Steve Kroll
Wine Guy
I've had joint pain for about 10 years now, but it's gotten progressively worse since I turned 50 a few years ago. Mostly I get it in my shoulders, knees, and ankles. A lot of it stems back to old sport injuries and things that just never healed quite right.
I used to take ibuprofen to help with the pain, but it was something I didn't really like taking. Then, about two years ago, a friend of mine who is going through the same thing told me that he drinks juice with ginger extract to help relieve the pain. At first I thought it was a lot of hooey, but he swore by it.
So I decided to give it a try. Every morning I would use the juicer to make a concoction of apples, carrots, beets, lemon, and a knob of ginger. I found that it helped tremendously. The swelling in my joints was noticeably improved and I could go 8-10 hours without much pain.
These days, I make a brew in the morning of 2 cups of water to which I add about an inch of ginger root, very thinly sliced. I then boil it for 15 minutes, and strain the liquid into a mug. To this I add a green tea bag and some honey.
This simple home remedy provides much better relief then I ever got from taking pills.
So this got me to thinking, are there other home remedies that DCers swear by?
I used to take ibuprofen to help with the pain, but it was something I didn't really like taking. Then, about two years ago, a friend of mine who is going through the same thing told me that he drinks juice with ginger extract to help relieve the pain. At first I thought it was a lot of hooey, but he swore by it.
So I decided to give it a try. Every morning I would use the juicer to make a concoction of apples, carrots, beets, lemon, and a knob of ginger. I found that it helped tremendously. The swelling in my joints was noticeably improved and I could go 8-10 hours without much pain.
These days, I make a brew in the morning of 2 cups of water to which I add about an inch of ginger root, very thinly sliced. I then boil it for 15 minutes, and strain the liquid into a mug. To this I add a green tea bag and some honey.
This simple home remedy provides much better relief then I ever got from taking pills.
So this got me to thinking, are there other home remedies that DCers swear by?