If you suffer from arthritis, you may be familiar with conventional treatments such as non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs. Moreover, you may be all too discouraged by their numerous side effects and sometimes even their inability to really work. Truth be known, there are over 200 known factors that may contribute to arthritis. The key is getting to the route of the problem and that is not done by drug intervention. And there are many ways to combat arthritis without the use of common prescription drugs.