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After a diagnosis of osteoarthritis is confirmed, you and your doctor can begin to devise a treatment program — confident that you’re headed in the right direction. Although the symptoms may not disappear completely, you still have a good chance that, with proper treatment, your pain will diminish significantly and joint degradation can be kept to a minimum. (Check out “Keeping OA at bay: Mark’s Story” at the end of the chapter to see how a 35-year-old man successfully took charge of his arthritis.)

A good treatment plan for osteoarthritis should include the following elements to help you manage pain and discomfort on a daily basis.