Tips for Joint Health and Pain Relief

Do you experience chronic joint pain?

Does your body take longer than usual to recover from exercise or an injury?

Have you tried different solutions but still haven’t noticed a change?

Experiencing joint pain can be uncomfortable and disruptive. Easing these symptoms can enhance your overall quality of life. Here are some tips for improving joint health and relieving pain.

1. Stretch and Stay Active

• • Stretching helps reduce tension in the muscles and improves range of motion and overall mobility, all of which can help improve and prevent the worsening of pain.¹
  • A simple way to start would be to try yoga or a 5-minute stretching routine before bed or as part of your morning routine.

2. Reduce Stress

• • Studies have shown that stress amplifies pain perception, significantly impairing the ability to manage joint pain in a dose-dependent way.²
  • A simple way to reduce stress is by practising diaphragmatic (deep belly) breathing. Breathe in for two counts, hold for one, and then slowly release. This type of breathing can help slow your heart rate, improve oxygen intake, and reduce stress in the body.

3. Improve Sleep

• • It is common for pain to intensify at night. This is thought to be caused by fluctuations in hormone and pro-inflammatory cytokine levels.³
  • Improving your sleep environment and routine can help with joint pain. Pain can worsen if your mattress and pillow exert pressure on joints, or if daytime factors such as caffeine intake and exposure to blue light trigger insomnia. A simple solution is to ensure your bedding is comfortable and supportive, avoid caffeine at least seven hours before bedtime, and limit blue light exposure for two hours before sleep.⁴

4. Try Natural Health Supplements

If the options above have been explored but you still need additional support, consider trying a natural health supplement to help relieve joint pain symptoms.

Clean Collagen

• Collagen is a protein found in the body’s connective tissues, from skin to bones to ligaments. As humans age, the body starts to produce less collagen, making supplementation important for joint support. Genuine Health Clean collagen is easy to add to your daily routine—just mix it into coffee, smoothies, or soup. It’s soluble in both hot and cold liquids! One daily serving helps protect against collagen loss and improve joint health.^5,6

Fast Joint Recovery with NEM^®

• Loving your workouts lately but hate the joint pain that comes with them? Genuine Health Fast joint recovery with NEM^® protects the cartilage between your joints, cushioning them from the impact of exercise.
• Made with natural eggshell membrane packed with chondroitin, glucosamine, hyaluronic acid, and collagen, it helps protect cartilage and strengthen your joints.
  • Relief in as little as 1 day
  • Reduce joint pain and stiffness
  • Increase joint flexibility
  • Accelerate joint recovery

Fast Joint Care with NEM^® & Turmeric

• Reliable joint repair that lasts. Fight and reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis and pain quickly and consistently using Genuine Health Fast joint care with NEM^® & turmeric.
• A natural long-term solution combining NEM^® with two types of turmeric, this formula has powerful anti-inflammatory properties to calm painful swelling and strengthen joints. Experience more ease in performing daily tasks, improve your range of motion, and finally say goodbye to aches and pains.
  • Relief in as little as 7 days
  • Increase joint flexibility
  • Reduce inflammation
  • Reduce joint pain and stiffness associated with osteoarthritis

Pain can be difficult to manage, affecting day-to-day activities and overall well-being. However, it serves an important purpose. It’s the body’s way of signalling that something may be wrong, acting as a warning or reminder to take better care of yourself and your health. Never ignore these symptoms and always address the root cause of joint pain!

References:
1. Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Theis KA, et al. Walking and other common physical activities among adults with arthritis — United States, 2019. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;70(40):1408-1414. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7040a3
2. Geva N, Pruessner J, Defrin R. Acute psychosocial stress reduces pain modulation capabilities in healthy men. Pain. 2014;155(11):2418-2425. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.023
3. Cutolo M. Circadian rhythms and rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine. 2019;86(3):327-333. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2018.09.003
4. Shechter A, Kim EW, St-Onge MP, Westwood AJ. Blocking nocturnal blue light for insomnia: A randomised controlled trial. J Psychiatr Res. 2018;96:196-202. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.10.015
5. Zdzieblik D, Oesser S, Gollhofer A, Koenig D. Corrigendum: Improvement of activity-related knee joint discomfort following supplementation of specific collagen peptides. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab Physiol Appl Nutr Metab. 2017;42(11):1237. doi:10.1139/apnm-2017-0693
6. Dar QA, Schott EM, Catheline SE, et al. Daily oral consumption of hydrolyzed type 1 collagen is chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory in murine posttraumatic osteoarthritis. PLOS ONE. 2017;12(4):e0174705. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174705

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