As you may be aware, there is a family of antibiotics known as quinolines. If you have ever taken Cipro or Avelox, then you have taken an antibiotic from this family. While they are truly excellent medications when  you have certain bacterial infections, they can also wreak havoc with your joints.  Today, a number of people that use these antibiotics wind up with serious joint sprains and cartilage tears.  If you have to take one of these antibiotics, you may also want to look into using various kinds of joint support.

Consider a situation where you have an old injury to a particular joint, and need to take Cipro.  Even if you do not feel joint pain, you could suddenly wind up straining the joint.  This can happen days, weeks, or even months after you finish taking the antibiotic.  Without a question, you should make an effort to protect joints with braces an other forms of joint support. 


This includes natural supplements that promote joint health, as well as physical wraps and stabilizers.  At the very least, you should make use of joint stabilizers when you have to lift something, or if you know you are going to put other forms of excess strain on the joint. Read the rest of this entry »

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