Bone on Bone Arthritis Explained
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Tens of millions of Americans. More than 50 million at last count have experienced something like this scenario. And maybe you're one of them, you go to see the doctor because you have a stiff, painful joint that just won't quit. And he says the exact words you don't want to hear, he tells you that your poor joint is now bone on bone. Here's what that means in a healthy joint, a knee, elbow, hip, shoulder or any other spot where two bones meet the ends of the bones are covered by cartilage. This smooth white connective tissue, a kind of cross between soft tissue and hard bone, literally cushions every joint making effortless movement possible. But time isn't kind to our joints as the years pass, cartilage can erode cell by cell. It just wears away until there's so little left that the two bones constantly bump into each other. Ouch.