. Those kinds of activities they'll notice that they did pain and they're growing a pain in the outset -- their Scott was a new father when the pain started and worry about the impact it might have on his relationship with his young son. I lost the ability -- some have been down to comfort them. And I was concerned that as he was beginning his walking career my walking career is going to be ending. He knew we had to take action so we went to see doctor making sometimes cortisone injections can relieve the pain but in Scott's case surgery was the best option. He says the recovery was tough but well worth. Happened at a point in my life where I've got a lot of future plans throughout my future plans involve walking. And doing other physical activity so I couldn't click on any longer. Now nearly pain free he's able to focus on his sons -- not result. Spread -- NBC news."
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