While arthritis can't be cured, it can be managed, treated and prevented. Every extra pound you carry means five extra pounds of impact on your joints. Some of Franklin's patients have been able to free themselves of arthritis by shedding just 10 pounds. The quads absorb the vast amount of the stress over the knee. Without the quads, the knee wouldn't last long.
Inflammation leads to more inflammation.
The new therapies are safer, more targeted and more effective. If you're careful, you can prevent arthritis. But once you have it, if you treat it aggressively, you can make the pain go away.