<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Poked and Prodded Blog &#187; Osteoarthritis</title>
	<atom:link href="http://pokedandprodded.health.com/category/osteoarthritis/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com</link>
	<description>Adventures in being sick, getting better, staying well, from the editors of Health.com</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:19:18 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='pokedandprodded.health.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/ba3ab640159364302915925e8f44a57b?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Poked and Prodded Blog &#187; Osteoarthritis</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>Can I Tattoo Over My Surgery Scars?</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/22/can-i-tattoo-ov/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/22/can-i-tattoo-ov/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthroscopic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip replacement surgery scar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keloid scar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scars great stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[should I tattoo over my scars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery scars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tattoos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a saying that “scars are tattoos with better stories.” I agree, to a point. See, I’ve got quite a few scars from multiple surgeries—with more to come—so it&#8217;s clear to me that some great stories can be improved with a little editing.
That’s why I recently checked in with a tattoo artist and my hip [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=155&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/22/can-i-tattoo-ov/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/tattoo225.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Tattoo225</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>My Job Was a Pain in My Arthritic Hips</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/15/my-job-was-a-pa/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/15/my-job-was-a-pa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ergonomic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ergonomic workspace for arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip problems at desk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip replacement desk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workstation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t like sitting on my butt. I quit my last job in August in part because it required me to do just that, sometimes for 70 hours a week. While sitting down is a pleasure for most people, it has become increasingly painful for me due to my degenerating hip joint.
I did try to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=147&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/15/my-job-was-a-pa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/ergonomicworkspace.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ergonomicworkspace</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rock Stars With Fake Hips</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/08/rock-stars-with/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/08/rock-stars-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dancing in high heels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Van Halen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mötley Crüe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prince needs hip replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock stars dancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[van halen hip replacement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My hubby and I rocked out gloriously at the Van Halen concert (complete with David Lee Roth) on Jan. 26 during our Dallas vacay. Eddie Van Halen jumped alongside the still-outrageous Diamond Dave and beamed as he did the duck walk, Chuck Berry–style.
What I didn’t know as I matched the guitarist’s infectious bounce and grin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=139&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/08/rock-stars-with/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/libby2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Libby2</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>How My Cat Became My Personal Trainer</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/01/how-my-pet-beca/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/01/how-my-pet-beca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat stretching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosequin for cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To complement a strict regimen of stretching, massage, exercise, and heat therapy, I picked up the joint-health supplement glucosamine and chondroitin yesterday. For my cat.
I know that people and their pets are supposed to end up looking alike, but limping alike? I found out last week that she shares my diagnosis—severe osteoarthritis of the hips.
Mine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=130&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/02/01/how-my-pet-beca/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/personalpettrainer.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Personalpettrainer</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sick in the City</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/25/sick-in-the-cit/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/25/sick-in-the-cit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Beat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[if you see something say something]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nausea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pass out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sickness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stomach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vomit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would you do if you saw a semi-haggard woman lying in a pool of her own vomit on a New York City subway platform on a Monday afternoon? &#8230; Nothing? Stare with disgust? Shake your head in pity? Walk away in fear? 
Fellow passengers were doing all of the above on my behalf during [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=118&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/25/sick-in-the-cit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/subwaygirl225.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Subwaygirl225</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Shock and Awww</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/18/shock-and-awww/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/18/shock-and-awww/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anteversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dysplasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[femoral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[position]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[w]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I accidentally scared a woman at a friend’s party last week. Her four-year-old daughter was on the floor playing with toys, sitting with her legs in the “W” position: knees on the floor, feet outside thighs. 
It looked so familiar. I sat that way all the time when was child (photo at left), and continued [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=103&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/18/shock-and-awww/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/libbysentz.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Libbysentz</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Like Playing Doctor</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/11/i-like-playing/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/11/i-like-playing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acupuncture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthroscopy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartilage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ganz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osteotomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband sent me an email a week ago that’s been staring me down ever since. He wrote “Virtual Hip Replacement&#34; in the subject line, but what he wrote inside made me pause: &#34;You may not want to see this.&#34; There was a link to a website, but I didn’t click on it. I haven’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=93&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/01/11/i-like-playing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/virtualhipreplacement250.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Virtualhipreplacement250</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Magic Cane</title>
		<link>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/28/the-magic-cane/</link>
		<comments>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/28/the-magic-cane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Sentz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Osteoarthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afro-haitian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folkloric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haitian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mikerline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yanvalou]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost/wp/poked/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For years I danced like a snake, a slave, an ocean wave, a warrior, a carnival queen, a dirty old man, whatever character the drums called for in my folkloric Afro-Haitian troupe. But after my second major hip surgery in February, my osteoarthritis continued to worsen and I shied away from the stage. Until a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokedandprodded.health.com&blog=2779996&post=67&subd=healthpoked&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2007/12/28/the-magic-cane/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8eb4bfb7b60181e325be806bffdc12d0?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fa.wordpress.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">editron</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://healthpoked.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/haitiandance.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Haitiandance</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>