Lose weight yeah right, well that's what I thought, but it's also what I did! Mines all over my back and hips fun fun. The losing weight part isn't really that hard. I had to change my eating habits but more then that I had to change my thinking from I can't do that to yes I can. The weight lose helps take the strain off the joints and everything else it puts a strain on. What I also do to help control it is stretching exercises sort of like yoga. It helps keep me movable on the days it really acts up, like when a low presure system comes moving through with all that moisture.
As for pain, I use very little medication unless it get really bad. My doctor had me on ibprophen but because it screws up some other organs in the doses I had to take she put me on something a little different. By doing the exersises the need for meds has gone way way down. Depending where yours is and how much have your doctor send you to a phsyical therypst. The exersises don't take me that long about 10 -15 min in the morning and as needed through out the day. check out some website. You have the choice to life in agony and slowly lose your mobility or face and attack it head on. I know for me I like the feeling of still being able to move around and without that much pain so the time stretching and exersising is worth the trade-off.

Good Luck with the attitude adjustment

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