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FOODS THAT PREVENTS GOLF ELBOWS AND ARTHRITIS

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Representative Director
of the Inter-American Division of
arious arthritis, including golf elbows, are as common
Self-developed Oriental Medicine Hospital
Vas low back pain and are one of the representative Oriental Medicine doctor
diseases that rapidly deteriorate the patient's daily life. / a doctor of Oriental medicine
Lee Woo-kyung
If your wrists, elbows, hips, knees, and ankles hurt, your
outdoor activities are very limited and you can hardly 자생한방병원 대표원장
play your favorite golf. It is difficult to travel and you 이 우경
won’t even think about visiting family or friends.

process and interfere with the cartilage-making process
However, if you look at people suffering from arthritis in
or accelerate the loss of cartilage, it eventually wears
the doctor's office, about 60% of them are actually caused
away the cartilage quickly and causes abnormal friction,
by excessive exercise or work. There are many cases
resulting in arthritis.
in which the ligaments of the wrist are stretched while
using the computer in an uncomfortable posture all day
The first thing to watch out for is coffee. When the
long. There are quite a few cases where the cartilage of
caffeine contained in it is excreted from the body, it always
the knee is worn out due to excessive running or golf that
consumes a large amount of calcium, which causes bone
continues almost every day, leading to arthritis. However,
and joint weakness. If you really want to drink coffee, it
in some cases, even though there is any particular
is recommended to drink no-caffeine (decaffeinated),
unreasonable work or exercise, 40% of them suffer from
which is common these days. It's not coffee, but white
a particularly rapid degenerative change than others.
sugar, chocolate, and ice cream have a similar negative
Why does arthritis occur without a specific cause?
effect as caffeine if you consume too much. Consuming a
lot of these food, the calcium in your bones also decreases
In this case, there may be various causes, but it is our usual
rapidly. Protein should also be ingested in moderation,
eating habits that we must first consider. All joints have
but in case of excessive intake, it also weakens bones,
different shapes or sizes, but all have something called
ligaments, and joints because ammonia is excreted with
“cartilage”. Like our nails and hair, it keeps generating
minerals.
and disappearing every day. If certain foods affect this
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