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Pain Worsens Osteoarthritis

Dec 16th, 2009 | By Body Pain Admin | Category: Osteoarthritis

A study published last year in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism identified that pain is not just a result of osteoarthritis, but can actually be a trigger that makes existing osteoarthritis even worse.

In this study, researchers found that the pain signals arising from osteoarthritis traveled to the spinal cord and led to a biochemical cascade which actually worsened the osteoarthritis symptoms.