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Osteoarthritis may include:

  • inflammation of the tissue around a joint
  • bony spurs growing around the edge of a joint




What are the symptoms?



What causes it?

Research shows there are some things that may put you at more risk of developing OA in certain joints, such as:


How is it diagnosed?


What will happen to me?


Is there a cure for OA?


Osteoarthritis continued...

My Story

My Story

For Ken and Evelyn Missen, living with osteoarthritis has had one valuable upside: it was the reason they met. They have both been activeactive: This can refer to a person who is busy doing different exercise. Active can also refer to the presence or progress of a disease. leaders of the Waves program in Melbourne for many years, and see the physical as well as the mental benefits of staying active. Apart from having eight grandchildren between them, they also work closely with at-risk and vulnerable people within their local community, and hope to encourage more men to seek treatmenttreatment: The action and/or medicine used to take care of a disease or injury. for their musculoskeletalmusculoskeletal: Relating to or involving the muscles or skeleton (bones). conditions.

Ken and Evelyn tell their story
