Arthritis means “inflammation of a joint”. People get arthritis for different reasons, such as an injury to a joint, chronic overuse, excessive weight, or physiologic causes like a faulty immune response in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis comes in many forms, and affects many people of varying ages. Between 2013–2015, the CDC reported an estimated 54.4 million US adults (22.7%) were diagnosed by a doctor each year with some form of arthritis. It can affect a wide range of age