A wide variety of treatment options are available depending on the severity of the condition. These options include:
- Exercise to help maintain the strength of your muscles and ligaments to stabilise your joints
- Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain, swelling, and stiffness in osteoarthritis
- Steroids which can occasionally be injected directly into the joint to relieve pain and swelling
- Surgery to correct joint deformity or to replace a badly damaged joint