Osteoarthrosis

Osteoarthrosis (or more commonly arthrosis) is a degenerative disease of the joints, of progressive type, characterized by alterations of the articular cartilage and by the reactive formation of bone tissue at the joint margins. Unfortunately, arthrosis is gradually increasing with age: it will first affect (under 30 years of age) the spinal column, after the age of 30 the joints of the knees and after 40 the joints of the hands, of the hip and feet.

In general, however, the progression of arthrosis is slow and the extent of functional impairment is not predictable. The well recognizable symptoms of arthrosis are: joint pain, functional limitation, and morning stiffness. A cliché, proved not to be right, is related to the irreversible nature of arthrosic lesions and the need for patients to have to learn to live with chronic pain, mainly because of the important side effects of the pharmacological therapy.

The thermal treatments with the mature fango of Abano Terme is a valuable and effective alternative to traditional anti-inflammatory and painkillers drugs used to treat osteoarthrosis (European patent*).
Numerous scientific studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of thermal treatments on both the long-term reduction of joint pain symptoms and improvement of joint mobility and muscle strength, with important advantages in humour and quality of life.

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* Recent studies conducted by the Research Centre Pietro d'Abano in collaboration with the Universities of Padua and Pavia have demonstrate that the effectiveness of mature mud “fango” is linked to the activation of some intracellular biochemical mechanisms and also to the presence of a particular substance (sulfoglicolipide) produced by the metabolism of specific micro organisms (Phormidium ETS 05) substance with a strong anti-inflammatory and condrite-protective activity, thanks to it was obtained a European patent which classifies the mud “fango”of Abano as natural medicine.