Arthritis is one of the most prevalent chronic health problems - affecting nearly 1 in 3 adults. The treatment options for this condition can be quite complex.

Motivational speaker David Essel was finding it difficult to motivate his own parents through their arthritis pain. "Unfortunately for over 20 years both my mom and dad have struggled severely with different forms of arthritis."

Orthopedic Surgeon Ron Gardner explains that you don't just have to live with your arthritis pain. See your physician to discuss your options for treatment. "It's our philosophy to do the least that we can do, for the best possible outcome, with the least possible risk for every patient that we treat." Surgery is always the last resort for treatment.

Luckily David's parents finally found relief through one of the many treatment options available for arthritis sufferers using injection therapy. Dr. Gardner says, "When you think about injection therapy it's a newer kind of therapy. As you find good candidates for this type of treatment, you really do eliminate and reduce the number of surgeries."

Dr. Gardner also says that injections for treating arthritis have been shown to help reduce joint pain significantly. A joint lubricant is injected directly into the affected joint. "As we age, we make poorer and poorer quality joint fluid, but the joint can still make good fluid and if you remind the joint what it's supposed to make the joint fluid look like, it can start making higher quality fluid again."

Currently there's no known cure for arthritis, but with the proper care, you can reduce your pain and live a long, productive life.

Commonly injected joints include the knee, shoulder, ankle, elbow, wrist, thumb and small joints of the hands and feet.