After being diagnosed with arthritis, what lifestyle changes should I make?

Thank you for your question. Persistent severe pain after a right knee replacement is abnormal especially when her other knee replacement was doing fine. I'd strongly advise you bring your grandmom for a checkup and we'll need to do a thorough investigations including X rays, blood tests and advanced imaging (MRI/ CT) to find out what is the cause of this persistent pain. The cause of persistent pain would include infection, implant malposition, cement fracture or referred pain. Only after the cause of the persistent pain is identified then we can talk about the treatment.

The aches and pain in your hand may not be entirely due to just "overuse". Arthritis means inflammation in the joints, typically we classified into 4 categories: 1. "Normal" wear and tear/ Aging (For e. g Osteoarthritis, Spondylosis) - these happens in every person, when you age, there will be more wear and tear, althought not everyone will have pain. It is very similar to a car, when the mileage hits a certain number, there is bound to be some wear and tear in the tyres. 2.