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A diet that shuns fake food and a gentle exercise program will help you prevent stiffness and arthritis.

I find it disturbing when people complain to me that even at the tender age of 40 they can barely walk when they get out of bed in the morning because of pain and stiffness in their feet and legs.

There are several things at play here and you’ll have to decide which is uppermost in your world. First there’s the issue of diet and lifestyle. Many years ago in New York I’d wake up with stiff fingers that were slightly swollen. It took me a while to realize my fingers felt that way after I ate sushi. I didn’t eat raw sushi but I did liberally dip my California rolls in sodium-laced soy sauce.

Begin by keeping a diary. Keep track of your food, activities and “toxic exposures” to identify what factors may be contributing to your stiffness.

The second issue is “the mind” at work. Hear me out on this point. When you get up and your ankle or knee hurts, what are the first thoughts that rocket through your brain? Try these on for size:

“I’ve got arthritis; I’ll have to go to the doctor; he’ll put me on pain pills; I’ll end up in a motorized wheelchair; I can’t afford a knee replacement; do they even do ankle replacements; that’s it, I’m doomed!!!”

And do you know what’s driving your brain over a cliff with thoughts of impending doom? It’s TV ads for arthritis drugs. Their insipid dialogue coyly asks if you have stiffness and pain in your joints. Lord suffering cats! Everyone has some occasional stiffness and pain in their joints. But don’t make a religion about it. Don’t worship the pain in your joints; see it for what it is.

The word “arthritis” is derived from the Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation. A lot of “arthritis” is a condition of life! In life we get bumped and bruised physically and emotionally. It’s all a matter of how you handle it with the right mental and physical tools.

Unfortunately our brain-dead education system and our commercially-driven medical system are not giving you the tools you require. But I’m not so hamstrung and I’ll tell you plainly what you are missing.

1.  A diet that shuns fake food.

2.  A gentle exercise program.

3.  If your stiffness involves back pain, you must get the free book from the Healthy Back Institute

4.  Regular detoxification using something as simple as clay baths

5. Magnesium as a natural anti-inflammatory. Here are my recommendations

6.  A health encyclopedia with natural cures, Future Health Now Encyclopedia

7. An online wellness program, Future Health Now! to allow you to stay healthy. Try out a free 4-week introduction.

In a not-too-distant blog, I’ll give you some treatments for arthritis from my Future Health Now Encyclopedia. In the meantime, as I say in my Future Health Now! Online Wellness Program, throw your TV in the trash and soak your feet in some mud!

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