(1) A worn joint due to osteoarthritis often causes pain in the groin area.(2) Knee osteoarthritis is a common but often difficult problem to manage in primary care.(3) Some time later I was asked to see a nun who had mild rheumatoid arthritis and well advanced osteoarthritis of both hips.(4) But they do know that osteoarthritis is more common as you get older or if you are very overweight.(5) Both of these regimens have been clearly shown to improve pain and disability in osteoarthritis of the knee.(6) Keep in mind that much of this information is derived from studies done on older osteoarthritic populations.(7) There is the risk of osteoarthritic change both in his wrists and in his left hip.(8) Wearily, I eased myself out of the car, wincing from the pain of my osteoarthritic spine.(9) My mother has had two hip replacements and lots of other osteoarthritic problems, and it seems my brother has it too.(10) Backache is, however, unrelated to the presence or absence of osteoarthritic changes or to the severity of the curvature.