Osteoarthritis not just a ‘wear and tear’ disease or ‘unavoidable consequence of aging’

DESTIN, Fla. — Osteoarthritis, far from being “simply wear and tear,” demands a multifaceted management strategy, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.“Rheumatologists tend to be discouraged when thinking about osteoarthritis,” said Amanda E. Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, director of the Core Center for Clinical Research at the University