Do you ever experience knee pain when climbing stairs or standing up after sitting for a long time? If you wake up with joint stiffness and experience increased pain in the evening, along with popping sounds when you move your knee, you may have osteoarthritis.
Jonathan Liu, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner with more than 26 years of professional medical experience discussed in the program “Health 1+1” how to relieve joint pain with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), dietary therapy, and acupuncture, and shared tips for daily exercise to maintain joint health.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis and is also referred to as degenerative joint disease. Osteoarthritis affects more than 32.5 million American adults, particularly in the hands, hips, and knees. Liu notes that knee arthritis is especially common since the knee joint is weight-bearing and that half of the patients he sees in his clinic suffer from the ailment….