Osteoarthritis, otherwise known as "degenerative joint disease", is one of the most common forms of arthritis with more than 20 million American sufferers to date.

While most people that suffer from the most severe forms of Osteoarthritis are age 60 or higher, it is a "degenerative" disease, therefore its effects to our bodies happen over a span of a lifetime. People as young as 25 can experience painful osteoarthritis.

The word "Osteoarthritis" is derived from two words standing for joint and inflammation. So it’s easy to see how this disease operates within the human body.

At each point where our bodies have the ability to bend, the joints, our bones come together divided by small areas that are made up of cartilage. The cartilage acts as a connection point between our bones providing us with a wider range of motion that would not be possible without it. We could not walk, bend, sit, or twist. We would be pretty much motionless without the ever important cartilage.

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