Solve Joint Health, and You Live Longer

  Dynamics of the Knee 101 and why it might make a difference in how long you live. Have I piqued your interest? I hope so. Read on. Read why the knee might be a key to long life.
  And, what I say of the knee, I say of the hip. The hip is just as important. Have you ever noticed how many elderly fall and break their hips? Why does that not happen so much to those who are young?
   The secrets of life and death, then, are to be found in the knees and hips. If you would live to be 101, read on.
   A few weeks ago, I saw an ad or infomercial or whatever for a product called Arthrozene. The good doctor who came up with the product explained that the knee's cartilage is like a sponge. And, when the foot lands on the ground, fluid is squeezed out of the joint. And, when you lift your foot, fluid is sucked back in. A bad joint is one where the sponge has dried up, and no fluid is entering or exiting.
  I visit a rehabilitation center each week as part of a church calling. Yesterday, as with many weeks I've been over there, I ran into person after person with knee or hip replacements. I ran into two or three whose hips had been broken. Why do hips break more often with the elderly than with youth? Because they are more bridle, of course. And, while I say "of course" because this makes sense, now that I know cartilage can dry up -- and does as we get older -- it all makes even better sense. Dry things break easier. Old people have dry cartilage, and so, old people's joints break easier.
  Can new fluid be created? I don't know. The Arthrozene people must believe so. I tried to replicate what Arthrozene has in it, by buying Boswellia and Collagen. I already had some Hyaluronic Acid (and some Boswellia, but I bought some more).
   Now, getting back to the suggestion that when you run, as your foot lands it squeezes  out fluid and as it lifts up, it sucks in fluid. You do not lubricate the joint then, without exercising. And, note this: If you land hard, that is more likely to jar out the fluid than a gentle touching down of the foot. Just like there is a splash when something heavy is thrown into a pool, whereas there is no splash if the heavy item is gently laid into the water, so the pounding from running means more than gentle walking.
   There is a lot I do not know. I have learned a little about the lymphatic system, and of how it carries the body fluids around, and the body fluids have toxins in them and the lymphatic system helps carry them out. I would guess the lymphatic system serves the knees and joints, and any liquid squeezed in or out is transported through the lymphatic system. So, when it is squeezed out, is it carried away and a new supply of liquid sucked in? If you are going to get rid of toxins, this would seem necessary. If there is any value to squeezing out the fluid only to let it back in, it would seem some new fluid must be brought into the joint.
  Does all the fluid in our body intermingle? Or, is there a set of lymphatic vessels for one fluid, and another set for another? Is there one set for intake, and another for outtake? What are the interfacings with the blood system? Is inflammation carried through both?
   Consider that toxins kill. Consider that the breakdown of the knee and hip might be due to toxins being introduced, or becoming too dominant. Maybe when the knee cartilage dries out, it is because of the toxins in the liquid. At any rate, if the same toxins are awash in the rest of your body, then if you keep your knees and hips healthy, you might keep the rest of your body healthy.
   The knee becomes the visible indicator of the whole of the body.
    When a person just lays in a hospital bed, their lymphatic system is hardly active. Yes, we know the lymphatic system requires exercise. Unlike the arterial system, which has the heart as a pump, the lymphatic system has no pump. It relies on exercise.  Now read this, from http://www.cpandr.co.uk:
   "The lymphatic system is our body’s own waste removal service. It is the least talked about system in the body but is arguably the most vital."
   Lay in bed and die, perhaps? If removal of the toxins requires the lymphatic system and the lymphatic system requires exercise, where does that leave us? If our joints get stiffer and stiffer and we no longer can exercise, that is death sitting in. Solve joint health, and you live longer. One, the health of the joints is a reflection of the health of the body, and, Two, you need those joints healthy so you can exercise and have the lymphatic system ridding you of killing toxins.