Barry Baines

Barry, Dr. Barry. Yeah. So, you know, trying to go down this path, I'm pretty sure we're going to go down a few paths here and talking about arthritis and and rheumatology and all those kind of things. Paul, as you were talking about this, it seems like the treatments that have been available have markedly changed over, you know, the past 20 to 30 years. I mean, really, you know, very remarkably.

Barry, Dr. Barry. Yeah. So, you know, trying to go down this path, I'm pretty sure we're going to go down a few paths here and talking about arthritis and and rheumatology and all those kind of things. Paul, as you were talking about this, it seems like the treatments that have been available have markedly changed over, you know, the past 20 to 30 years. I mean, really, you know, very remarkably.

And with most arthritis conditions, usually pain and swelling, you know, seem to be very common symptoms. And so, you know, people go to, you know, to treat the pain so they can, you know, then do things. But at a higher level, can you just give us an overview of what you've seen in rheumatology in the treatment of these diseases over the past 20 years?

And with most arthritis conditions, usually pain and swelling, you know, seem to be very common symptoms. And so, you know, people go to, you know, to treat the pain so they can, you know, then do things. But at a higher level, can you just give us an overview of what you've seen in rheumatology in the treatment of these diseases over the past 20 years?

It seems like every time I watch the commercials on, you know, every time I watch TV, There are all these commercials about all these new immunologic agents that are very hard to pronounce, so they have to come up with catchy names from a brand perspective.

It seems like every time I watch the commercials on, you know, every time I watch TV, There are all these commercials about all these new immunologic agents that are very hard to pronounce, so they have to come up with catchy names from a brand perspective.

I wonder if you could just talk about that from the perch of a rheumatologist and changes that you've seen and how that relates to us as consumers or just as people.

I wonder if you could just talk about that from the perch of a rheumatologist and changes that you've seen and how that relates to us as consumers or just as people.

Sorry to interrupt you, Barry. Yeah, go ahead, Barry. Now, so I'm going to stick my neck out a little bit here. because of what you were talking about with that other study. Um, one of the things over the past, you know, decades is that, uh, we spend more and more time sitting in front of the screen, the computer.

Sorry to interrupt you, Barry. Yeah, go ahead, Barry. Now, so I'm going to stick my neck out a little bit here. because of what you were talking about with that other study. Um, one of the things over the past, you know, decades is that, uh, we spend more and more time sitting in front of the screen, the computer.

Um, and so I'm just when I know that, you know, hand things as well from, you know, keyboarding and stuff like that. So I'm just wondering, you know, how, uh, what, what we do in our daily activities, how that has, uh, brought up or impacted the prevalence of some of these things.

Um, and so I'm just when I know that, you know, hand things as well from, you know, keyboarding and stuff like that. So I'm just wondering, you know, how, uh, what, what we do in our daily activities, how that has, uh, brought up or impacted the prevalence of some of these things.

And then my sort of a second part of the question that goes beyond that, but that is there are things that we can do that don't have to be medication. There are a lot of lifestyle things that really can make a big difference in its impact on arthritis, certainly osteoarthritis, and I would imagine as well. rheumatoid arthritis.

And then my sort of a second part of the question that goes beyond that, but that is there are things that we can do that don't have to be medication. There are a lot of lifestyle things that really can make a big difference in its impact on arthritis, certainly osteoarthritis, and I would imagine as well. rheumatoid arthritis.

But I was just wondering if you could touch on how this has really changed what some of the arthritis conditions that we're seeing as an impact from our daily activities.

But I was just wondering if you could touch on how this has really changed what some of the arthritis conditions that we're seeing as an impact from our daily activities.

Barry. You know, my biggest takeaway, and this is for our listeners out there, oftentimes we have like my knee hurts and you go in to see the doctor for that. But also, you know, my wrist hurts and my ankle hurts sometimes, things like that. What I'm coming away with is that earlier recognition can have a tremendous impact on long-term disability, all those kinds of things.

Barry. You know, my biggest takeaway, and this is for our listeners out there, oftentimes we have like my knee hurts and you go in to see the doctor for that. But also, you know, my wrist hurts and my ankle hurts sometimes, things like that. What I'm coming away with is that earlier recognition can have a tremendous impact on long-term disability, all those kinds of things.

And so my takeaway is if you have, you go to the doctor and you have a joint that aches, be proactive and say, also, by the way, you know, you need to know that my, you know, I have other joints that hurt, but not as much as my knee.

And so my takeaway is if you have, you go to the doctor and you have a joint that aches, be proactive and say, also, by the way, you know, you need to know that my, you know, I have other joints that hurt, but not as much as my knee.