When all joints or a few joints suffer from osteoarthritis, it is considered a benign disease. Most degenerative joint diseases involve many joints, become progressively worse, and are relatively non-disabling diseases. Patients often seek treatment due to joint soreness and stiffness throughout the body or acute pain attacks in a single joint. Non-surgical treatments are designed to stop the progression of the disease, reduce joint pain and stiffness, prevent joint deformities, and improve joint motion and stability.