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Clear, accessible articles to help you better understand your health, your symptoms and the integrative approaches that can support your care.

6 articles

  • Fundamentals

    Hip osteoarthritis: symptoms and daily life

    Groin pain when walking, a stiff hip when you get up, socks that are harder and harder to put on: hip osteoarthritis, which doctors call coxarthrosis, often builds up little by little. How to recognise it, how to tell it apart from pain coming from the back, what helps day to day and when to see a doctor, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

    8 min read
  • Fundamentals

    Finger and thumb-base osteoarthritis: daily life

    Stiff fingers in the morning, swollen joints, a painful thumb when opening a jar or turning a key: hand osteoarthritis and thumb-base osteoarthritis (rhizarthrosis) affect movements we make dozens of times a day. How to recognise them, what helps day to day and when to see a doctor, and how we approach them at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

    8 min read
  • Fundamentals

    Neck osteoarthritis: symptoms and daily life

    A stiff neck in the morning, pain spreading to the shoulder, an imaging report that mentions "cervical spondylosis": the words often worry people more than they should. What this neck osteoarthritis means, its symptoms, what helps day to day and the signs that should alert you, and how we approach it at Centre Algos in Fribourg.

    7 min read
  • Fundamentals

    Rheumatoid arthritis: recognising the symptoms and living better day to day

    Stiff fingers when you wake up, joints that swell, tiredness that weighs on the day: rheumatoid arthritis affects the whole body, not just the joints. The signs that should lead you to see a doctor, what flares are, what helps day to day, and how we support people at Centre Algos in Fribourg, always alongside their rheumatologist.

    6 min read
  • Fundamentals

    Knee Osteoarthritis: Understanding the Pain

    Knee osteoarthritis affects many people as they get older. What we know about the mechanisms behind knee pain, why imaging does not tell the whole story, and the factors that can make it worse.

    6 min read

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