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I asked my rheumatologist to reduce my RA meds, while I increased use of quality supplements. She was skeptical at first, but knew this was what I wanted to do. The RA meds had been causing me problems. After a few months, my blookwork showed my inflammation was beginning to come down. She has now said to keep doing what I'm doing since my numbers are the best they have been since being diagnosed with RA. I have reduced my carb intake to ~125g carbs per day and take the quality supplements. I eliminated carbonated beverages, fried foods, and processed foods. I limit beef, eat chicken, increased fish intake, eat fruits (especially berries), and vegetables, and eat simple foods without heavy gravies or sauces. It is a challenge at first, but then becomes second nature. The reduction in pain won't happen overnight, but for me, the pain is much less than before following this regime.

🎉 I am celebrating my victory right now because I am a living Testament. Allow me to share my story I have been walking bone on bone for the past 10 years and to this day I believe I am still walking bone on bone. Last year when my pain got so severe that on my bad days I was crawling to the bathroom because I couldn't even walk both of my ankles were completely shattered as how I would describe it to people meaning they are completely wasted and gone I cannot use them to walk anymore it was that painful. One day I came across Dr Berry who was talking about the keto diet, I was very skeptical about this because it involved no medication whatsoever but I decided to give it a try because what do I have to lose? I was on the waitlist for an ankle replacement surgery. I am so thankful that I took on this Challenge and basically went keto for 3 months and during that 3 months I was really dial in I went completely cold turkey and cut out all carbohydrate from my diet. After 3 months I started to feel a lot better so I got really excited and commit myself to one full year of being on the keto diet. Now let me tell you I was not perfect on my diet because at times I crave sugar so much but I eat clean carbohydrate, I eat mostly fruits to help me with my craving, nothing unnatural or man-made. After one year I felt so much better, on my good days now, I can walk and even jog without experiencing any pain or very little pain. I am so thankful for this diet because you are truly what you eat and what you do in life. I would highly recommend eating clean cut out all carbohydrate if you want to see fast results like I did now it won't happen overnight but I can speak with confident that you will see results after 6 months and if you are really dial in you can make significant positive changes within a year like I did. This has been a game changer in my life and I am beyond thankful at this point. You have to be disciplined and bring out the beast in you if you want changes in life. Unfortunately most of us are lazy and aren't disciplined so we eat whatever we want. Don't get me wrong you can still have cheat days and do whatever you want but don't make it a habit to do it everyday once in a while is fine, you got to live life a little, however, after your cheat day you should get back to your normal routine of eating clean. If you want to expedite the process then also add in exercise 3 to 5 times a week whatever you can do go at it and go at it hard and you will see the results. Be disciplined and enjoy the result! Whoever is reading this I wish you nothing but the best in your journey and make sure you keep us posted and share your testimony to encourage others

Thank you so very much for excellent teaching and encouraging suggestions. I am a 70. yo female who had knee surgery for arthritis…stress fractures( “ cement” was injected under anesthesia, shredded meniscus repaired and bakers cyst drained. That was 6 mos ago. My knee has been painful ever since ( was also painful for about 2 mos prior). I am a RN with MSN’ and also LMT so I am familiar with anatomy. I have had PT and a personal trainer to show me exactly what muscles need strengthening so I can stop limping. I am so tired of pain and was quite discouraged …feeling blessed to see your videos and doing the exercises you recommended. My hope is restored. So grateful!! Thank you for sharing your gift

I could cry watching that. I was given that diagnosis yesterday without 1 single word of explanation or way to move forward, apart from wait for operation. Thank you.

your description and illustration exactly described what is going on with my left knee. most other Dr.'s will just explain it but your visuals made it make sense. thanks a lot.

I really like how you explain bone on bone. I was told that surgery was my only option, which made me feel like it was a death sentence. Thanks to the support from hubby, he helped me find alternatives. Now, I have to build myself back up again. Small wins are what gives me hope. The difficult thing is ignoring the "neigh sayers." I go to work and they are telling me I really should get the operation and that I'm limping. I go home and look at my security camera and it show dramatic improvement. Even my phone is saying my asymmetry is much better. I've gone from 85% to 29%! To me that's improvement. Yes, there are some days I just don't feel that great and I'm 40%, but I'm not ready to throw in the towel. Thanks for your vid!

Alyssa - thank you SO much for this - I am so grateful that I found your channel - this is the type of information you do not get at the doctor's office (in most cases) - and it does really hep - this is inspiring me to keep going!! Thank you so much and good luck to all 🙏❤💜💛

Thank you. I need a doctor like you, but unfortunately doctors like you are hard to find.

I just found your KZfaq CHANNEL, and I am very happy I did. Your explantion of bone on bone pain is something that none of my doctors told me. I have just started some of your exercises and I like them!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR THOSE OF US WHO SUFFER FROM ON GOING PAIN from oesteoarthritis.

So glad I found you I have bone and bone in my right knee x-ray show. I am doing everything I can to avoid surgery. I also have a diino in my legs and feet surgeon said he would replace my hip but not my knee so I’m going to keep this and watch it and watch it. Ha ha and thank all of you for your helpful comments too!

Thank you for your clear information. I have rather severe hip arthritic degeneration in one leg. I'm a gardener that takes care of a large property which entails many hours of physical movement nearly everyday....often walking all day. For a number of years I have been very disciplined about having a healthy diet and I also take turmeric each day (mixed with tomato juice and a little olive oil I find a good way to take it). I also eat a lot of fish. When the doctor looked at a recent hip X-ray, her comment was that I must be very patient with the level of discomfort. I have pain, but I think that the work i do plus diet pretty much has me following your advice. Sometimes my hip stiffens up at night, but starting work the next day it often feels better. My problem is that I don't get much rest and too much physical movement enforces the pain, and sometimes by the end of the day the level of discomfort can be rather severe again. I might start eyeing the Ibuprofen on the shelf on days like that, it definitely alleviates pain, but a number of people presumably in the know, warn of the dangers using such medication. Learning to take it easier is still something that I need to learn to do. I greatly appreciate your advice for me to keep in mind.

I am so thankful to have come across your channel! I am athletic and never had knee pain or warning signs so when I suddenly had pain in my knee and went to the orthopedist and they told me I had bone on bone, I was in shock and spiraled down the rabbit hole! I have always been concerned about heart disease and cancer…osteoarthritis never entered my mind. This gives me hope!

I really like your attitude and ideas. I am a vigorous weight lifter, I am too heavy and working on that now. I am gravitating toward more free weight kind of exercises now. I have been going to the gym off and on for almost 30 years. In the last three years I am working harder than ever. My lifts are constantly getting bigger. I used to leg press around 900 Lbs. Until back in June doing some calf raises with 540Lbs, on last set of 10 I got a jab if pain. Been fighting it ever since. I but have not given up.

This is going to make a huge difference in my recovery! Thank you so much! This is genuine , interesting and great tips!

I've had left hip arthritis, "bone on bone", plus herniated discs apparently 20 years. Have been told to see the surgeon, but have an interesting "cure" for the pain, which has worked for me. Actually, 3 tips. First, I found out 25 years ago when injuring my knee really bad, horrible pain, that my yoga habit of lying on the floor/carpet with pillow felt wonderful and the knee healed up fast. (It wasn't needing surgery, wasn't meniscus tear, but really painful.) My brother had weight lifting injury and cured pretty fast on my living room floor. So I started "flooring" it, to this day, it is my "go to" for pain elimination. In my case I also have scoliosis, where my pelvis is crooked on left starting from the bra strap area and being on the floor seems to even fix my 3 herniated discs. #2 For years for pain I've been taking Calcium Magnesium Zinc D3, currently Spring Valley brand, which really affects my Vitamin D levels, for pain. When I skip taking it my bones start to hurt. I take it with a little red wine and cheese and sleep without pain. #3 I have a leather bolster about 3 inches thick by 8 inches and use it in bed in the abdominal area and it feels wonderful, helps me not limp when I place it above the left hip while sleeping on my left side. Doing lots of line dancing and yard work didn't help all those years. The bolster was a head piece for an IKEA recliner. Anyone else try these remedies?

Thank you for this important information. The small wins are really essential to my emotional and physical health. I'm so glad I found your channel!

Excellent video, thank you very much for putting this on.

Thank you for your passion and enthusiasm, you are amazing, inspiring and I greatly appreciate your help! Blessings!

Thank you Dr..very well explained with so much care...I love you

Thank you for caring about people with arthritis. I have bone on bone hip arthritis and the pain is off the charts sometimes. I’m determined to keep out of the operating room. And your channel is helping me. Aloha

Your inspirational, a great clear teacher and very motivating..., thanks for all of these amazing lectures. Cx

Hi Dr Alyssa, thanks for your good logical approach. I was not being consistent regarding my b.o.b. hip. Giving up on exercises after only a week because of little result. Stopped going to PT cos all they do is apply pressure on specific muscles leaving you too sore to do exercises. Finally, plain old walking for 1-2 hours a day consistently made a lot of difference. All ache gone with only little soreness after being on feet for four hours which relieves very quickly after a sit down rest. I do only one glute exercise and focus on correcting the gait. Proves that the ATM approach works provided you don't have spurs or irregular femur ball.

I love it when you say but 😊 giving us the confidence to heal. Thank you dear.

Thank you for your video

Wow, after one knee replacement and suffering pain in other knee, i haven't had the reasons and solutions explained this way. Thank you. I'm going to take your advice.

I loved your video, very helpful. I'm gonna start putting it into practice

Thank you ❤

This is a great video!!

Thank you Dr. Kuhn!

Gracias Dr…you are the best…Blessing🎀

I LOVE THE ENERGY OF THIS TRAINER... I THINK I AM IN LOVE!

I have been bone on bone so long they must be smooth and slippery as ice by now. You are brilliant and motivational and just the support helps! Thanks!

Allergic to turmeric and fish oil raised my bad cholesterol and lowered my good. Every body is different

So glad I stumbled upon this. I have an unusual situation. Long story short, I have worn out all the cartilage in my elbow. No bone on bone pain yet, but my surgeon is obsessed with pushing me into a replacement. An elbow replacement is much worse than the actual problem. I take turmeric, do traction exercises to increase the joint space, but what specific exercises can I do to strengthen the muscles around the elbow? TIA.

Fantastic.. 52 year old male in Scotland.. developed pain about 4 weeks ago .. very sore … when to see a physio who diagnosed this issue and gave some advice .. mainly an exercise plan .. looked at loads of stuff on KZfaq and your channel is one of the if not the best !!! Well done and thank you ..

Glad I found this channel you are very helpful and give great hope

Great information

I take boswellia besides omega 3 and turmeric. Thank you for the information.

Concise,informative, helpful and very well explained :)

Outstanding information a lot of common sense

Thank you so much for these knee exercise videos . I just started looking at your videos. so glad try these out. I am hoping o get much better as I follow your advice.🙂👃

Thanks love this video

Best video! I appreciate you so much!

I'm on the wait list for Knee replacement , both knees . I DO NOT want surgery ,thankyou for this channel - I now have an alternative and found out what should have been explained to me about bone on bone athritis. I am confident that I can avoid surgery as long as maintain consistency in my program . I swim daily and have had conflicting advice on aspects of certain strokes , particularly breaststroke. In your opinion is the kick in breaststroke bad for thighs and knees. - kia ora from NZ

Wow. I needed to see this.I will be checking out all your sources Ty ❤️

Your a Pleasure to watch and listen to.!!❤thanks very much!!!

I SOOOOOO needed this video. I am going thru this with my knees. THANK YOU!!!

This information could be a game changer for me!

Thank you

I have osteoarthritis in both of knees. Also Bone on bone on both knees, bone spurs and bursitis. Can you talk about that? Bursitis? I’m glad I found your video. I have been doing your exercises. Very helpful. Oh maybe can you talk about leg cramps as well? I wish I would’ve found you a long time ago. I used to get injections every 3 months and gel shots as well. I stopped getting them. I hate the pain I feel when the shots wear out. Painful. Keep up with your videos. It’s very helpful. Thank you!

Consistency is so important. This also means messing up or missing a workout once in while isn't the end of the world, as long as you keep it up.

great guidance Dr fantastic thankyou

You are a Godsend, followed all your advice and I have to say it works. Bone on bone, but pain is gone!!!! Thank you so much for the great advice. You're my hero!

Great Video ! Mine is with my left shoulder (same comparison?) . I'm taking GLUCOSAMINE/CHONDROITIN as the DR recommended. I've been on it for 3weeks and since listening to your video will give it more time. Also doing my recommended exercises. Going with tumeric/fish oil next. . . .Thanks Jeff

What supplements do you recommend that are clean and good quality? Thank you!

Thank you Alyssa

Thank goodness for your videos!!! The Osteoarthritis doctors don’t give Any info!

Thank you so much I appreciate you, God bless you, love linda

Thank you for information . My bestie have problem knee bone to bone . I am deaf person and can I call you thru interpreter service explain you about him . I ll appreciate your response . 🙏

Good clip n thanks. Have you ever looked at bone broth too to boost colagen?

I just found your channel, glad i did. I’m bone on bone in my left hip and I’m suffering from no mobility and super tight hips and cant move well. Please help?

What causes the irritation of the synovial fluid?

Thanks Alyssa, im trying, so hard when everything hurts.

Maybe this explains why my actual knees dont hurt but the muscles/ tendons/ ligaments are sore and stiff when I walk and ache. Your channel has been so informative and helpful..

Hello Doctor, I am a new subscriber, and I really appreciate your passion for helping those of us with bone-on-bone knee osteoarthritis. What is the link to the 5-day mobility challenge? I didn't see it in the description box. I opened all of the links. I may have overlooked it. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to starting the challenge soon.

I just find your YT chanel, i have bone on bone in my big toe and knee, i am very fit, i workout with heavier weights and now i cant do a squat anymore my quats hurts a lot, i have now more then 1,5 month a lot of oedeem in my knee i have got an MRI was indeed seen a lot of fluid seen, thursday i have an appointment with my doctor, lets see what he is gonna say. I hope i can get back to my workout scheme with heavie weights, i just downloaded your pdfs, thank you so much

I can do fish oil but I cannot do turmeric as turmeric is too high in oxalic acid and I have to watch that. But I still would like to do those exercises anyhow.

Mine is also congenital and I am a normal weight and very active. I do appreciate your advice. ❤

What I’d like to know there are so many exercises for the knees how do I know which ones and how many to do?

I am using patches that are supposed to grow back cartilage.

Very helpful!

Where is the 5 day challenge link?

SO glad I found this channel!

Hi I Love your channel, I have so much OA all over its scary. I am allergic to Tumeric, (aspirin related), can you suggest something else? I have 6 herniated discs in my neck, bone on bone both shoulders, knee issues, and lower back, nerve pain in a toe, (but I started eating more protein and weirdly it went away, I read taht can help, why dont drs tell us that!), and OA also in my big toe on the otehr foot, theres more but thats what Im dealing with daily. I start pt tomr on my knee and neck. The neck is the worse for me. I will look for some videos on here for neck. I already do neck exercises but the pain is still really bad. Ive also started eating anti-inflammatory foods. Thanks for all your help!

Could you recommend a good turmeric supplement that has the best ingredients and effacacy? Thanks!

Hi Dr Alyssa, love your passion and your indepth guidance you have inspired me to improve my mobility....

Thank you my left knee has moderate arthritis iam doing stuff you told us to do but during our cold spell in Chicago I feel about 3 times what iam doing wrong now when I go to work I have a fear I might fall

great!

I am 57 I use to walk good when I was younger I had arthritis an now found out got bone to bone hard for me to get out of bed an walk an do things I love to do got gout in feets today going to rehab to get help with my knees an about pain can't stand long .eather

Please help me with my back arthritis! I am 66 still working but retiring as I feel if I don't do the things I love now it will be too late. I have bone spurs and an impinge nerve and my back muscles are weak. I have started the gym doing weight machines.

Your vids are great !!!!

❤ Watching from London UK.

Thank you.

Hi i have degenerative discs l2 to 5 bone on bone,😮 also my hips are bad i keep getting bursitis, when bending backwards its painful on my back, forwards not so painful. My question is should i carry weights?

did anyone catch the video about tumeric? which one did she recommend? I couldn't find the right link! thanks if you can help!!! have a good day everyone!

I am so glad I'm not the only one talking about this issue this week! Lol! Great minds ;) ....My approach: 1. Strengthen those quads! Improve Stability/Balance. 2. Re-condition the nerves 3. Stimulate the body's production of it's own stem cells. Keep up the good work! PS- the card for your turmeric video didn't show up. PPS - Have you seen the studies on Theracurmin versus Turmeric? MAJOR difference in bio-availability. xo

Sometimes,when I go to stand up, it feels like my knee bones arent aligned up quite right and it pinches ,hurts real bad, making me cry out. I try to wiggle my knee and get the bones back in the right spots , if that does happen ,i can step on that foot ti start walking

@arthritisadventure Hi! I heard keep jogging is actually good, since the periodic stress and movement on joints makes tissues and joints healthier and stronger. What's your intake on this? thanks!!!

Post rotator cuff repair, I have osteo arthritis which has just got worse after all the numerous exercises I’ve done - a year later I’m worse off than I was. Can you speak into shoulder pain? I find aqua therapy the best but even that exacerbated the pain. Thank you .

Hi...i have complete tear acl 2mos. now but my prob. is when i want to flex it it wont co,z something inside my knees stak up and i feels.pain Pls help😢😢

Check with your Dr before taking any supplements. I took turmeric, and it was very bad with the high blood pressure medication I was taking. I had to stop.

Can't find the link for 5 days exercises! I have day 1. That's it! Where is it?

My sister had knees.replace an it didn't help her I didn't won't have surgery on my legs going try what ever to get them strong again.

Man Doc thank you I just got the report on my knee being bone on bone . I'm a ex football player and everything you said made sense compared to a total knee replacement . Thank you for being so accurate with helping me

you missed a very important point..... weight loss

It is not the thigh muscle but the hip /butt muscle that needs to be stronger. Exercising the thigh muscle can cause knee pain with "bone on bone" also must use a cain to walk & relieve pressure on knee.

Best advice ever !!! Can't believe you're a Dr.! Maybe the medical industry have some hope .... I lost completely respect and confidence in them and covid sealed that one for me but listening to young enthusiastic people like you that can actually think for themselves give me a little hope for future generations as you cannot go by the controllers theoretical books that brainwash Dr's completely 😢

Weakness leads to poor balance. Yup. Foot, ankle, knee issues make me wobbly.

I appreciate every one of your videos and find all of the information helpful. But... I listen to a lot of videos at work. My bosses are okay with them playing in the background, but its hard to not bother others when the intro music is unexpectedly louder than the speech level. Just a view from the other side.