What are your favorite remedies for arthritis?  

From what I've read, it seems it would take a lifetime to fairly try all the various remedies / diets / exercises etc.  Many sources say that eliminating wheat, dairy, meat, and sugar was all it took to completely cure them, but they say it might take months to notice any change, and that it doesn't solve the problem in every case.  

I've had great success with acupuncture, and mild success with egg-membrane supplements.  Acupuncture could be expensive to keep up because the effect is usually only temporary.

This is from another thread:

Arthritis is from inflammation which = diminished immune system.  I'm not exaggerating when I say it's gone now, and that's after I was told I'd have to have both knees replaced, and suffered pretty much with neck/disk issues.  
After much research , here's what I did.  
In addition to a good multi vitamin, I take omega 3 or cod liver oil, krill oil, and flaxseed oil and I began supplementing w/ minerals.  All of that helped significantly, but I still had some pain.  So I began taking turmeric and high doses of ascorbic acid vit C and have had tremendous results!

How much of each supplement would you recommend?

excellent thread idea MC, considering how widespread is arthritis, affecting both sexes.
Acupuncture helped you enormously - I would not have considered that.  Thank you for sharing.  I look forward to other's successful remedies also.

Regarding my success in pain management, at the time I was diagnosed with arthritis I was fairly young (30's)and the specialist was surprised.  I now attribute it directly to my crazy intake of coke (coca cola that is  :smoke-pot:)  I consumed large quantities throughout the day for many years.   The rest of my diet wasn't too bad, but I immediately changed my diet at that time, although I still kept drinking coke (didn't yet know the connection re sugar phosphorus, etc)

Arthritis - diminished immune system causing inflammation.  Nutrition is key. So any supplementation should be in addition to eating only nutritious food.  Be ruthless about it!

My diet:  when possible, raw milk and raw milk product, grass fed meat when possible, if not then organic. Also pastured eggs from local farms, the requisite fresh vegetables (heirloom when possible - we just started a large garden w/heirloom seeds) and we stopped eating all processed food - which most fast food and supermarket food.  
Because of looming gallbladder issues, I began drinking  organic unfiltered apple juice w/ tablespoon of Braggs ACV each day.  That isse went away, but I continue to have each day.  
Multi vitamin, fish oil, coq10, vit e supplements.  
This was all about 12 years ago.  My health soared and arthritis improved greatly.  
About 2 years ago, probably just due to increased activity level and stress, the pain increased in knees and neck.  It escalated so that I had to address.  

I finally stopped drinking all soda.  Can you believe I was so careful about everything else, yet continued drinking this poison?  
I added minerals via more multi, krill oil, B vitamins and chromium (adrenal), also  homemade kefir w/flaxseed oil for gut and immune support.  That definitely helped, but not enough.  Luckily there are  several smart people at my church who share health remedies and one of them told me about high dose vit C.  I researched thoroughly - Linus Pauling, etc etc.   and was comfortable attempting, since there is such little downside..   Here's a quick paragraph:

Dosage
Oral vitamin C can be taken to what is called bowel tolerance. When the body's maximum saturation tolerance is reached, diarrhea results. The aim is to adjust the oral intake to a point just below the diarrhea point. The following general recommendations are summarized from the Linus Pauling Institute's protocol for oral vitamin C ingestion.

    Large amounts of vitamin C should be taken in divided doses throughout the day.
    Begin with 1 or 2 grams (equivalent to '/»to Vi teaspoonful) of pure crystalline vitamin C dissolved in juice or water.
    Increase the intake by 1 or 2 grams on each subsequent day until a laxative action develops. At this point, reduce the dose by 1 or 2 grams below this bowel tolerance level and maintain that dose thereafter.

Crystalline vitamin C can be obtained at reasonable cost as ascorbic acid or as the calcium and sodium ascorbate salts. See the appendix for a source of reliable, inexpensive supply.

It is important that vitamin C therapy be consistent and be maintained indefinitely, once the dose level is decided upon. If there should be any need to discontinue the therapy, it is important to decrease the dosage gradually to avoid the rebound effect.

There are so many other reports and testimonies about it.
Check out some recent Natural Society articles.  Amazing.   http://naturalsociety.com/achieve-results-iv-mega-dose-vitamin-c-orally/
Also Curezone.  Just search "Curezone high dose vitamin C".  Lots of references and other info there.

 I can attest that within a few days I felt much better, and now -  a few months later- pretty much pain free.  
I have to say I also added tumeric recently due to this study:  http://naturalsociety.com/turmeric-vs-ibuprofen-knee-pain-study/
I believe this with the vit c is what worked for me.

Two final things:

1.  Be sure your vitamin C is easily absorbable, either in powder form (it's bitter - mix w/AJ) or a capsule.   Also, be sure all your supplements are from good sources.  Lots of poorly made ones out there, so caveat emptor.

2.  This should be #1!   Every good thing comes from the Father and I thank Him for helping me, even though I did not ask Him about this issue in specific prayer.  Suffering is a great blessing after all, right?  I presume He now wants me to serve Him more actively with my renewed health, and He's thrown 2 projects in my path that I could not have done had I still been in pain.  

Many blessings to the good people of Cathinfo.  You are all very special, and I don't mean in the little yellow school bus kinda way!   :dancing-banana:
Well, maybe a few...

bravo Songbird.  That took courage and He gave you the wisdom to find the answers.

Coincidentally I saw a forum discussion about cracked skin on the foot.  Exercise is supposed to help, so your walking (and rosaries) was a good instinctive move.  I had copied the following for a family member and had it handy:

diets which fail to provide adequate zinc and essential omega-3 fatty acids may contribute to cracked heels and other dry skin problems. Zinc rich foods include oysters, organic chicken, crab, kidney beans, yogurt, and brown rice.  Consuming one Zinc Lozenge each day is an excellent way to maintain an optimal level of zinc.
Omega-3 fatty acids are largely found in cold water fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, and it can also be found in healthy oils such as flaxseed.  Taking two capsules of Omega 3 Plus provides a quantifiable amount of these essential fatty acids on a daily basis.
Other important vitamins and minerals include:
*Vitamin E, which is found in green vegetables, wheat germ, whole-grain products and nuts.
*Calcium, which can be found in organic raw certified cow or goat milk, organic cheeses, yogurt, dark leafy vegetables and broccoli.  Most people get plenty of calcium but fail to get the essential mineral magnesium which is necessary for proper absorption and utilization of calcium.
*Iron, which is found in certified organic meats, including beef, chicken and fish, as well as organic free range eggs, vegetables and beans.  Triple Mag provides a therapeutic dose of magnesium in a highly absorbable form.

 
I started taking magnesium for a few other issues and it's really good.  One of those supplements you can tell make a difference.  I do not take the calcium/mag combo pills tho - the mag is too low/calcium too high.

I have been off the predisone since May 22.

Thanks!  I'll have to get myself a juicer.  I used to have one and I loved it, but I couldn't keep up with all the prep and cleaning.  I never used it for arthritis in particular - just for general health.  Looking forward to juicing again!

I sometimes think it's hopeless because I have various minor deformities that I was born with, which seem have been the root of the problem.  But I guess any amount of relief would be good.

Has anyone here ever tried apple cider vinegar and honey?  That is a classic arthritis remedy.  

Thanks!  I'll have to get myself a juicer.  I used to have one and I loved it, but I couldn't keep up with all the prep and cleaning.

There is a man who's done a series of youtube videos comparing various juicers.  He gives the pro's and con's of various types.  I think they're helpful, because as you mention, the prep & cleaning seems like a lot, so it helps to know which juicers are easiest to use & clean.

You can find his videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=discount+juicers+comparison

For example, here is one where he goes over the different types:

Has anybody tried turmeric? I make my own capsules.

I cured my arthritis many years ago by stopping tea. Never touch the stuff now. I do have one real coffee a day (not instant).

Also grow, dry, grind and encapsulate my own bird's eye chilli. Very economical supplements and therapies. I use the cayenne for blood circulation, rather than thinners.

Has anybody tried turmeric? I make my own capsules.

I cured my arthritis many years ago by stopping tea. Never touch the stuff now. I do have one real coffee a day (not instant).

Also grow, dry, grind and encapsulate my own bird's eye chilli. Very economical supplements and therapies. I use the cayenne for blood circulation, rather than thinners.

Nadir, I just started tumeric a few weeks ago, in concert with some other tweaks I was making as my arthritis improved. Now, no more pain.  Gone.    I also applied it in a poultice to an infection on my finger.  Gone.  I can't recommend tumeric highly enough.  God gave us all we need.

Cayenne is great for sore throat too.  I didn't believe it (people claiming it works within hours) until I tried it a few months ago.  Sure enough, no more sore throat.
But I like it sprinkled on veg juice each morning, with pink salt and horseradish mixed in.   Great for adrenals, blood, immune system, etc.  

Interesting about tea.  I didn't know.  I started drinking 'bulletproof' coffee and I must say it is a great recipe for supercharging your brain each morning, utilizing good fat and medium chain triglycerides to provide lots of mental energy for the day.  I'm hooked.

Myrna, CLO is a valuable reminder.  When I started taking krill oil, I really noticed an imrpovement in pain (I think it was the addition of tumeric that eradicated it), but CLO may be more affordable.  I'll look into.  Thank you.