Ngokwe-Arthritis Society, “Alikho ikhambi okwamanje le-arthritis yezingane. Nokho, kukhona izidakamizwa ezingaba ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala okubangelwa yi-arthritis ngakho-ke kungathuthukisa ukusebenza kwezinhlelo zokuzivocavoca futhi kunciphise ukulimala okuhlangene unomphela. »Kudingeka ngokuvamile izinyanga ezithile ngaphambi kokuba izidakamizwa ziqale ukusebenza.

Imithi esetshenziswayo iwuhlobo olufanayo naleyo ekhonjiswe isifo samathambo. Abanye banomphumela we ukunciphisa izimpawu (izidakamizwa ezingezona ukuvuvukala kanye ne-corticosteroids), ngenkathi ezinye zibambezela ukuqhubeka kwesifo (izidakamizwa zesikhathi eside ezilwa ne-rheumatic).

Qaphela ukuthi, kubantwana, indawo enkulu nayo inikezwa izivivinyo zokuvuselela : nodokotela osebenza noma i-physiotherapist, uhlelo lokuzivocavoca luchazwa ukuqinisekisa ukukhula okuvumelanayo futhi ukukhula kwemisipha, kanye nokugwema ukulahlekelwaububanzi bokuhamba futhi ukulimala ou deformations unomphela. Ngezinye izikhathi kuboniswa ukwenza izivivinyo emanzini ashisayo (i-balneotherapy). Kwezinye izimo, izingcezu asetshenziselwa ukusekela amalunga (imini noma ebusuku) ukuze avimbele ukuba acindezeleke kakhulu.