ABSTRACT
Physicians in primary care practices have a signicant number of patient visits in which the patient
visits involve joints that are compromised by osteoarthritis (OA). Visits for OA-related pain are even more common in specialty practices such as physiatry, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and sports
medications does not adequately address the problems that most patients have in regard to dysfunction of their joints. It may also not adequately slow the breakdown of cartilage. NSAIDs and pain medication can have signicant side effect proles. Nutritional approaches to OA can decrease pain and improve function. There is also evidence that the use of nutritional therapies may slow progression of OA. This chapter will provide a clinical approach to this highly prevalent condition.
