| Arthritis is often accompanied by chronic debilitating | | | | How can you fight arthritis? |
| pains that can make life difficult at best, sometimes | | | | Move! |
| intolerable. Today we understand better the origins | | | | Sport or exercise is not the enemy of arthritis, far |
| of this disease, and we know that with some | | | | from it. It is essential to keep walking, even if you |
| treatment you can smile again. | | | | must force yourself to do it, even when your joints |
| Arthritis is not an illness. Rather, it is an irreversible | | | | hurt. You can choose sports that are not too taxing |
| degeneration of joints cartilage. It is most often | | | | on the joints: walking, swimming, yoga (avoid tennis |
| found in the joints of the fingers, hips, knees, and | | | | jogging and skiing). A group of researchers in |
| back. The severity and the evolution of arthritis can | | | | Cleveland Ohio have noticed that people with chronic |
| vary, and sometimes even lead to a total destruction | | | | arthritis were suffering fewer symptoms after 10 |
| of the joint, which will inevitably result in a | | | | weeks of daily practice of exercise, when compared |
| replacement of the joint. | | | | with sedentary people. The improvement was |
| It is, therefore, important to pay attention to any | | | | directly linked to the movement; it improved blood |
| symptoms and pains as early as possible, and start a | | | | circulation in the joints and strengthened muscles and |
| natural treatment to slow the progression. | | | | tendons around the joint. According to a new |
| There are two main origins of arthritis, the first one | | | | Cochrane Systematic Review, exercise programs |
| is the wearing of cartilage due to aging and it should | | | | designed to improve strength and stamina are |
| occur only late in life. The second is an accelerated | | | | perfectly safe for rheumatoid arthritis. Their research |
| aging of articulations due to nutritional imbalances and | | | | found benefits associated with dynamic exercise |
| to lifestyle. In the second, we can include pathological | | | | programs that were designed for chronic arthritis |
| and physical sources of arthritis that resulted from | | | | patients. |
| shock or trauma. Joints can also be worn by | | | | Muscles are the first victims of a sedentary lifestyle. |
| repetitive motion in one's professional life or activities. | | | | When they are not used, they can atrophy at |
| Pain is the first symptom of arthritis. Its intensity | | | | incredible speed. Bones can also be affected by a |
| varies, sometimes bearable and mild, sometimes | | | | lack of physical activity. Ex rays show that support |
| acute. Usually in the beginning the pain is present | | | | bones like the tibia, the femur, and the vertebras are |
| after an exertion, a long walk; for example, but it is | | | | by far the most affected by a lack of exercise. |
| bearable. It can go away with a little rest. As time | | | | Furthermore, a lack of exercise can lead to obesity, |
| goes on, the joint can become more and more | | | | which can become a major factor in diabetes, heart |
| painful, even during rest. | | | | disease, strokes, joint inflammation and can even |
| In the later years, research has proven that | | | | force a person to spend the rest of his/her life in a |
| inflammation is at the source of the disease. | | | | wheelchair. |