joints ache and hurt all the time, only 28yo?

There are several reasons for the problem you are having, but taking anti-inflammatory drugs only makes things worse because the inflammation is part of the body's healing process. Stop it with the drugs, and you simply stop the healing process.

One thing that is very easy to try first before anything else is to properly hydrate your body. In many cases, just the lack of good hydration will cause this problem.

The average person needs water at the following rate:

Take your total body weight and divide by 2. That number is the amount of water in ounces that you need to drink each and everyday. Along with that, you should consume 1/4 teaspoon of "air dried sea salt" in conjunction with each quart of water you drink. This puts the electrolytes in your body that will give you proper hydration. The typical white table salt you buy in stores like the Morton Salt, for instance, is terrible for you and has loads of chemicals added. Avoid that junk. If you drink ANY diuretic drinks like, sodas, coffee, tea, alcohol, commercially prepared fruit drinks, energy drinks, etc., these all dehydrate you and you will need to add more water to the total to compensate for the water loss due to these diuretic drinks. Take the total ounces of the diuretic drinks and multiply by 1.5 and add that total to the original total to come up with the proper amount of water you need to drink each day.

A few other obscure things can cause this as well, like LYMES DISEASE. If you live in an area where lots of deer are present, you definitely need to get a blood test to see if this may be the problem. This is a disease that is misdiagnosed more than about any other disease and it can be gone in about 3 weeks with the proper nutrients.

Drugs are NOT the answer to degenerative problems. Doctors treat symptoms and so the symptom here is pain. Pain killers are NOT health; they are "MAKE BELIEVE HEALTH" and the typical answer.

good luck to you

I was first diagnosed with arthritis at 17. See a Dr if you want a specialist see a Rheumatoligist who is a Dr for swollen and sore joints and muscles.

I think the repetitive use of your muscles, tendons, and cartilage over the 10 yr. period has caused arthritis and the specialist would be a reumatologist......this link is a good one to check your symptoms and see what different diseases it could be.................http://symptoms.webmd.com/

check your blood sugar.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=diabetes+ra&fr=us...

do you have any night sweats?