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Degenerative Arthritis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, September 12th, 2011
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Degenerative arthritis is a medical condition that is marked by low-grade inflammation that results in pain in your joints. Degenerative arthritis results from abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and acts like a cushion for your joints.

Degenerative arthritis is the most common kind of arthritis. Nearly 21 million people in the United States are afflicted with degenerative arthritis. About 25% of all the visits to the doctor’s office are because of this condition. Degenerative arthritis also accounts for around 50% of all non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions.

There are two forms of degenerative arthritis. They are primary and secondary. Primary degenerative arthritis is a chronic degenerative condition that is related to aging, but it is not the result of aging. There are people well into their nineties who do not have any clinical or functional indications of degenerative arthritis. Secondary degenerative arthritis is due to other factors or diseases, but the medical results are the same as for primary degenerative arthritis.

Degenerative arthritis is also evidenced by the decrease or destruction of synovial fluid that lubricates your joints. You begin to experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking, as your bone surfaces become not as well protected by cartilage. Your regional muscles may atrophy and your ligaments may become more lax because you have less movement due to the pain that you are experiencing.

Researchers believe that heredity may be a key factor in causing degenerative arthritis. This is because this condition often affects more than one member of the same family. Genetics play a role in the occurrence of degenerative arthritis, as well. There is also some evidence that allergies, whether fungal, infectious or systemically induced, may be a critical contributing factor in causing degenerative arthritis.

The hallmark sign or symptom of degenerative arthritis is chronic pain that leads to loss of mobility and possibly stiffness. The pain is usually evidenced by a burning sensation or a sharp ache in your surrounding tendons and muscles.

Degenerative arthritis can cause a crackling noise (called “crepitus”) as your affected joint is moved or touched, and you may have muscle spasm and contractions in your tendons.

At times, your joints may fill with fluid. Humid weather causes the pain to increase in many people. In theory, any joint in your body can be affected. However, degenerative arthritis usually affects your spine, hips, feet and hands.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with degenerative arthritis. Degenerative arthritis and/or complications that have been caused by it or other illnesses that you have besides this condition may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability and inability to work.

If this is true, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

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Ankylosing Spondylitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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You probably already know that arthritis is a disease that affects the joints of your body.  Did you know that there are over 100 types of arthritis, and that some also affect your organs and other parts of your body?

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that is known by several names. Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is also known as Bechterew’s disease, Bechterew syndrome, Marie Strümpell disease, Marie Struempell disease and spondyloarthritis.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic, painful, degenerative inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects your spine and sacroiliac joints. It causes eventual fusion of your spine.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease. What this means is that it causes your immune system to attack your joints. Besides this feature of the disease, ankylosing spondylitis also has in common with rheumatoid arthritis that they are both inflammatory joint diseases.

Only 0.25% of the population of the United States is affected by ankylosing spondylitis.  There are three times as many men as there are women who are affected with this disease.

There are several ways in which ankylosing spondylitis may affect you. Some of the early signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis are pain and stiffness in your lower back and hips. Later, the stiffness can include your shoulders, knees and feet. In the advanced stages of this disease you may experience:

§  Fatigue

§  Weight loss

§  Chronic stooping

§  Loss of appetite

§  Bowel inflammation

§  Eye inflammation

§  Restricted chest expansion.

As ankylosing spondylitis grows more serious, the effects that it causes may make it hard for you to get and hold a job. It may be the cause of you or a loved one’s disability.

If this is you or your loved one’s situation, do you need assistance? Are you in need of financial help?

Where will it come from? Who will help you?

Have you or your loved one applied for that financial assistance from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by ankylosing spondylitis? Were you or your loved one denied by the Social Security Administration?

If so, you may be wondering what to do now? You may wonder what options you have open to you.

One option that you or your loved one has is to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something for you to keep in mind.

You or your loved one will need an established disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to advise and counsel you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason that this is true is because people who have an experienced disability attorney on their side are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

Do not put this off. Do not wait. This may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the good disability attorney at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Bechterew’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
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Arthritis is a disease that affects the joints of your body. Over 100 types of arthritis have been identified, and there are some forms of the disease that also affect your organs and other parts of your body.

Bechterew’s disease is a painful, chronic, degenerative inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects your spine and sacroiliac joints. It eventually results in fusion of your spine.

Bechterew’s disease is an autoimmune disease. This is a disease in which your own immune system mistakenly attacks your own body. In this case, Bechterew’s disease causes your immune system to attack your joints. In addition to this aspect of the disease, Bechterew’s disease is also like rheumatoid arthritis in that they are both inflammatory joint diseases.

Fortunately, Bechterew’s disease is a rare disease. Only about 0.25% of the population of the United States is affected by Bechterew’s disease. Men are affected three times as often as women by this disease.

There is no known cause of Bechterew’s disease, but genetic factors seem to have a part in causing this disease. People with a gene called HLA-B27 seem to have a higher risk of developing Bechterew’s disease.

As mentioned earlier, Bechterew’s disease is considered to be an autoimmune disease in which your body attacks itself. However, no one knows what causes your immune system to mistakenly do this.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of getting Bechterew’s disease. Some of these are:

  • Having the gene HLA-B27
  • Being a man
  • Being in late adolescence or early adulthood.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with Bechterew’s disease. Some of the beginning signs and symptoms of this disease are stiffness and pain in your hips and lower back. Later on, this stiffness may include your feet, knees and shoulders. In the advanced stages of Bechterew’s disease, signs and symptoms that you may have are:

§  Loss of appetite

§  Restricted expansion of your chest

§  Chronic stooping

§  Fatigue

§  Eye inflammation

§  Unintentional weight loss

§  Bowel inflammation.

You or a loved one may have been diagnosed with Bechterew’s disease. This disease and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

If this is your situation, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may be intending to apply for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability that has been caused by Bechterew’s disease and/or complications that have been caused by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disease. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, there is an important fact that you really ought to think carefully about that you may not have heard of. The fact of the matter is that people who have a disability lawyer working for them like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not wait. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Thoracic Spondylosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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Arthritis is a disease that involves inflammation of a joint. It is evidenced and usually accompanied by stiffness, swelling, pain, changes in structure and restriction of motion. Arthritis is not just one disorder. It is a complex disease that refers to over 100 separate conditions and can begin at any age of life.

The two types that are most prevalent are Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Other forms of arthritis include gouty arthritis, Still’s disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, septic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Osteoarthritis is marked by low-grade inflammation that leads to pain in your joints. This is due to abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and functions as a cushion inside of your joints.

Osteoarthritis is also characterized by the decrease or destruction of synovial fluid that lubricates those joints. You begin to experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking as your bone surfaces become not as well protected by cartilage. Your ligaments may become more lax and regional muscles may atrophy as you have less movement due to the pain that you experience.

Spondylosis is a form of osteoarthritis. It is a degenerative disorder of your spine. There are three forms of spondylosis. They are cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis and thoracic spondylosis.

Thoracic spondylosis is characterized by a narrowed space between your vertebral bones in your mid and upper back. As this space grows narrower, your discs begin to bulge out of position. Your nerves in the affected area may become compressed, which results in pain.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with thoracic spondylosis. Some of these are:

  • Extending and bending your body triggers pain
  • Pain and stiffness in the mid and upper parts of your back, especially in the morning after you get out of bed
  • Pain in your upper abdomen and chest
  • Muscle weakness
  • Numbness or tingling in your hands, arms, feet or legs
  • Pain that may radiate (move) to your extremities
  • Difficulty walking
  • Loss of coordination.

You or a loved one may have thoracic spondylosis. Thoracic spondylosis and/or complications resulting from this condition or other disorders that you may have along with it may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability and being unable to work.

If this is true, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be intending to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability resulting from thoracic spondylosis and/or complications resulting from this condition or other disorders that you may have in addition to it. You may have already tried this option, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact to consider. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney standing with them.

Please do not delay. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Basal Joint Arthritis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
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Arthritis is a medical disease or condition that literally means joint inflammation. Arthritis is inflammation of a joint that is evidenced and usually accompanied by pain, stiffness, swelling, restriction of motion and changes in structure.

Arthritis is not one disease. Arthritis is a complex affliction that involves over 100 separate disorders and can develop at any age of life. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Some of the other types of arthritis are psoriatic arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still’s disease, septic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis to name a few.

Arthritis is an enormous problem. This is evidenced by the fact that it is estimated that as many as one in every three adults in the United States have some type of arthritis or chronic joint symptoms. 0ver 46 million doctor-diagnosed cases of arthritis were reported from 2003-2005. That number is projected to rise to 67 million doctor-diagnosed cases in 2030.

Basal joint arthritis is one of these many types of arthritis. It is also called thumb arthritis. This is because basal joint arthritis develops when the joint at the base of your thumb and your wrist gets osteoarthritis.

Basal joint arthritis is much more common in women than in men. It is most common in women between 50 and 70 years of age.

Pain is the first and most prominent sign or symptom of basal joint arthritis. This pain happens at the base of your thumb when you apply force like opening a jar or turning a key in your car’s ignition. It also occurs when you grasp, pinch or grip an object between your forefinger and thumb. Later, you may have pain even though you are not using your thumb.

There are other signs and symptoms that you may have with basal joint arthritis. Some of these are:

  • Decrease in your range of motion
  • A bony, enlarged or out-of-joint appearance of your joint at the base of your thumb
  • Stiffness, tenderness and swelling at the base of your thumb
  • A loss of strength when grasping or pinching an object.

You or a loved one may have basal joint arthritis. This disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are disabled and in need of assistance.

Do you or your loved one plan on applying for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by basal joint arthritis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it? Have you already done this and been denied?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not wait. Contact the disability lawyer at socialsecurityhome.com, today.

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Adult-Onset Still’s Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare inflammatory condition. It is characterized by swollen or achy joints, daily spiking fevers and a salmon-pink rash that appears on your body. Adult-onset Still’s disease is a form of rheumatoid arthritis. It can lead to chronic arthritis and other complications as it progresses.

Still’s disease gets its name from an English doctor named George Still. He described this condition in children in 1896. Still’s disease is now known as systemic onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

In 1971, the term “adult Still’s disease” was used to describe adults who had a condition similar to systemic onset JRA. This condition is also referred to as Still’s disease-adult and AOSD.

Adult-onset Still’s disease is a rare condition. Less than 1 out of 100,000 people develop this disease each year in the United States. Adult-onset Still’s disease affects women more often than men.

Adult-Onset Still’s disease may cause you to have a daily fever of at least 102 F for a week or longer. The fever usually peaks in the late afternoon or early evening. Occasionally, you may have two fever spikes in a day. In between your episodes, your temperature usually goes back to normal.

The skin rash caused by this condition is usually salmon pink in color. It comes and goes with your fever.

The joint pain caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease usually lasts at least two weeks. You may especially feel the joint pain in your hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles.

This disease may also affect you by causing muscle pain, which usually comes and goes with your fever. However, it can be bad enough to upset your daily activities.

There are some additional effects that you may have with Adult-Onset Still’s disease. Some of these are:

  • An enlarged spleen or liver
  • Sore throat
  • Inflammation of the lining of your lungs or heart
  • Swollen lymph nodes in your neck
  • Weight loss
  • Abdominal swelling and pain
  • Pleurisy (pain that comes with a deep breath).

The effects caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease can keep you from working and result in serious, life-threatening complications. This disease may be the reason for your disability.

If this is your situation, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

Who will help you? Where will you get the financial help that you need?

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by Adult-Onset Still’s disease? Were you denied?

You may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You will need a confident disability lawyer like the one at SocialSecurityHome.com to represent you in this process. This is true is because people who have a caring disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

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Spondylosis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Arthritis is inflammation of a joint that is characterized and usually accompanied by pain, swelling, stiffness, restriction of motion and changes in structure. Arthritis is not a single disease. It is a complex disorder that involves over 100 separate conditions and can begin at any age of life.

Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the two most common types. Other types of arthritis include psoriatic arthritis, septic arthritis, gouty arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still’s disease and ankylosing spondylitis to name a few.

Osteoarthritis is characterized by low-grade inflammation that results in pain in your joints. This is caused by abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and acts as a cushion inside of your joints.

Osteoarthritis is also evidenced by the destruction or decrease of synovial fluid that lubricates those joints. As your bone surfaces become less well protected by cartilage, you experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking. Since there is less movement because of the pain, your ligaments may become more lax and regional muscles may atrophy.

Spondylosis is a form of osteoarthritis. It is a degenerative disorder of your spine. Spondylosis may involve degeneration in your neck. If so, it is referred to as cervical spondylosis. If the degeneration is in you lower back, it is called lumbar spondylosis. The disorder is known as thoracic spondylosis when it affects your upper and mid back.

Your signs and symptoms with spondylosis will depend on the part of your spine that is affected. These indications may be anywhere from mild to severe. They can also be chronic and disabling. Possible signs and symptoms include:

  • Morning mid-back stiffness after you get out of bed
  • Sciatica (mild to intense leg pain)
  • Pain that radiates (spreads) into your shoulders, arms, hands or fingers
  • Extending and bending your body initiates pain
  • Low back numbness or tenderness
  • Shoulder or neck numbness or tenderness
  • Pain in the mid and upper sections of your back
  • Pain that decreases after you finish exercising or when you rest
  • Tingling or weakness in your neck, shoulders, arms, hands or fingers
  • Difficulty walking.

You or a loved one may have spondylosis. Spondylosis and/or complications caused by this disorder or other conditions afflicting you along with it may have led to you or your loved one’s disability and be preventing you from working.

If this is your situation, you may need help. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may decide to apply for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by spondylosis and/or complications resulting from this disorder or other conditions afflicting you along with it. You may have already taken this step, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one intends to reapply or appeal the denial, think about this. People who have a disability attorney in their corner like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability lawyer.

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Arthralgia and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Arthralgia literally means joint pain. It is the medical term that is used for pain in one of your joints. Polyarthralgia is the term that is used when you have pain in more than one joint.

Arthralgia is not the same thing as arthritis. Arthritis is the diagnosis of a complex disease that refers to over 100 separate conditions. Arthralgia is a sign or symptom not a disease or diagnosis.

Arthralgia is one of the most common and prominent signs or symptoms of many forms of arthritis. However, arthralgia is also a sign or symptom of many different diseases, illnesses, infections or injuries. Arthralgia can even be an allergic reaction to medication.

It is not possible to know how many people are affected by arthralgia because it is a sign or symptom of so many different diseases and conditions. However, it is a problem that virtually everyone will experience at some time in your life. What is known is that arthralgia is more common in women than in men, and the prevalence of this symptom increases with your age.

There are many different illnesses, conditions, diseases, infections and injuries that can cause arthralgia. Here is a list of some of the possible causes of this condition including:

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Bursitis
  • Gout
  • Repetitive strain
  • Lupus
  • Infectious diseases
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia
  • Lyme disease.

While arthralgia is a sign or symptom rather than a disease, there are signs and symptoms of arthralgia that vary according to what the underlying cause of this difficulty is. Some of these are:

  • Pain in your joints
  • Stiffness
  • Redness
  • May include swelling
  • Symptoms of whatever your underlying cause is
  • Joint pain.

You or a loved one may have arthralgia. Arthralgia may be the main sign or symptom of an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition that has caused you or your loved one’s disability. This condition may be keeping you or your loved one from working.

Because of this, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have decided to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by an underlying condition and/or complications that have resulted from that condition in which your main sign or symptom is arthralgia. You or your loved one may have already tried this option, and your application was denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is intending on reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact to keep in mind. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer in their corner.

Please do not wait or put this off until tomorrow. This is a matter of great importance to you or your loved one. Contact us today and we will put you in touch with a disability lawyer who can help you appeal your denial of benefits.

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Celiac Disease and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Arthritis is a medical disease or condition that literally means joint inflammation. Arthritis is inflammation of a joint that is evidenced and usually accompanied by pain, stiffness, swelling, restriction of motion and changes in structure.

Arthritis is not just one disease. Arthritis is a complex affliction that involves over 100 separate disorders and can develop at any age of life. The two most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Celiac disease is one of the many forms of arthritis. It is a digestive condition that is brought on by eating the protein gluten that is found in foods like rye, wheat or barley. When you eat foods with gluten, an immune reaction is triggered in your small intestine. This results in damage to the surface of your small intestine. Also, you are not able to absorb certain nutrients.

Over 2 million people have celiac disease in the United States. This means that 1 in 133 people have this disease.

Celiac disease can develop at any age from infancy to old age. Celiac disease is most common in Caucasians and people of European descent. Women are affected by this disease more than men.

Celiac disease is also known by other names. It is also called gluten-sensitivity enteropathy, celiac sprue and nontropical sprue.

As mentioned earlier, celiac disease is caused by an immune reaction to the protein gluten in your small intestine. However, no one knows why gluten causes this immune reaction in certain people. Researchers believe it may have to do with heredity or genetics.

You may not have any signs and symptoms with celiac disease. Or, you may have a wide range of symptoms. Celiac disease affects people in different ways. Some of the signs and symptoms that you may have are:

  • Unintended weight loss
  • Seizures
  • Vomiting
  • Joint or bone pain
  • Constipation
  • Osteoporosis or bone loss
  • Chronic diarrhea
  • Fatigue
  • Anxiety or depression
  • Abdominal pain and bloating
  • Canker sores inside of your mouth
  • A tingling numbness in your feet and hands.

You or a loved one may have celiac disease. This disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you are disabled and in need of help.

Are you or your loved one thinking about applying for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by celiac disease and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with this disorder? Have you done this already and been denied?

If you or your loved one is going to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration, consider this. People who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability lawyer.

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Osteoarthritis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Osteoarthritis is a medical condition in which low-grade inflammation results in pain in your joints. This is caused by abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and acts as a cushion inside of your joints.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. Almost 21 million people in America suffer with osteoarthritis. This medical condition accounts for 25% of all the visits to the doctor’s office, and 50% of all non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions.

There are two types of osteoarthritis, primary and secondary.  Primary osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disorder that is related to aging, but is not caused by aging.  There are people well into their nineties who have no functional or clinical signs of the disease.  Secondary osteoarthritis is caused by other diseases or factors, but the medical results are the same as for primary osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is also characterized by the destruction or decrease of synovial fluid that lubricates those joints. As the bone surfaces become less well protected by cartilage, you experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking. Since there is less movement because of the pain, your ligaments may become more lax and regional muscles may atrophy.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is also known by other names. It is also referred to as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease.

The primary sign or symptom of osteoarthritis is chronic pain that causes loss of mobility and possibly stiffness. The pain is usually a sharp ache or a burning sensation in your surrounding muscles and tendons.

Osteoarthritis can cause a crackling noise (called “crepitus”) when your affected joint is touched or moved, and you may experience contractions in your tendons and muscle spasm. Sometimes, your joints fill with fluid. Humid weather increases the pain in many people. Theoretically, any joint in your body can be affected, but osteoarthritis usually affects your hands, feet, knees, hips and spine.

Osteoarthritis may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who will help you?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by osteoarthritis? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You or your loved one may need a disability lawyer like the one you can find here to help you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a dependable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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