Want to fight your osteoarthritis? Get off the couch! Moving is the best medicine to fight osteoarthritis pain.
Regular, moderate exercise offers a whole host of benefits to people with arthritis. Mainly, exercise reduces joint pain and stiffness, builds strong muscle around the joints, and increases flexibility and endurance. It reduces inflammation from arthritis and related conditions and lowers the risk of other chronic conditions. It also helps promote overall health and fitness by giving you more energy, helping you sleep better, controlling your weight, decreasing depression, and giving you more self-esteem. Furthermore, exercise can help stave off other health problems such as osteoporosis and heart disease.
So, it's obviously a no-brainer. You've got to move. But sometimes it's not so easy to get started. When you're achy and sore, the last thing you want to do is exercise.
Find out how to move and how much to move.
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