Neck arthritis (also known as neck osteoarthritis or cervical spondylosis) is the degeneration of the joints, bones, and discs of the cervical spine of the neck. Neck arthritis is a common condition, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis often involves your wrists, knees, and feet. But it can also affect your spine. Most of the time, this kind of back pain responds well to arthritis treatments such as biologics.

Spinal arthritis is inflammation of the joints that make up the spine. Typically, the most effective medications include analgesics, NSAIDs, acetaminophen, steroids, muscle relaxants, and DMARDs.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my late 50s and have started having stiffness in my back. I have become much less flexible and sometimes even have a hard time looking over my shoulder. I remember my ...

I have arthritis in my shoulders and relentless pain that radiates through my arms and ribs. I've had bypass surgery, but the pain sent me to the emergency room four times last month, and there were ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 68 and have osteoarthritis all over -- neck, spine, hips, knees, shoulders, hands -- and all are getting worse. One hip was replaced two years ago, and my shoulder was replaced ...

It’s the New Year. Gyms are overcrowded with people who have set ambitious physical goals. Vitamin stores are packed with those who have made New Year resolutions to absorb more nutrients. And the ...

When kids or teens experience aching joints and stiffness it may be more than growing pains. It may be arthritis of the spine and other joints (ankylosing spondylitis), which researchers report can go ...

Dear Colin: My neck has bothered me for about three years and my doctor and I aren't sure why. X-rays and MRI show "multilevel moderate arthritis" but nothing else. I'm only 54 and want to garden, ...

Figure 2. The patient also had arthritis mutilans of the hands. A UTI triggers complications in a patient with two forms of arthritis. Mr. G, aged 74, came to the ambulatory-care clinic initially for ...