Joint Pain Causes

A joint is a defining point of where 2 or more bones meet. It is an important structural member of the body’s working physiology providing stability, motility and structure. The joint plays a dominant role in many different functions on a daily and nightly basis. Joints allow your skeletal body to bend, twist and otherwise move. In fulfilling its role or roles, it is subject to any number of serious and not-so serious injuries. Any of them may cause joint pain. This is made easy by the number of joints and their location in the body.

Location 

Joints occupy an extensive part of your body. Wherever there is a bone, you have at least one joint. There are actually few bones who lack a joint. In the back, for example, every one of the 26 bones is connected by 3 separate joints to the next.

There are joints acting as articulation points throughout your entire body, from head to foot. As a result, many of the joints undergo stress on a regular basis. The ones in the back, the knees, the legs and the hips face ongoing pressure to perform. When something goes wrong, the result can involve damage to the joint and pain.

Causes

Among the top 6 causes of joint pain are the following:

• Accidents and injuries – Trauma will induce joint pain
• Osteoarthritis (OA) - This degenerative joint disease affects many body joints, notably the back joints as well as the hips and knees. It is brought about through the slow deterioration and/or thinning of the cartilage.
• Ankylosing spondylosis – This affects the hip joints and spreads over the spine
• Rheumatoid arthritis – This is an autoimmune disease. It can affect the knees and other body parts, including the knee.
• Gout – This is a concentration of uric acid in the joints. Strikes most frequently at the feet – particularly the big toe and leg joints but can also appear in the elbow.
• Bursitis – The bursa are affected, creating a ripple affect among the other related body parts. The most common victims are the knee and the elbow.

Conclusion

Joint pain may occur because of different causal factors. These range from sprains, accidents, trauma, arthritis and a host of different diseases. The problem may be primary with the joint pain being the cause of further joint pain. Joint pain may also be secondary, stemming from a primary disease or health issue. Whether it is an injury or a disease that creates it, the effect remains the same. Painful joint injuries create a situation in which continuing on with every day activities becomes a challenge or even an impossibility.