Red light therapy is thought to work by going beyond the surface of the skin and helping to stimulate cells in our body, ...

I'm confused by how things happened. I didn't remember or feel it—painful, just so painful everywhere. Sometimes the pain meds work, but mostly they don't. Even Tylenol doesn't touch it. At my age now ...

I’ve spent my whole life with joint pain, swelling, and stiffness. In my younger years, it was chalked up to growing pains or injuries from being athletic. It wasn’t until I was 30 years old and ...

Research on disease-related fatigue has increased dramatically over the past few decades. While there are numerous surveys (over 250 identified by one group of researchers! 5) designed to measure ...

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I have had issues with my teeth ever since my RA diagnosis (circa 2010). I went from perfect pearly whites to hell in my mouth in the span of a few months. But, I learned this was one of the cute ...

Foot pain, swelling, stiffness, and inflammation are extremely common in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Studies have found that nearly 90 percent of people with RA experience ankle or foot ...

Those of us who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tend to be quite familiar with the standard laundry list of symptoms associated with this condition, like pain, joint swelling, and fatigue. Living with ...

As a newbie to the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) community (although not a newbie to the chronic illness community), I truly had no idea about the treatment options when it came to RA. I was a little late ...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) encompassing the jaw is one of the most complex and misunderstood joints in the body. 1 There are multiple muscles, bones and soft tissues involved in motions that ...

Let me tell you — I’ve had a time-and-a-half with this uterus. As I detailed in my previous article, in a last-ditch effort, we tried an IUD to control my abnormal bleeding. How do you think it turned ...

This article was inspired by my current rheumatologist. She is my eighth rheumatologist, and I believe 8 is my lucky number. I started seeing her in 2018. At that time, I was facing a lot of life ...