>>BILL: TODAY ON THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, 00:00:01.36\00:00:02.40 ANOTHER ONE IN OUR LIVE HEALTHY SERIES WITH DR. 00:00:02.40\00:00:04.36 FERREIRA. IF YOU'VE GOT SORE JOINTS YOU'RE GOING 00:00:04.36\00:00:07.83 TO WANT TO LISTEN TO HIS ADVICE. "IT IS WRITTEN" 00:00:07.83\00:00:08.83 BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:00:08.83\00:00:12.63 (MUSIC) 00:00:14.50\00:00:23.23 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:00:23.60\00:00:25.83 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE 00:00:26.10\00:00:29.03 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:00:29.30\00:00:33.56 IT IS WRITTEN . 00:00:33.86\00:00:36.00 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:36.23\00:00:40.90 (MUSIC) 00:00:41.33\00:00:53.26 >>BILL: WELCOME TO THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. DR. 00:00:54.03\00:00:55.16 FERREIRA, WELCOME BACK. 00:00:55.16\00:00:56.93 >>DR. FERREIRA: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >>BILL: YOU 00:00:56.93\00:00:57.96 KNOW, FOLKS, WE GET A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK 00:00:57.96\00:00:59.90 ON THESE LIVE HEALTHY SEGMENTS THAT YOU DO AND 00:00:59.90\00:01:02.96 SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE. AND TODAY WE'RE 00:01:02.96\00:01:03.96 GOING TO TALK ABOUT ACHY JOINTS. >>DR. FERREIRA: 00:01:03.96\00:01:05.33 THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL: ARTHRITIS, I GUESS, AND 00:01:05.33\00:01:12.23 OTHER.IS THAT SORT OF THE COMMON TERM. IS THAT AN 00:01:12.23\00:01:13.26 ALL ENCOMPASSING TERM FOR JOINT AILMENTS, 00:01:13.26\00:01:16.80 ARTHRITIS, OR IS THAT A SPECIFIC.>>DR. FERREIRA: 00:01:16.80\00:01:20.66 IT'S A SPECIFIC TERM, YES. >>BILL: OKAY. WHAT IS 00:01:20.66\00:01:21.86 ARTHRITIS? >>DR. FERREIRA: ARTHRITIS IS A BROAD TERM. 00:01:21.86\00:01:29.00 ARTHRITIS, "ITIS" MEANS INFLAMMATION. SO, IT'S A 00:01:29.00\00:01:37.33 WORD THAT DESCRIBES THAT THERE IS AN INFLAMMATION 00:01:37.33\00:01:38.30 WHERE? IN A JOINT. NOW, WE HAVE OVER 200 JOINTS IN 00:01:38.30\00:01:46.46 THE BODY. IF WE, IF WE HAD TO TAKE OUR SKELETON AWAY 00:01:46.46\00:01:59.00 WE WOULD JUST COLLAPSE AND BE A LUMP OF MEAT. NOW, 00:01:59.00\00:02:00.13 TO KEEP US UP, IMAGINE PUTTING A BROOM STICK 00:02:00.13\00:02:08.66 INSIDE, OKAY, AND THAT LIFTS US TO A METRE EIGHTY 00:02:08.66\00:02:15.03 OR TWO METRES BUT WE WOULD BE SHAPELESS, ALMOST, 00:02:15.03\00:02:16.06 AND JUST UPRIGHT. NOW, YOU START PUTTING A FEW MORE 00:02:16.06\00:02:25.50 STICKS SO YOU CAN HAVE A SCARECROW, OKAY, AND THEN 00:02:25.50\00:02:33.16 A FEW MORE AND ALL THESE STICKS HAVE TO BEND, 00:02:33.16\00:02:34.10 OTHERWISE YOU'D BE STIFF. 00:02:34.10\00:02:41.00 SO, THOSE HINGES ARE THE JOINTS, OKAY, AND 00:02:41.00\00:02:41.93 SO, WE'VE GOT MANY, MANY JOINTS. JUST TO BE ABLE TO 00:02:41.93\00:02:49.96 TALK, JUST TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MY JAW I'VE GOT TWO 00:02:49.96\00:02:54.26 JOINTS, ONE ON EACH SIDE, THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR 00:02:54.26\00:02:55.36 JOINTS. TEMPORO BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORAL BONE AND 00:02:55.36\00:03:04.16 MANDIBULAR BECAUSE OF THE MANDIBLE, OKAY, AND THOSE 00:03:04.16\00:03:05.73 ARE TWO JOINTS. THERE ARE MANY JOINTS ON THE BACK 00:03:05.73\00:03:06.76 OF MY NECK, OKAY, ON THE CERVICAL SPINE JOINTS. 00:03:06.76\00:03:11.33 THERE ARE JOINTS.LOOK AT MY HANDS, OKAY. SO, EACH 00:03:11.33\00:03:16.26 ONE.I'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR BONES HERE AND 00:03:16.26\00:03:17.30 THEN I'VE GOT LITTLE ONES AND THEN LITTLE ONES AND 00:03:17.30\00:03:20.33 THEN EVEN SMALLER ONES ALL OF THESE HAVE TO BE 00:03:20.33\00:03:25.46 TOGETHER, HAVE TO BE CONNECTED AND SO, THEY 00:03:25.46\00:03:26.40 HAVE A HINGE THAT'S A JOINT. SO, WE'VE GOT MANY, 00:03:26.40\00:03:31.43 MANY JOINTS IN THE BODY AND ARTHRITIS JUST MEANS 00:03:31.43\00:03:36.26 THAT THERE'S AN INFLAMMATION IN THE 00:03:36.26\00:03:37.06 JOINTS. >>BILL: NOW, DOES ARTHRITIS STRIKE, CAN IT 00:03:37.06\00:03:41.16 STRIKE AT ANY JOINT? OR DOES IT TEND TO GRAVITATE 00:03:41.16\00:03:46.06 TO SPECIFIC JOINTS? >>DR. 00:03:46.06\00:03:46.60 FERREIRA: IT CAN STRIKE AT ANY JOINT, DEPENDING WHAT 00:03:46.60\00:03:50.20 CAUSES IT BUT YES, THERE ARE PATTERNS. CERTAIN 00:03:50.20\00:03:51.16 TYPES OF ARTHRITIS ARE MORE LIKELY TO STRIKE 00:03:51.16\00:03:58.36 CERTAIN TYPES OF JOINTS, OKAY. SO, UM, ARTHRITIS 00:03:58.36\00:04:04.50 DOES TELL YOU.THE WORD "ARTHRITIS" DOESN'T TELL 00:04:04.50\00:04:05.46 YOU WHAT CAUSES IT AND THERE ARE MANY CAUSES. 00:04:05.46\00:04:08.90 I COULD JUST GO THROUGH A FEW. PROBABLY THE MOST 00:04:08.90\00:04:14.80 IMPORTANT ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT 00:04:14.80\00:04:15.70 ABOUT IT THIS PROGRAM, IS BECAUSE OF USE, OVERUSE 00:04:15.70\00:04:20.36 OR ABUSE. IT'S CALLED OSTEOARTHRITIS. THERE ARE 00:04:20.36\00:04:28.90 DISEASES, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST 00:04:28.90\00:04:29.70 DESCRIBE.>>BILL: SURE. 00:04:29.70\00:04:33.46 >>DR. FERREIRA: LET'S GO FIRST AND TRY AND DRAW A 00:04:33.46\00:04:34.43 JOINT, OKAY. NOW, WE'VE GOT A BONE, THE END OF 00:04:34.43\00:04:38.23 A BO. ALRIGHT, AND NOW WE'VE GOT, REMEMBER, IT'S 00:04:38.23\00:04:44.66 THE HINGE BETWEEN TWO BONES. YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER 00:04:44.66\00:04:45.66 BONE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, OKAY. NOW, 00:04:45.66\00:04:52.36 YOU'VE GOT A GAP. LET'S SAY THIS IS THE KNEE. THE 00:04:52.36\00:04:57.23 KNEE HAS GOT A LITTLE BONE THERE WHICH IS CALLED THE 00:04:57.23\00:04:58.30 "FIBULA", ALRIGHT. LET'S SAY THIS IS THE KNEE. NOW, 00:04:58.30\00:05:03.13 IF YOU TOUCH BONE ON BONE, IT'S VERY PAINFUL. SO, GOD 00:05:03.13\00:05:12.80 MADE US HAVE A SHOCK ABSORBER THERE, SO REALLY, 00:05:12.80\00:05:13.80 HE MADE A CARTILAGE TO GO THERE AND ANOTHER ONE TO 00:05:13.80\00:05:23.06 GO HERE, ALRIGHT. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: NOW, 00:05:23.06\00:05:32.23 CARTILAGE.>>BILL: WHAT'S THAT MADE UP OF 00:05:32.23\00:05:33.10 CARTILAGE? >>DR. FERREIRA: OF CARTILAGE. NO, IT'S A 00:05:33.10\00:05:35.03 VERY TOUGH SPONGE. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT 00:05:35.03\00:05:39.70 IT'S EXTREMELY TOUGH. IT'S MUCH SOFTER THAN BONE, 00:05:39.70\00:05:40.73 IT'S TOUGHER THAN JELLY, OKAY, BUT IT'S VERY TOUGH 00:05:40.73\00:05:45.46 BUT IT'S LIKE A SPONGE AND I'M USING THAT TERM 00:05:45.46\00:05:50.30 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE HOW NUTRIENTS 00:05:50.30\00:05:51.23 AND NUTRITION GETS TO CARTILAGE. >>BILL: OKAY. 00:05:51.23\00:05:57.26 >>DR. FERREIRA: NOW, THEN WHAT DO YOU PUT IN DOOR 00:05:57.26\00:06:01.13 WHEN THE HINGES SQUEAKS? 00:06:01.13\00:06:01.73 >>BILL: OIL. >>DR. 00:06:01.73\00:06:02.13 FERREIRA: OIL. ALRIGHT, WE NEED SOME OIL THERE. SO, 00:06:02.13\00:06:06.60 LET'S PUT SOME OIL HERE SOME DOTS OF OIL. ALRIGHT, 00:06:06.60\00:06:13.26 BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE OIL INSIDE SOMETHING OR 00:06:13.26\00:06:14.36 ELSE IT WILL RUN OUT, SO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT A 00:06:14.36\00:06:23.23 LITTLE PLASTIC BAG THERE CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? 00:06:23.23\00:06:25.73 >>BILL: YES, SIR. >>DR. 00:06:25.73\00:06:26.26 FERREIRA: SO, THE OIL IS INSIDE THESE AND THIS BAG, 00:06:26.26\00:06:29.40 IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED KIND OF BAG. IT'S CALLED 00:06:29.40\00:06:30.40 A "SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE". 00:06:30.40\00:06:34.96 ALRIGHT, SO YOU'VE GOT A CLOSED SPACE HERE WITH 00:06:34.96\00:06:35.93 CARTILAGE, REMEMBER THAT'S CARTILAGE THERE, ALRIGHT, 00:06:35.93\00:06:44.66 YOU'VE GOT THE OIL WHICH IS A LIQUID CALLED THE 00:06:44.66\00:06:46.53 "SYNOVIAL FLUID", YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT. >>BILL: 00:06:46.53\00:06:47.53 YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: SYNOVIAL FLUID WHICH IS 00:06:47.53\00:06:49.63 VERY VISCOUS, MORE VISCOUS THAN OIL. IT'S AN AMAZING 00:06:49.63\00:06:53.43 SUBSTANCE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS BAG TO HOLD 00:06:53.43\00:06:54.43 IT IN PLACE. >>BILL: HOLDS EVERYTHING IN PLACE. >>DR. 00:06:54.43\00:07:00.13 FERREIRA: AND THIS BAG IS VERY INTERESTING. IT 00:07:00.13\00:07:01.80 ACTUALLY PRODUCES THE SYNOVIAL FLUID, ALRIGHT 00:07:01.80\00:07:02.80 AND THEN.BUT THIS IS VERY THIN, THIS BAG IS VERY 00:07:02.80\00:07:07.53 THIN.THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL 00:07:07.53\00:07:12.06 PREVENT THAT BONE FROM MOVING, OKAY. >>BILL: 00:07:12.06\00:07:13.03 SURE. >>DR. FERREIRA: SO IT WILL ONLY ALLOW 00:07:13.03\00:07:16.80 CERTAIN MOVEMENTS THAT ARE PRE-ESTABLISHED, OKAY? SO 00:07:16.80\00:07:20.66 LET'S PUT SOME VERY THICK.I WISH I COULD GET 00:07:20.66\00:07:21.60 ANOTHER COLOUR HERE.OKAY, LET'S PUT A VERY THICK 00:07:21.60\00:07:27.50 ROPE THAT CONNECTS THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM ON BOTH 00:07:27.50\00:07:36.30 SIDES AND THOSE ARE THE LIGAMENTS OF THAT JOINT 00:07:36.30\00:07:37.46 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT LIGAMENTS? >>BILL: YES. 00:07:37.46\00:07:43.00 >>DR. FERREIRA: VERY TOUGH, FLEXIBLE BUT VERY 00:07:43.00\00:07:46.06 TOUGH. ALRIGHT. THERE YOU'VE GOT A JOINT. NOW, 00:07:46.06\00:07:47.03 ARTHRITIS JUST MEANS INFLAMMATION OF THAT 00:07:47.03\00:07:51.33 JOINT. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 00:07:51.33\00:07:51.86 FERREIRA: WHAT CAUSES IT? 00:07:51.86\00:07:54.03 WELL, IT COULD BE TRAUMATIC. A TRAUMA TO 00:07:54.03\00:07:54.90 THAT AND IT COULD BE.THAT WILL BREAK SOME OF THE 00:07:54.90\00:08:01.90 CARTILAGE, TEAR IT, TEAR LIGAMENTS, YOU KNOW. THE 00:08:01.90\00:08:08.20 OTHER CAUSE COULD BE INFECTIONS, OKAY. YOU 00:08:08.20\00:08:09.13 COULD GET BACTERIA AND VIRUSES ATTACKING THE 00:08:09.13\00:08:13.10 JOINTS AND THAT'S, AND THEY COULD CAUSE 00:08:13.10\00:08:17.66 ARTHRITIS. THE OTHER CAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 00:08:17.66\00:08:18.60 THE PRESENCE OF LITTLE CRYSTALS THAT ARE FORMED 00:08:18.60\00:08:23.20 IN THE JOINTS FROM URIC ACID. AND THAT PROBABLY 00:08:23.20\00:08:28.13 REMINDS YOU OF A DISEASE CALLED "GOUT". >>BILL: 00:08:28.13\00:08:29.10 YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU KNOW GOUT WHICH IS AN 00:08:29.10\00:08:33.66 INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT AS A RESPONSE TO LITTLE 00:08:33.66\00:08:38.60 CRYSTALS THAT ARE FORMED BECAUSE THE URIC ACID IS 00:08:38.60\00:08:39.56 TOO HIGH IN YOUR BLOOD. IT FORMS THESE CRYSTALS AND 00:08:39.56\00:08:45.33 THEY ATTACK THE JOINT. 00:08:45.33\00:08:45.80 AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER CAUSES BUT ONE OF THE MOST 00:08:45.80\00:08:50.93 IMPORTANT, THE MOST.OH, I WAS FORGETTING, THE OTHER 00:08:50.93\00:08:56.96 CAUSES, YOU'VE HEARD OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND 00:08:56.96\00:08:57.96 SO ON AND THAT'S.WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE MEMBRANE, 00:08:57.96\00:09:00.70 THE SINOVIAL MEMBRANE, THEY ARE VERY SPECIALIZED 00:09:00.70\00:09:07.16 CELLS THAT PRODUCE THE SINVOIAL FLUID. NOW, WE'VE 00:09:07.16\00:09:08.20 GOT AN ARMY OR A POLICE FORCE IN OUR BODY WHICH 00:09:08.20\00:09:17.23 IS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. 00:09:17.23\00:09:17.70 WE'VE GOT CELLS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED TO KILL. TO 00:09:17.70\00:09:22.36 KILL WHO? HOPEFULLY, NOT US. TO KILL THE ENEMY. TO 00:09:22.36\00:09:27.63 KILL BACTERIA, TO KILL VIRUSES, TO DO ALL SORTS 00:09:27.63\00:09:28.60 OF THINGS TO PROTECT US. 00:09:28.60\00:09:33.36 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 00:09:33.36\00:09:33.83 FERREIRA: NOW, IMAGINE IF THOSE CELLS, THE WHITE 00:09:33.83\00:09:37.50 CELLS, TURNED AGAINST YOU. 00:09:37.50\00:09:38.20 IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS. 00:09:38.20\00:09:38.70 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 00:09:38.70\00:09:42.73 FERREIRA: WELL, IT HAPPENS. AND THAT HAPPENS 00:09:42.73\00:09:43.66 TO THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE OF MANY JOINTS. RHEUMATOID 00:09:43.66\00:09:47.50 ARTHRITIS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A DISEASE WHERE THE BODY 00:09:47.50\00:09:53.86 TURNS AGAINST ITS OWN JOINTS. >>BILL: AND STARTS 00:09:53.86\00:09:54.90 TO EAT AWAY AT IT. >>DR. 00:09:54.90\00:09:59.46 FERREIRA: IT STARTS ATTACKING IT AND THE 00:09:59.46\00:10:00.36 JOINTS REACT BY MAKING FLUID, BECOMING INFLAMED 00:10:00.36\00:10:05.53 AND THERE'S A DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS THERE THAT GOES 00:10:05.53\00:10:10.30 ON. I'VE GOT PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND I 00:10:10.30\00:10:11.40 CAN SEE HOW DESTRUCTIVE IT IS, YOU KNOW. THERE 00:10:11.40\00:10:17.53 ARE MANY GRADES OF THIS DISEASE, THERE ARE MANY 00:10:17.53\00:10:20.66 MILD GRADES, THERE ARE MORE SEVERE ONES BUT 00:10:20.66\00:10:21.60 PERHAPS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ARTHRITIS IS 00:10:21.60\00:10:26.63 JUST SIMPLE DAMAGE TO THE JOINT. SIMPLE DAMAGE. WHY? 00:10:26.63\00:10:32.16 WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU JUMP FROM 00:10:32.16\00:10:33.10 A SECOND FLOOR, OR A THIRD FLOOR, OR A FIRST FLOOR, 00:10:33.10\00:10:38.16 OKAY. YOU COME DOWN AND AS YOU HIT THE FLOOR THE 00:10:38.16\00:10:43.26 FORCE GOES UP THIS WAY, YOUR BODY.>>BILL: IS 00:10:43.26\00:10:44.20 COMING DOWN THE OTHER WAY. 00:10:44.20\00:10:48.86 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT 00:10:48.86\00:10:49.80 CARTILAGE? IT IS JUST SQUASHED THERE AND IT CAN 00:10:49.80\00:10:55.63 TEAR, ALRIGHT. NOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T JUMP FROM 00:10:55.63\00:11:00.36 SECOND FLOORS BUT EVERYDAY THEY CAN PUT A LOT 00:11:00.36\00:11:01.33 OF STRESS ON THOSE JOINTS. 00:11:01.33\00:11:08.66 LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, BY BEING OVERWEIGHT. I MEAN, 00:11:08.66\00:11:09.76 IF YOU'RE CARRYING 10, OR 20, OR 30 KILOS, OR 50 00:11:09.76\00:11:12.56 POUNDS OR 60 POUNDS MORE, WHAT HAPPENS? EVERYDAY 00:11:12.56\00:11:17.86 IT'S JUST PUTTING EXTRA STRESS ON THAT THICK, VERY 00:11:17.86\00:11:18.93 DENSE SPONGE AND IT CAN ACTUALLY START TEARING AND 00:11:18.93\00:11:25.36 THEN AN INFLAMMATION SETS IN. THAT'S OSTEOARTHRITIS. 00:11:25.36\00:11:31.80 OSTEO = BONE, IT'S ARTHRITIS OF THE BONE 00:11:31.80\00:11:32.83 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 00:11:32.83\00:11:35.63 FERREIRA: ALRIGHT. 00:11:35.63\00:11:36.06 AND THAT'S THE MOST COMMON CAUSE. >>BILL: IS THIS.LET 00:11:36.06\00:11:41.76 ME ASK, IS THE INFLAMMATION.SO YOU SAID 00:11:41.76\00:11:42.60 IT CAN ATTACK THE BONE. 00:11:42.60\00:11:44.90 >>DR. FERREIRA: THE JOINTS, YES. >>BILL: IT 00:11:44.90\00:11:45.86 CAN BE.IS IT CONCENTRATED ON ANY PART OF THE JOINT, 00:11:45.86\00:11:49.16 THE INFLAMMATION, OR CAN IT BE.>>DR. FERREIRA: 00:11:49.16\00:11:52.50 WELL, THE JOINTS, WE'VE GOT BIG JOINTS AT THE KNEE 00:11:52.50\00:11:53.70 AND USUALLY IF THERE IS INFLAMMATION OF THAT 00:11:53.70\00:11:57.33 JOINT IT'S A GENERAL INFLAMMATION OF THAT 00:11:57.33\00:11:59.90 JOINT. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 00:11:59.90\00:12:00.53 FERREIRA: OKAY, WE'VE GOT SMALL JOINTS INFLAMMATION, 00:12:00.53\00:12:02.50 BIG JOINTS INFLAMMATION AND WHEN I SAY 00:12:02.50\00:12:03.50 INFLAMMATION THERE HAS TO BE A FEW THINGS. OKAY, 00:12:03.50\00:12:06.86 PAIN. INFLAMMATION IS USUALLY PAINFUL. THERE IS 00:12:06.86\00:12:12.93 SWELLING OF THE JOINTS, THEY CAN BE RED, THEY CAN 00:12:12.93\00:12:13.96 BE HOT, OKAY. NOW, DEEPER JOINTS LIKE THE HIP, THE 00:12:13.96\00:12:20.30 HEAD OF THE FEMUR AS IT GOES INTO THE SOCKET, IT'S 00:12:20.30\00:12:27.23 VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ANY SWELLING. THERE'S LOTS 00:12:27.23\00:12:28.23 OF TISSUE, MUSCLES BUT IT COULD STILL BE HOT, IT 00:12:28.23\00:12:31.73 COULD BE RED, IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN. AND SO, 00:12:31.73\00:12:36.63 YOU'D THINK THAT, AND IF WE CONCENTRATE OUR THEME 00:12:36.63\00:12:37.60 HERE ON OSTEOARTHRITIS, ARTHRITIS BECAUSE OF 00:12:37.60\00:12:44.06 OVERUSE OR ABUSE OF THE JOINTS, THE MOST COMMONLY 00:12:44.06\00:12:51.46 AFFECTED JOINTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST USED 00:12:51.46\00:12:52.50 AND THOSE ARE USED IN THE KNEES.>>BILL: KNEES. >>DR. 00:12:52.50\00:12:57.43 FERREIRA: .AND THE HIP BONE. >>BILL: HIP, RIGHT. 00:12:57.43\00:13:01.00 >>DR. FERREIRA: BECAUSE OF CONSTANT PRESSURE THERE, 00:13:01.00\00:13:02.13 OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, TODAY OSTEOARTHRITIS IS 00:13:02.13\00:13:06.03 VERY COMMON IN OUR SOCIETY THERE ARE SOCIETIES WHERE, 00:13:06.03\00:13:09.70 FOR EXAMPLE, THE WOMEN, THE LADIES DO A LOT OF 00:13:09.70\00:13:10.70 CROCHET AND KNITTING, THEY OFTEN, BECAUSE OVERUSE 00:13:10.70\00:13:16.03 AND ABUSE, THEY CAN GET ARTHRITIS OF THE SMALL 00:13:16.03\00:13:19.76 JOINT. OSTEOARTHRITIS, OKAY. SO, BUT USUALLY IT'S 00:13:19.76\00:13:20.80 PAINFUL, IT'S SWOLLEN, IT'S RED AND IT'S HOT, 00:13:20.80\00:13:29.46 OKAY. IF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN THEN YOU CAN SAY 00:13:29.46\00:13:34.43 YOU DO HAVE AN INFLAMMATION, OF COURSE, 00:13:34.43\00:13:35.26 THERE ARE BLOOD TESTS THAT CAN SAY TO THE DOCTOR IF 00:13:35.26\00:13:38.70 HE'S GOT INFLAMMATION OR NOT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU 00:13:38.70\00:13:42.73 HAVE THOSE SYMPTOMS, INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT, 00:13:42.73\00:13:43.73 WELL, LET'S FIND THE CAUSE. NOW, THE CAUSE 00:13:43.73\00:13:47.40 COULD BE JUST OVERUSE AND ABUSE OR IT COULD BE 00:13:47.40\00:13:51.90 BECAUSE OF THOSE CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE 00:13:51.90\00:13:52.80 TO COULD BE IMMUNOLOGICAL PROBLEM CALLED AN 00:13:52.80\00:13:56.20 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE >>BILL: AUTOIMMUNE 00:13:56.20\00:14:00.73 DISEASE, YES. >>DR. 00:14:00.73\00:14:01.20 FERREIRA: IT COULD BE AN INFECTION. IN THAT CASE 00:14:01.20\00:14:04.13 YOU NEED TO TREAT THE INFECTION; YOU POSSIBLY 00:14:04.13\00:14:05.13 NEED ANTIBIOTICS AND SO ON. WHATEVER, YOU NEED TO 00:14:05.13\00:14:07.53 TREAT THE CAUSE. >>BILL: OKAY, YES. >>DR FERREIRA: 00:14:07.53\00:14:11.83 WHEN YOU GO TO OSTEOARTHRITIS YOU NEED TO 00:14:11.83\00:14:12.73 TREAT THE CAUSE AS WELL. 00:14:12.73\00:14:15.63 >>BILL: WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON 00:14:15.63\00:14:16.63 TREATMENTS, TODAY, FOR ARTHRITIS 00:14:16.63\00:14:18.73 OR OSTEOARTHRITIS? >>DR. 00:14:18.73\00:14:19.30 FERREIRA: WELL, THE QUICK FIX AND THE MOST COMMON 00:14:19.30\00:14:22.46 TREATMENT AND PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF PAIN, SO 00:14:22.46\00:14:28.16 LET'S SAY, LET'S DEAL WITH THE PAIN, ITS NONALAGESIC 00:14:28.16\00:14:29.23 YOU GIVE SOMETHING FOR PAIN, IT COULD BE, 00:14:29.23\00:14:34.03 THE MOST COMMONLY USED ARE THE NON-STEROIDAL 00:14:34.03\00:14:39.03 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS. 00:14:39.03\00:14:39.53 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANY NAMES BUT IT'S A BROAD 00:14:39.53\00:14:45.83 GROUP, OFTEN VERY EFFECTIVE, SOMETIMES NOT 00:14:45.83\00:14:46.70 EFFECTIVE. IT DOESN'T TREAT THE DISEASE. >>BILL: 00:14:46.70\00:14:53.00 IT ALLEVIATES.>>DR. 00:14:53.00\00:14:53.43 FERREIRA: ALLEVIATES THE INFLAMMATION AND 00:14:53.43\00:14:56.33 DECREASES PAIN. SOMETIMES IN COMBINATION WITH SOME 00:14:56.33\00:14:59.53 OTHER ANALGESICS AND THEY CAN DECREASE INFLAMMATION 00:14:59.53\00:15:00.63 BUT IT DOESN'T GO AND TREAT THE UNDERLYING 00:15:00.63\00:15:05.76 PROBLEM. SO, THOSE ARE THE MOST COMMON TREATMENTS, 00:15:05.76\00:15:09.40 OKAY. NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT TREATMENT, 00:15:09.40\00:15:10.33 WITH THOSE, IS THAT OFTEN PEOPLE CAN ONLY TAKE IT 00:15:10.33\00:15:13.70 FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE THEY START GETTING STOMACH 00:15:13.70\00:15:16.83 PROBLEMS. THEY CAN AFFECT THE STOMACH, THEY CAN 00:15:16.83\00:15:17.96 GIVE INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH, OKAY, AND THERE 00:15:17.96\00:15:24.50 ARE OTHER SIDE EFFECTS AND SO, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S 00:15:24.50\00:15:30.03 A COMMONLY USED TREATMENT. 00:15:30.03\00:15:30.60 THEN, IF THOSE DON'T WORK ANYMORE.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. 00:15:30.60\00:15:33.10 FERREIRA.THEN YOU'VE GOT BIGGER GUNS; SOMETIMES YOU 00:15:33.10\00:15:34.13 CAN GIVE SOMETHING OF THE FAIS A LAST RESORT BUT IT 00:15:34.13\00:15:35.50 SHOULDN'T BE DELAYED TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE 00:15:35.50\00:15:36.50 SSURE BECAUSE THEY ARE INACTIVE. 00:15:36.50\00:15:37.16 SO.>>BILL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 00:15:37.16\00:15:37.66 >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT IT IS, SORT OF,WE SHOULD PREVENT TS 00:15:37.66\00:15:38.80 DISEASE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE DISEASES THAT CAN, TO A 00:15:38.80\00:15:39.33 TAKE THE HIP AND THE BIG JOINTS. >>BILL: OKAY. 00:15:39.33\00:15:41.36 >>DR. FERREIRA: LET'S TAKE THE HIP AND THE 00:15:41.36\00:15:42.30 KNEES. >>BILL: OKAY. DR. 00:15:42.30\00:15:45.93 WE SHOULD PREVENT THIS DISEASE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE 00:15:45.93\00:15:46.96 DISEASES THAT CAN, TO A FAMILY OF CORTISONE, OKAY, 00:15:46.96\00:15:53.13 AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, REPLACE THE JOINT. AND SO, 00:15:53.13\00:15:54.56 REPLACEMENT OF JOINTS IS A LAST RESORT BUT IT 00:15:54.56\00:15:55.56 SHOULDN'T BE DELAYED TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE 00:15:55.56\00:15:57.13 START GETTING SICK FROM INACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, THEY 00:15:57.13\00:15:59.26 START GETTING DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 00:15:59.26\00:16:00.30 BECAUSE THEY ARE INACTIVE. 00:16:00.30\00:16:01.36 SO.>>BILL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 00:16:01.36\00:16:01.86 >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT IT IS, SORT OF, THE LAST RESORT 00:16:01.86\00:16:06.10 TO REPLACE THE JOINT IN TERMS OF ARTHRITIS. BUT, 00:16:06.10\00:16:07.10 YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD PREVENT THIS 00:16:07.10\00:16:12.26 DISEASE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE DISEASES THAT CAN, TO A 00:16:12.26\00:16:15.80 GREAT EXTENT, BE PREVENTED. LET'S TAKE THE 00:16:15.80\00:16:16.66 BIG JOINTS. >>BILL: OKAY. 00:16:16.66\00:16:21.43 >>DR. FERREIRA: LET'S TAKE THE HIP AND THE 00:16:21.43\00:16:22.50 KNEES. >>BILL: OKAY. DR. 00:16:22.50\00:16:25.46 FERREIRA: ARTHRITIS, BEING AN OVERUSED, SORRY 00:16:25.46\00:16:26.40 OSTEOARTHRITIS, BEING ABUSED AND OVERUSED, 00:16:26.40\00:16:32.43 THINK OF WHAT CAUSES IT? 00:16:32.43\00:16:32.90 AND VERY OFTEN PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT. AND SO, 00:16:32.90\00:16:38.93 WEIGHT REDUCTION BRINGS MARKED BENEFITS TO THIS 00:16:38.93\00:16:46.03 CONDITION. OFTEN, JUST THAT CAN RELIEVE THE PAIN 00:16:46.03\00:16:47.13 BUT YOU OFTEN FIND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT OVERWEIGHT 00:16:47.13\00:16:52.16 AND THEY STILL GET ARTHRITIS. BUT MOST OF 00:16:52.16\00:16:54.86 THEM, IS A COMPONENT OF BEING OVERWEIGHT. SO, 00:16:54.86\00:16:55.80 WEIGHT REDUCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT. IN THE PAST, 00:16:55.80\00:16:59.83 DOCTORS USED TO TELL THE PATIENTS, WELL, YOU GO 00:16:59.83\00:17:04.36 HOME AND REST. GO HOME AND REST. WELL, IT MIGHT BE 00:17:04.36\00:17:05.43 GOOD FOR A DAY OR TWO BUT WE FIND, TODAY, THAT 00:17:05.43\00:17:11.00 INACTIVITY ACTUALLY IS WORSE FOR ARTHRITIS. 00:17:11.00\00:17:16.50 >>BILL: OH, INTERESTING. 00:17:16.50\00:17:17.00 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND I GO BACK TO THE DRAWING. DO 00:17:17.00\00:17:19.73 YOU REMEMBER THE CARTILAGE? >>BILL: YES. 00:17:19.73\00:17:20.60 DR. FERREIRA: CARTILAGE DOESN'T HAVE A BLOOD 00:17:20.60\00:17:23.66 SUPPLY. >>BILL: OKAY. 00:17:23.66\00:17:24.13 >>DR. FERREIRA: BUT IT'S A LIVING TISSUE. HOW CAN 00:17:24.13\00:17:27.66 YOU HAVE LIFE IF YOU DON'T HAVE BLOOD? LET'S DRAW 00:17:27.66\00:17:32.26 CARTILAGE HERE. BIG, OKAY. 00:17:32.26\00:17:32.83 IT'S FULL OF TINY HOLES. 00:17:32.83\00:17:33.30 REMEMBER I TOLD YOU IT WAS LIKE A SPONGE. IT DOESN'T 00:17:33.30\00:17:37.26 HAVE A BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE CENTRE OF IT BUT HOW DOES 00:17:37.26\00:17:46.30 IT GET NUTRITION? IT GETS IT FROM THE SINOVIAL 00:17:46.30\00:17:47.26 FLUID. BUT HOW DOES THE SYNOVIAL FLUID 00:17:47.26\00:17:54.80 GET INTO THERE? WELL, VERY INTERESTING. A SPONGE WHEN 00:17:54.80\00:18:02.13 WEIGHT IS PUT ON IT, WHAT HAPPENS? >>BILL: 00:18:02.13\00:18:03.00 COMPRESSES. DR. FERREIRA: COMPRESSES AND WHAT 00:18:03.00\00:18:07.53 HAPPENS TO THE LIQUID IN THERE? IT GOES OUT. WHAT 00:18:07.53\00:18:11.00 HAPPENS WHEN YOU.>>BILL: IT SUCKS LIQUID IN. >>DR. 00:18:11.00\00:18:12.00 FERREIRA: IT SUCKS LIQUID IN. PUSHES IT OUT, SUCKS 00:18:12.00\00:18:15.96 IT IN. PUSHES IT OUT, SUCKS IT IN. EXERCISE IS 00:18:15.96\00:18:19.73 VERY IMPORTANT IN THE PREVENTION OF ARTHRITIS, 00:18:19.73\00:18:20.70 OSTEOARTHRITIS BECAUSE IT KEEPS NUTRIENTS, GOOD 00:18:20.70\00:18:24.50 NUTRIENTS SUPPLYING THE JOINTS. OKAY, SO A 00:18:24.50\00:18:31.90 COMBINATION IN INACTIVITY WITH BEING OVERWEIGHT, 00:18:31.90\00:18:33.00 IT'S BAD NEWS FOR ARTHRITIS. NOW, FOR THE 00:18:33.00\00:18:39.10 TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS, YOU NEED GOOD, A GOOD 00:18:39.10\00:18:43.46 SUPPLY OF NUTRIENTS TO THAT SPONGE SO, VERY 00:18:43.46\00:18:44.40 LIGHT EXERCISE IS VERY IMPORTANT. >>BILL: WOW. 00:18:44.40\00:18:50.10 >>DR. FERREIRA: OKAY BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE SO 00:18:50.10\00:18:53.90 THAT THE JOINT KEEPS BEING FED WITH NUTRIENTS. SO, 00:18:53.90\00:18:54.96 IN THE TREATMENT I WOULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, 00:18:54.96\00:18:59.26 NON-STEROIDAL DRUGS ARE VERY USEFUL, THEY'VE GOT 00:18:59.26\00:19:05.93 THEIR PLACE. I PREFER TO GO AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE 00:19:05.93\00:19:06.93 SO THAT I CAN HAVE SIDE EFFECTS REDUCED, 00:19:06.93\00:19:11.83 MINIMIZED. >>BILL: SURE. 00:19:11.83\00:19:12.30 >>DR. FERREIRA: A GOOD ANTI-INFLAMMATORY 00:19:12.30\00:19:16.13 TREATMENT IS ICE. SIMPLE ICE. IF YOU'VE GOT A 00:19:16.13\00:19:21.40 PAINFUL, SWOLLEN JOINT, THAT'S NOT INFECTED WITH 00:19:21.40\00:19:22.40 ANY BUG LIKE A BACTERIA OR.JUST ICE. TREATMENT 00:19:22.40\00:19:29.73 SIMPLE ICE. IT DECREASES INFLAMMATION AND IT 00:19:29.73\00:19:34.93 REDUCES PAIN. ALRIGHT, ICE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 00:19:34.93\00:19:35.90 THEN GOOD NUTRITION. GOOD NUTRITION WITH A LOW-FAT 00:19:35.90\00:19:41.00 DIET BECAUSE YOU WANT GOOD CIRCULATION TO BE 00:19:41.00\00:19:47.10 OPTIMIZED. AND IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FAT IN YOUR 00:19:47.10\00:19:48.06 DIET YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUSHING INFLAMMATION 00:19:48.06\00:19:49.96 UP BECAUSE FAT IN A DIET INCREASES INFLAMMATION. A 00:19:49.96\00:19:55.13 LOW-FAT DIET, A LOW MEAT, A VEGETARIAN DIET, 00:19:55.13\00:19:56.06 YOU KNOW I RECOMMEND A VEGETARIAN DIET. >>BILL: 00:19:56.06\00:20:02.10 SURE. >>DR. FERREIRA: VEGETARIAN DIET DECREASES 00:20:02.10\00:20:04.13 INFLAMMATION IN YOUR BODY. ONE MEAL OF A 00:20:04.13\00:20:05.00 MEAT CONTAINING MEAL, IT INCREASES YOUR 00:20:05.00\00:20:11.33 INFLAMMATION. JUST ONE MEAL. SO, A VEGETARIAN 00:20:11.33\00:20:21.00 DIET, LOW-FAT, PLENTY OF WATER BECAUSE YOU WANT THE 00:20:21.00\00:20:22.03 BLOOD TO BE FLUID, GOOD CIRCULATION TO THAT JOINT 00:20:22.03\00:20:28.70 AND THEN VERY MILD TO MODERATE EXERCISE. NOW, 00:20:28.70\00:20:34.83 YOU COULD TELL ME, WELL DOCTOR ITS FINE BUT I 00:20:34.83\00:20:35.83 CANNOT WALK. I'VE GOT SO MUCH PAIN THAT I CANNOT 00:20:35.83\00:20:42.30 WALK. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 00:20:42.30\00:20:42.83 FERREIRA: NOW, THERE ARE EXERCISES THAT ARE 00:20:42.83\00:20:46.56 PROBABLY BETTER THAN WALKING, FOR YOU. 00:20:46.56\00:20:50.46 SWIMMING, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE NOTICED WHEN 00:20:50.46\00:20:51.53 YOU GET INTO A SWIMMING POOL.>>BILL: I'M LIGHT AS 00:20:51.53\00:20:55.66 A FEATHER. >>DR. FERREIRA: .YOU'RE LIGHT. ALRIGHT, 00:20:55.66\00:20:58.43 SWIMMING IS EXCELLENT FOR ARTHRITIS.>>BILL: IS IT? 00:20:58.43\00:20:59.43 DR. FERREIRA: .BECAUSE IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO MOVE 00:20:59.43\00:21:02.73 THEIR JOINTS WITHOUT THE WEIGHT, WITHOUT THE 00:21:02.73\00:21:06.10 .>>BILL: POUNDING. 00:21:06.10\00:21:06.53 DR. FERREIRA: .POUNDING OF THAT WEIGHT. SO, IT'S VERY 00:21:06.53\00:21:09.80 IMPORTANT, SWIMMING, NON-WEIGHT BEARING 00:21:09.80\00:21:10.66 EXERCISE. AND THEN GRADUALLY AS THE 00:21:10.66\00:21:13.23 INFLAMMATION DECREASES, AS THE PAIN DECREASES, THEN 00:21:13.23\00:21:16.40 GRADUALLY MOVE ONTO LIGHT WEIGHT EXERCISES BUT IT'S 00:21:16.40\00:21:17.43 IMPORTANT TO BE ACTIVE IN THE TREATMENT 00:21:17.43\00:21:24.46 OF ARTHRITIS. OF OSTEOARTHRITIS, OKAY. 00:21:24.46\00:21:26.80 >>BILL: IS IT, IS IT A REVERSIBLE CONDITION 00:21:26.80\00:21:27.70 >>DR. FERREIRA: WELL, IT'S LIKE THE CARTILAGE 00:21:27.70\00:21:35.60 IS THOUGHT TO BE, NOT TO REGENERATE ITSELF, OKAY. 00:21:35.60\00:21:41.06 YOU CAN PREVENT THE DAMAGE BUT TO REVERSE IT, THERE 00:21:41.06\00:21:42.10 ARE CERTAIN THINGS ON THE MARKET, YOU KNOW PEOPLE, 00:21:42.10\00:21:46.66 THERE ARE SOME STUDIES THAT SHOW CERTAIN PEOPLE 00:21:46.66\00:21:50.63 MAYBE GLUCOSAMINE, MAYBE CONDRITINE, MAYBE THEY DO 00:21:50.63\00:21:51.63 THEY DO HELP SOME PEOPLE. 00:21:51.63\00:21:55.86 YOU KNOW, IT MAY BUILD UP A LITTLE BIT OF CARTILAGE 00:21:55.86\00:21:56.90 BUT IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT, OKAY. THE BEST THING IS 00:21:56.90\00:21:59.90 TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION OR IF YOU HAVE IT, TO HALT 00:21:59.90\00:22:04.33 ITS PROGRESSION BY WEIGHT REDUCTION, GOOD DIET, 00:22:04.33\00:22:05.46 MODERATE, MILD TO MODERATE EXERCISE, KEEPING ACTIVE. 00:22:05.46\00:22:11.60 SO, IN TERMS OF REVERSING IT, I THINK YOU CAN 00:22:11.60\00:22:15.53 STABILIZE IT, YOU CAN DEFINITELY BENEFIT UP TO A 00:22:15.53\00:22:16.56 CERTAIN POINT HAVING LESS PAIN AND MORE MOBILITY 00:22:16.56\00:22:21.86 AND MANY PEOPLE DO IMPROVE BUT THERE'S ONE POINT 00:22:21.86\00:22:27.83 WHERE PAIN IS CONSTANT AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT STAGE 00:22:27.83\00:22:28.93 IT'S BETTER TO CONSIDER, REALLY, REPLACING 00:22:28.93\00:22:35.03 THE JOINT. HAVING SURGERY, MAYBE RESHAPING BEFORE YOU 00:22:35.03\00:22:40.16 REPLACE, YOU COULD RESHAPE THAT CARTILAGE, TAKE AWAY 00:22:40.16\00:22:41.23 SOME BITS AND PIECES THAT MIGHT BE HURTING YOU. TRY 00:22:41.23\00:22:44.80 THAT AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, REALLY REPLACE THE 00:22:44.80\00:22:47.96 JOINT. AND, WHICH IS A VERY COMMON OPERATION 00:22:47.96\00:22:48.93 NOWADAYS, I MEAN, IT'S A QUICK RECOVERY AND THEN 00:22:48.93\00:22:53.53 PEOPLE CAN BE MOBILE AGAIN, THEY CAN PREVENT 00:22:53.53\00:22:57.26 THE DIABETES BY WALKING AND DOING ALL SORTS OF 00:22:57.26\00:22:58.36 THINGS THAT THEY STOPPED DOING BEFORE. >>BILL: 00:22:58.36\00:23:01.56 YEAH, THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL 00:23:01.56\00:23:05.03 SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, 00:23:05.03\00:23:06.03 WITH THINGS LIKE KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. ANY 00:23:06.03\00:23:08.66 KIND OF SURGERY IS A.>>DR. 00:23:08.66\00:23:09.20 FERREIRA: YES, YES. 00:23:09.20\00:23:13.00 >>BILL: .SOMETHING THAT YOU KIND OF WANT TO 00:23:13.00\00:23:13.96 MINIMIZE, RIGHT? >>DR. 00:23:13.96\00:23:15.83 FERREIRA: WELL, THE ANESTHETIC RISK AND THAT'S 00:23:15.83\00:23:16.83 A RISK, THEN THERE'S THE RISK OF INFECTION. I 00:23:16.83\00:23:21.40 MEAN, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET AN INFECTED KNEE 00:23:21.40\00:23:25.43 PROSTHESIS OR A HIP PROSTHESIS, SO THAT'S 00:23:25.43\00:23:26.36 INFECTION. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE ARE 00:23:26.36\00:23:30.53 COMPLICATIONS LIKE DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND SO ON. 00:23:30.53\00:23:32.83 >>BILL: YEAH. >> DR. 00:23:32.83\00:23:33.30 FERREIRA: BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THIS, IT'S A 00:23:33.30\00:23:35.90 RELATIVELY, RELATIVELY LOW RISK, COMPARED TO THE 00:23:35.90\00:23:36.90 RISKS, AND YOU HAVE TO JUDGE FROM PATIENT TO 00:23:36.90\00:23:44.06 PATIENT, OKAY, THERE ARE PATIENTS WHO HAVE HEART 00:23:44.06\00:23:47.56 DISEASE AND SO ON. I MEAN, THE RISK IS HIGHER, 00:23:47.56\00:23:48.53 DEVELOPING COMPLICATIONS FROM THE SURGERY, SO YOU 00:23:48.53\00:23:54.56 HAVE TO JUDGE FROM CASE TO CASE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT 00:23:54.56\00:24:00.13 TO PREVENT IT, VERY IMPORTANT TO PREVENT 00:24:00.13\00:24:01.03 ARTHRITIS IF YOU HAVE IT TREATED AS NATURALLY AS 00:24:01.03\00:24:05.33 POSSIBLE WITH A GOOD DIET, WEIGHT REDUCTION, AND SO 00:24:05.33\00:24:09.56 ON. I'M TALKING ABOUT ARTHRITIS AND THEN IF IT 00:24:09.56\00:24:10.53 DOESN'T WORK THEN SURGERY AND, OF COURSE, TREATMENT 00:24:10.53\00:24:14.00 FOR ALL THE OTHER DISEASES: AUTOIMMUNE 00:24:14.00\00:24:16.70 DISEASE AND SO ON. 00:24:16.70\00:24:17.23 IT'S VERY SPECIFIC BUT LIFESTYLE PLAYS A VERY 00:24:17.23\00:24:20.83 IMPORTANT ROLE AS WELL. 00:24:20.83\00:24:21.36 VERY IMPORTANT. >>BILL: IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALWAYS COME 00:24:21.36\00:24:25.46 BACK TO THOSE.>>DR. 00:24:25.46\00:24:25.93 FERREIRA: ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE SAME. THAT'S HOW 00:24:25.93\00:24:28.10 GOD MADE US. GOD MADE US TO BE ACTIVE, HAVE A 00:24:28.10\00:24:29.10 GOOD DIET, NOT EAT OTHER ANIMALS, THAT'S HOW GOD 00:24:29.10\00:24:33.60 MADE US. AND IF WE DEVIATE FROM THAT PATTERN WE MAY 00:24:33.60\00:24:38.00 SUFFER AS A RESULT. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 00:24:38.00\00:24:39.03 THOSE THAT STICK TO THE PATTERN DON'T SUFFER BUT 00:24:39.03\00:24:44.23 THE RISKS ARE MUCH LOWER SO, I THINK IT'S WORTH; 00:24:44.23\00:24:48.66 IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING ALL THESE THINGS. IT'S WORTH 00:24:48.66\00:24:49.70 THINKING ABOUT THEM AND CONSIDERING THEM AND, 00:24:49.70\00:24:53.40 JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO COME TO 00:24:53.40\00:25:01.80 GRIPS WITH, WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR? WHAT'S LIFE ALL 00:25:01.80\00:25:02.83 ABOUT? >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 00:25:02.83\00:25:07.10 FERREIRA: I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ONLY FIND TRUE 00:25:07.10\00:25:08.10 MEANING, IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIFE IF WE HAVE A 00:25:08.10\00:25:15.73 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 00:25:15.73\00:25:19.56 FERREIRA: AND SO, THESE ARE THE MECHANICS OF IT. 00:25:19.56\00:25:20.56 >>BILL: YES, ABSOLUTELY. 00:25:20.56\00:25:24.70 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU KNOW, OF THE BODY. BUT DEEPER 00:25:24.70\00:25:25.73 INSIDE I THINK WE WILL ONLY HAVE THE POWER 00:25:25.73\00:25:29.00 TO CHANGE IF WE GO TO GOD >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. WELL, 00:25:29.00\00:25:36.16 LET'S GO TO HIM NOW AND PRAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: YES. 00:25:36.16\00:25:37.23 >>BILL: FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT WE 00:25:37.23\00:25:39.86 HAVE HEARD TODAY AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE 00:25:39.86\00:25:45.03 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT NEEDS TO MAKE CHANGES 00:25:45.03\00:25:46.06 IN OUR LIVES, THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE TO DO 00:25:46.06\00:25:48.80 THOSE. WE PRAY FOR THOSE VIEWERS THAT ARE WATCHING 00:25:48.80\00:25:52.73 US RIGHT NOW. MANY OF THEM ARE SUFFERING AND WE PRAY 00:25:52.73\00:25:53.80 THAT YOUR HAND MAY COME UPON THEM; YOU MAY BRING 00:25:53.80\00:25:57.40 HEALING INTO THEIR LIVES I PRAY NOW THAT EACH AND 00:25:57.40\00:26:01.73 EVERY PERSON HEARING MY VOICE MAY EXPERIENCE THAT 00:26:01.73\00:26:02.76 REALITY IN THEIR LIVES IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. 00:26:02.76\00:26:06.43 >>DR. FERREIRA: AMEN. 00:26:06.43\00:26:09.70 >>BILL: WE HAVE A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR 00:26:16.10\00:26:17.06 THOSE OF YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE 00:26:17.06\00:26:18.83 LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT DR. 00:26:18.83\00:26:19.36 FERREIRA HAS MENTIONED, THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND 00:26:19.36\00:26:22.76 HEALING, IT'S A MAGAZINE, A VERY VALUABLE ARTICLE 00:26:22.76\00:26:26.86 HERE CALLED "THE VEGETARIAN ADVANTAGE". IT 00:26:26.86\00:26:27.73 IS OUR GIFT TO YOU. HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU 00:26:27.73\00:26:32.00 NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 00:26:32.00\00:26:34.20 >>BILL: DR. FERREIRA, MAYBE SOME CLOSING 00:27:25.06\00:27:26.06 THOUGHTS. >>DR. FERREIRA: KEEP MOVING. >>BILL: KEEP 00:27:26.06\00:27:27.66 MOVING. >>DR. FERREIRA: KEEP MOVING, CONTROL YOUR 00:27:27.66\00:27:30.33 WEIGHT, AND EAT WELL. 00:27:30.33\00:27:30.83 I THINK THOSE THREE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF 00:27:30.83\00:27:34.86 YOU NEED HELP WITH THEM, ASK GOD FOR HELP. >>BILL: 00:27:34.86\00:27:35.86 ABSOLUTELY, EXCELLENT ADVICE. THANK YOU AGAIN 00:27:35.86\00:27:40.86 FOR BEING HERE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:27:40.86\00:27:44.56 REMEMBER TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE, I T I 00:27:44.56\00:27:45.50 SWRITTENCANADA.CA. 00:27:45.50\00:27:48.83 THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF VALUABLE RESOURCES AND YOU 00:27:48.83\00:27:50.00 CAN SEND US YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS. WELL, WE'RE 00:27:50.00\00:27:53.13 GOING TO BE PRAYING THAT THE GOOD LORD ALLOWS US TO 00:27:53.13\00:27:56.96 BE HERE AGAIN WITH YOU NEXT WEEK. I HOPE THAT YOU 00:27:56.96\00:27:58.13 WILL TAKE THE TIME TO BE WITH US ALSO. UNTIL THEN, 00:27:58.13\00:28:01.03 REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN THAT MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY 00:28:01.03\00:28:05.33 BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 00:28:05.33\00:28:06.23 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 00:28:06.23\00:28:11.10 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 00:28:12.46\00:28:14.53