Arthritis causes weakness of muscle? Believe this and I have a bridge I would love to sell you.

I have been hearing a great tale from more people recently about the fact that medical practitioners like orthopedists and physical therapists are telling people that their obvious muscle weakness associated with the pain they are experiencing is from identified arthritis in a related joint to where the pain and weakness exist. We are now reaching the point of insanity where anything can be said and it should be believed simply because it is said.

Let's break this down so the person has a fighting chance to refute such a psychotic statement. Osteoarthritis is based on a process in which the cartilaginous covering at the ends of the joint surfaces that make up a joint wears away exposing bone. This leads to bone deterioration or excessive bone growth. The process is either direction has no bearing on the function of a joint unless the process reaches a point in which the bones touch and limit the ability of the surfaces to glide allowing for motion of the joint. Outside of this, osteoarthritic changes have no factor in joint function.

With this understanding, how would an arthritic change affect the strength of muscles that move a joint? IT CAN'T. The weakness of the muscle is due to lack of strength; period. The force requirement of the activity being performed is greater than the force output of the muscle which is why it is hard to perform the activity and it simultaneously creates pain or other symptoms. The arthritic change is both independent to the weakness of the muscle and the development of the symptoms when trying to perform the activity.

So how would the orthopedist or physical therapist identify the cause of the limited ability to perform the task as simply being due to weakness? They can't if they are not educated or trained to do so. When you are trained to think everything is arthritis, even the most moronic justifications can be real.

Just to be clear, the idea of arthritis causing weakness has been relayed to me by several people recently after having treatment from an orthopedist or physical therapist and being told this was the cause of their dysfunction. Apparently, there is now a willingness to acknowledge that weakness does exist and is the reason for decreased functional capacity. But they just can't let go of the fact arthritis is identified in the area and therefore must be a factor in some form or another.

You decide if an arthritic change that can be found in people without pain and fully functional is the cause of your weakness and dysfunction or whether it is you are simply weak in the muscles performing your tasks. If the latter makes more sense then I suggest you jump ship from the medical establishment and get the Yass Method.

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