Hi and welcome back to Get Fit Guy. This is Kevin Donne. And this week I want to chat a bit about joint health.

It's not a surprise that everyone who listens to this podcast intentionally is a human. And the humans are mortal.

Therefore, it's reasonable to assume that listeners

would like to figure out ways to extend

the quality of the time we spend alive.

One of the most common emails I receive

that isn't a hate mail is people asking me

about osteoarthritis.

So let's have a chat, also known to some listeners as a lecture, about that this week.

Osteoarthritis is a Greek word, apologies to listeners that don't like foreign words, I know, such a pedant.

Well, it means inflammation of the joints and bones.

And it beats out things like bursitis and gout to take top spot as the most common joint condition globally.

Inside our joints, we have a cushioned layer of cartilage,

and the osteoarthritis occurs when this layer is worn out faster than we can replace it.

There's also an inflammatory aspect to the condition.

In the United States, 40% of adult males and 47% of adult females will develop it, and the average age of diagnosis is 55.

So what can we do about it?

As someone who in his 30s was already showing signs of osteoarthritis in my left hip socket,

I can assure you it is painful and frustrating and that looking for pain relief is something

I sometimes spend quite a bit of time on. Now, in the US, the first line of treatment for this

is Tylenol or acetaminophen. I have never found this to work for me, although if you

listen to this podcast, you will know that anecdotal evidence

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