Hurley able to hit the right notes again

A locally made natural supplement is giving people relief from arthritis pain.

Jade Hurley is back on the road after finding relief from excruciating pain caused by arthritis.

He’s known as Australia’s King of Country Rock, and Jade Hurley – together with other octogenarian legends Digger Revell, Dinah Lee, Lucky Starr and 70-something youngster Little Pattie – are currently touring the country with the live stage show The Good Old Days of Rock’n’Roll. Hurley is still putting on an energetic show, with one glowing review commenting that “it was impressive that, at age 81, he effortlessly managed to get that right boot up onto the keyboard”.

The show, which he’s written and produced, represents a triumphant return to form. After spending years “battling with the excruciating pain 24 hours a day” caused by arthritis in his hands, Hurley was facing the devastating consequence that his long and successful career was over.

“Playing the piano in my shows became almost impossible,” the OAM recipient says emphatically. Having visited doctors and prescribed medications, which he laments were “no good, made me depressed and really didn’t help all that much”, he felt he had nothing to lose when a friend suggested he try Arborvitae Joint Health.

That was three years ago and Hurley gratefully acknowledges Arborvitae, a family owned and Australian-made supplement business which has been operating for more than 10 years, as being a “life and career saver”.

Hurley was not alone in his pain. Data from Arthritis Australia shows that 3.6 million people (or one in seven of us) are living with arthritis, a leading cause of chronic pain and the second most common cause of disability and early retirement due to ill health.

Made in Australia from natural ingredients Aloe Vera, Papain enzyme and honey, plus a French pine bark extract, technically known as Pycnogenol, Arborvitae Joint Health is a potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant supplement that can enhance healthy joint function, supporting mobility and flexibility.

It can also provide relief from the symptoms of mild osteoarthritis, mild joint pain and stiffness. The main ingredient, Pycnogenol, has been widely studied for decades, with more than 160 clinical trials. The results of a recent study on Arborvitae Joint Health, published in September 2020 in the journal Minerva of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, showed a 66 per cent decrease in pain test scores, a 50 per cent increase in walking distance without pain and a 56 per cent decrease in inflammation in blood tests.

All of which lead to an impressive 78 per cent reduction in use of on-demand medications and a 50 per cent improvement in quality of life scores.

It is available in liquid form, stocked in more than 2,000 chemists and health food stores Australia wide, including Chemist Warehouse, Terry White Chemmart and Blooms The Chemist. Hurley says it took about a month to ”really kick in” and he now has “absolutely no problems and almost no pain.”

“First thing in the morning I take it out of the fridge, take the top off the bottle and have three to four mouthfuls on an empty stomach,” he explains.

While arthritis affects many in older generations, it can begin causing trouble for people as young as 35. Regardless of your age, Hurley advises anyone suffering from the acute pain it causes to give Arborvitae a try.

“You have absolutely nothing to lose.”

For Hurley, who’s now back on stage where he belongs, he says Arborvitae has “given me a new life and given me my career back”.