| Is arthritis knee pain affecting your joint mobility? | | | | stiff? The reason why is because the oxygen, |
| Well don't feel discouraged because for many of us | | | | nutrients, and fluid our joints need to maintain |
| who have arthritis, this is part of the course for this | | | | flexibility are lacking due to decrease blood circulation. |
| disease. | | | | 2) Drink 6 - 8 glasses of water a day. When we are |
| We tend to look at this disease as part of getting | | | | younger, we can get away with not drinking the |
| old but when we are in are 50's we don't feel old. All | | | | required amount of water that is needed each day. |
| the activities we use to do like bowling, golfing, and | | | | As we get older, staying hydrated is extremely |
| biking, we still want to do but arthritis knee pain may | | | | important. Water is needed to provide lubrication for |
| be preventing us from doing them. | | | | the knee joints to stay fluid and limber. |
| We also tend to think of arthritis as a disease that is | | | | 3) We must lose weight. It is just that simple. |
| not very serious. In actuality, osteoarthritis can cause | | | | Obesity is the number one disease that leads to so |
| the joints to wear down to the point of severe | | | | many other diseases. Extra weight on the knees |
| debilitation. If ignored, it can lead to joint replacement | | | | causes a lot of pressure and stress on them. |
| surgery and over use of prescription pain reliever | | | | Overtime this contributes to the wearing down of |
| which have many side effects. | | | | knee cartilage. |
| However, we can learn today 3 ways to improve | | | | Remember - Ultimately we are in control of our own |
| joint mobility as it relates to arthritis knee pain. | | | | health. We can sit back and do nothing about arthritis |
| 1) Don't sit in the same position for long periods of | | | | knee pain or we can begin incorporating these tips in |
| time. Have you notice that when we sit in the same | | | | our lives today. |
| position for long periods of time our joints become | | | | |