Muscle and Joint Inflammation

As part of immunity, inflammation is one of the most basic human processes. It is our body's natural reaction to invasion by an infectious agent, toxin, physical, chemical or traumatic damage. It helps to establish a physical barrier against the spread of infection, and promote healing of any damaged tissue after the clearance of pathogens. However inflammation is also a part of the process that damages body tissues in many diseases including inflammatory diseases of joints and muscles. The most common forms are osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis and myositis.

Are The FOODS You Eat To Blame?

There is considerable evidence in the scientific literature that implicates commonly consumed foods with inflammatory process. Inflammation occurs as a result of an immune response to materials perceived as “foreign” to the body. Continuous consumption of the particular offending foodstuff will create a vicious cycle, ultimately leading to tissue damage with further implications for neutrophil recruitment and sensitisation.

The Wimbledon Clinic now offers an extensive blood test to evaluate the reaction of your neutrophils to an extensive range of foodstuffs, and grades the reactions on a scale of 1-4.  By subsequently avoiding the foods that cause reaction over a given period of time, the body environment is allowed to re-establish a normal and disease-free functional state.

Do you have an ESSEENTIAL FATTY ACID deficiency or imbalance?

As their name indicates, essential fatty acids are essential to the human health. Extensive research indicates that omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation and help prevent risk factors associated with chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and inflammatory joints and muscles diseases. It is important to maintain an appropriate balance of omega-3 and omega-6 in the diet, as these two substances work together to promote health. Omega-3 fatty acids help reduce inflammation, and most omega-6 fatty acids tend to promote inflammation. An inappropriate balance of these essential fatty acids contributes to the development of disease while a proper balance helps maintain and even improve health.

The Wimbledon Clinic now offers a comprehensive essential fatty acid test.

Do you have a MINERAL deficiency or imbalance?

Body that is suffering a mineral imbalance may produce inflammation in the bones, joints and cartilage due to the accumulation of toxic minerals, mostly calcium. The balance of minerals is very delicate and when levels of one mineral decrease, levels of other minerals may increase. In some cases, excess calcium will end up in joints, causing arthritic spurs and other problems associated with inflammatory joints and muscles diseases.

The Wimbledon Clinic now offers comprehensive testing of mineral balance.

Based on the test results we will custom build a treatment programme for you. It might include taking herbs, nutritional supplements or homoeopathics.

More information about inflammation:

• When inflammation becomes harmful?
• Conventional treatment for inflammation.
• Other factors contributing to chronic inflammation.
• Chronic joint inflammation in conventional medicine.
• Chronic joint inflammation in Chinese medicine.
• Chronic muscle inflammation in conventional medicine.
• Chronic muscle inflammation in Chinese medicine.