{"id":2318,"date":"2018-05-15T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2018-05-22T19:03:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T19:03:58","slug":"is-there-any-relief-for-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/is-there-any-relief-for-arthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There Any Relief For Arthritis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have <strong>Arthritis,<\/strong> off course, always check with your doctor before starting any new medicines supplements or exercise programs. I believe your doctor just might encourage you to walk. As I get older, \u201cArthur\u201d has come to visit me and I started recently haveing sciatic problems. In doing some online research, I found great information on Walking with Arthritis from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/arthritis\/in-depth\/arthritis\/art-20047971\">Mayo Clinic<\/a><\/strong>\u2014and I thank them for providing these invaluable tips to all of us.<\/p>\n<p>I think most of us become more immobile when we are in pain (because it hurts to move) and that might be the worst thing we can do. Don\u2019t think of exercise or walking as an Olympic sport or think you have to spend grueling hours exercising. Just small changes can help with arthritis pain and stiffness. See our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KRnwMu\">blog article<\/a><\/strong> on the lady who started out just walking in her house 4 times a day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2323 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2-500x262.png 500w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FB-Is-Arthritis-Pain-And-Stiffness-making-you-Miserable-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayo Clinic says:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Exercise can help you improve your health and fitness without hurting your joints. With your current treatment program, exercise can:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Strengthen the muscles around your joints<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Help you maintain bone strength<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Give you more energy to get through the day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Make it easier to get a good night&#8217;s sleep<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Help you control your weight<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enhance your quality of life<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Improve your balance<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Though you might think exercise will aggravate your joint pain and stiffness, that&#8217;s not the case. Lack of exercise actually can make your joints even more painful and stiff.\u00a0<\/em><em>That&#8217;s because keeping your muscles and surrounding tissue strong is crucial to maintaining support for your bones. Not exercising weakens those supporting muscles, creating more stress on your joints.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grandfather-walking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2320 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grandfather-walking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>There are several types of exercises you can do, but actually just staying active is important. Do you like gardening? If you have a dog, take him for short walks several times a day. Play with your children or grandchildren. Get up during commercials on television and walk in place. Just <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">MOVE<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have arthritis, you should consider activities that are low impact\u2014walking, stationary biking, water aerobics, etc. Normally when I decide to lose weight and exercise, I am like a maniac\u2014exercising long and hard\u2014and wind up stiff and sore and of course, I cannot keep that pace up. Start out slowly and gradually build. Consider using heat or ice to relieve pain or stiffness\u2026and use your best judgement. You know your body and your pain levels. Do what you can and <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">congratulate yourself on doing more than you did yesterday!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, check with your doctor first and anytime you have concerns<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gmail_msg\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Nourishing Your Body, Mind &amp;\u00a0Spirit.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-919 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are you an UltaLifer? 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In doing some online research, I found great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/is-there-any-relief-for-arthritis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is There Any Relief For Arthritis?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[333],"tags":[234,39,19,27,98,233,279],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arthritis","tag-arthritis","tag-exercise","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-healthy","tag-stiffness","tag-walking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/2334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}