Chronic pain🇫🇷
Arthrose : comprendre, bouger et soulager après 65 ans
Genou, hanche, mains, dos : l'arthrose n'est pas une usure inéluctable. Ce qui la soulage vraiment, et pourquoi l'immobilité est le pire des remèdes.
July 19, 2026 7 min 18
Chronic pain is not an inevitable part of ageing — and it is very often undertreated.
4 articles
Pain in older people is the worst-assessed problem in all of medicine. It gets attributed to age, played down by the patient out of reserve or fear of being a nuisance, and becomes invisible as soon as communication declines.
Untreated pain then no longer shows up as a complaint but as agitation, withdrawal, refusal to get up, loss of appetite, or what those around take for a change of character. In someone with cognitive impairment, that indirect route is the rule rather than the exception.
The articles in this topic cover recognising pain, osteoarthritis, treatments suited to old age and their limits, and the non-drug alternatives that have proved themselves.
Genou, hanche, mains, dos : l'arthrose n'est pas une usure inéluctable. Ce qui la soulage vraiment, et pourquoi l'immobilité est le pire des remèdes.
« C'est l'âge » : cette phrase fait tant de mal. La douleur persistante se comprend, s'évalue et se soulage.
Brûlures, décharges électriques, fourmillements : ces douleurs ne répondent pas aux antalgiques habituels. Comment les reconnaître et les traiter.