It started in my neck; I have degenerating discs in my neck, some nerve damage. I have osteoarthritis in my whole spine, it's now in my knee and possibly my hips. My first symptoms were chronic pain in the neck and extreme headaches.

I had headaches and then my knees, neck and back were next. Now I have arthritis in almost every joint in my body. Neck, back, shoulders, wrists, fingers, knees, ankles, and feet. I am not sure if the pain in my hips are from the hips or the back. I have spurs associated with the affected joints. I was in my mid-twenties when these symptoms started. I am going to be scheduled for knee replacement in both knees. I have seen chiropractors and they have been of no help. Celebrex does not help. Ibuprophen has helped a little. I am 67 now and I'm really feeling the pain today. The pressure must have dropped. We went from the 80's to the 60's in one day. Rain is expected.

I went for my yearly physical, and complained of aching hands and that my hips hurt. Blood tests came back with a positive ANA test. The rheumatologist ran blood tests and took X rays of my hands. This came back with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis. The hip pain was bursitis. She gave me cortisone shots in my hips and prescribed Arthrotec (NSAID) for the pain. I use hot wax dips, and lots of Aspercreme night time lotion (it smells good!). These things seem to help, since I teach special needs children and use a lot of sign language.

I was just recently diagnosed with Osteoarthritis in both knees. I am 31 years old. I started getting symptoms about 6 years ago while training for a marathon. I ran every day and did squats and lunges every other day too. That did me in. At first, doctors diagnosed me with patella tendonitis which coincided with the symptoms I had at the time. I stopped everything and gained weight. Since then, the pain returns when the weather is about to change. I used the Glucos/Chron blend and can tell it helps a bit. Frustrating because I can't really do any real workout, but I need to lose weight at the same time.

Aching pain between shoulder blades at night for a few weeks, then radiating deep pain down my right arm making it difficult to perform my tasks at work.

I have no pain at all until I do some strenuous exercise like walking a long distance or up a hill. I can stop and set down and the pain will go away. My doctor ran some tests and said I had osteoarthritis although I see no one else that has commented that has similar complaints. I just turned 79.

My knees are progressively becoming painful when walking. Recently, my knees have been very stiff and painful to bend.

I am 31 yrs old and recently diagnosed with OA. I've had low back pain for about 10 yrs and have been to several doctors about it. It started with numbness in my feet and pain running down the backs of my legs. It has gradually gotten to the point that I have a hard time moving at all and the only comfortable position is laying down. Nothing has helped the pain thus far. Now I am looking at a device that has small needles implanted under the skin. If that doesn't work then they are going to fuse the bones together. I'm so tired of this pain and not being able to interact with my kids the way I want to.

I was diagnosed with OA in my knees and jaw at 17 years old. I had pain and stiffness after running. I did cross-country in high school. TMJ caused blinding headaches and other issues (jaw clicking, locking, shifting molar alignment). The two things (jaw and knee) occurring together caused the doctors to finally look at OA. At that time I was told that my OA was equivalent to a 50 year-old.