Although arthritis may not be preventable, disability is -- with a well-designed treatment program, including medications, exercise, and physical therapy when needed. Here are some more things you can do to help keep the condition in check: Educate yourself.Take a self-management course to learn...
exercise, or medications, a series of injections of hyaluronic acid (Synvisc, Hyalgan, and others) into the joint can sometimes be helpful, especially if surgery is not being considered. These products seem to work by temporarily restoring the thickness of the joint fluid, allowing ...
it can actually increase pain and stiffness and lead to less mobility," says Kolasinski. "Starting an exercise program isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely
Bone erosion quantification Bone erosion on micro-CT scans was calculated on reconstructed data with an in-house written Fiji script. The program determines the bone surface and bone inner space and fills the pores in the bone surface. The difference between the filled surface and the normal non...
Struggling: Exercise and nutrition. Y’all. I’m lazy and eat like crap right now. True story: I’ve been working out twice a week with a trainer since June…and gained 5 pounds. Who does that? This girl. How? Because I get hooooongry. And I’ve never met a pizza I don’t lik...
So, when my friends, or even people in my family refuse to understand that, no, I can’t go walk around the mall, or I can’t “just go around the block for exercise,” it really makes me mad. I’m so tired of explaining it. I’m so tired of linking them to sites and ...
Few studies have evaluated the benefit of exercise in patients with PsA [10,78,79,80]. The results obtained for individuals with other inflammatory arthropathies [80] have been extrapolated for patients with PsA. Exercise can influence the inflammatory activity of PsA, as well as aerobic capacit...
Gout affects more than 1% of adults in the USA, and it is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis among men. Accumulating data support an increase in the prevalence of gout that is potentially attributable to recent shifts in diet and lifestyle, i
I feel so blessed in that I was diagnosed on my FIRST visit, no tests — a 10-page question/survey thing, physical exam and just listening to me. The first doc I saw there, unfortunately was VERY hung up on exercise and would not let up on me about it. Also not a very good bed...
I have a TERRIBLE time trying to loose weight,I need to lose about thirty pounds but that will not happen if I can’t exercise…you know about that, anyway I have chemical sensitivities and can not get near pools. I did not know you can have tendinitis problems with RA I thought it ...