Exercise methods for osteoarthritis Many arthritis patients don't like exercise, or mistakenly think that arthritis should reduce exercise. But in fact, for arthritis patients, if you don't pay attention to scientific exercise, the damage is great. The joints will become stiff and more painful; Muscle atrophy and weakness; Bones will become brittle and break easily. Proper exercise is of great help to arthritis patients. If combined with medication, rest and other treatment methods, proper exercise helps to maintain the structure and function of joints.

Arthritis patients don't do too much exercise.

Life lies in exercise. Osteoarthritis patients should not only avoid high-intensity weight-bearing exercise, but also have a certain amount of activity.

Beneficial exercise

Exercise of joint range of motion: This refers to exercising the joints in various directions every day, making the joints as wide as possible and moving to the maximum. This is very important. Daily activities can't take the place of joint range exercise. Of course, if there is pain and swelling in the joints, moderate exercise is needed within the tolerable range of pain.

Muscle exercise: Strong muscles can keep joints stable and make activities more comfortable.

Endurance exercise: Endurance exercise is not only good for joints, but also good for heart and lungs, and can improve mental state. Walking, water sports and cycling are the most commonly used endurance sports. Walking is an ideal exercise for patients with osteoarthritis. Unless there are serious hip, knee and ankle diseases and joint instability, you should encourage more walking. Water sports, such as swimming or soaking in hot springs, are especially good for stiff and painful joints, because the buoyancy of water can reduce the gravity borne by joints, and warm water can relax muscles and relieve pain; Cycling, especially in the gym, is also a good way to exercise and will not bring too much pressure to the joints of lower limbs.

Harmful exercise

Mountain climbing: Mountain climbing will exert great pressure on the patella in front of the knee, especially when going down the mountain, the pressure is two to three times higher than going up the mountain. Therefore, for patients with knee osteoarthritis, mountain climbing should be avoided as much as possible.

Squat up: Some patients with osteoarthritis want to exercise muscle strength and joint mobility by squatting up. This kind of exercise is actually similar to climbing mountains and stairs, and it is not good for knees, especially patella, which will accelerate the wear and injury of patella cartilage.

Lifting heavy objects: Lifting or carrying heavy objects will increase the load on joints.