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“When I started, I could barely pick up a grocery bag... now I feel normal again and all the challenges are gone.”
The Best Exercises to Relieve Your Arthritis Pain Regularly flexing your joints and exercising your body can help you feel and move better. Research indicates that exercise can reduce your arthritis pain. Based on your particular condition and type of arthritis, your physical therapist may recommend the following kinds of physical therapy exercises: 1. Strength-Building Exercises - Gentle, careful weight training can lend extra stability to your joints, helping your muscles and connective tissues assume more of the joints’ burden. 2. Aerobic Exercises - Aerobic exercises boost your circulation. This increase incirculationsupports joint tissuehealthwhilehelping inflammatory substances and excess fluids to exit the joints. 3. Flexibility Exercises - These exercises are designed to help you increase your range of motion with less pain. They can be as simple as arm raises or shoulder rolls. 4. Water Walking - If your weight-bearing joints make walking difficult, your physical therapist may prescribe water walking instead. Standing in a water- filled pool reduces the amount of weight your joints must support, allowing you to exercise more easily and comfortably. Working out in water provides exercise that is soothing and non-impact. Your physical therapist may recommend a heated pool to help relieve pain in arthritic joints. Bake & Decorate These Delicious Gingerbread Cookies with the Grandkids! • 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour, plus more for work surface • 2 teaspoons ground ginger • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon • ¾ teaspoon kosher salt • ½ teaspoon ground cloves • ½ teaspoon finely ground black pepper cookies or blackstrap molasses for very spicy, intensely flavored cookies) • ½ cup packed coconut sugar • 1 large egg • Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional) Lemon Icing Ingredients (optional) • ½ cup powdered sugar (here’s how to make your own) • ¼ teaspoon lemon zest (optional, for intense lemon flavor) • 2 ¼ teaspoons lemon juice Combinedry ingredients. Inaseparatebowl,whisk togethercoconutoilandmolasses.Add coconut sugar and the egg; whisk until blended. Combine and mix together liquid and dry ingredientsuntiladough forms.Dividedough inhalf,shapingeach intoa rounddiscabout 1 inch thick. Wrap in plastic wrap. Chill discs in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. Preheat oven to350°Fwith racks in themiddleandupper third.Lightlyflouryourworksurfaceand rolloutonediscuntil¼ inch thick.Cutoutshapeswithcookiecuttersandplaceeachona parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving about ½ inch of space around each one. Combine doughscraps intoaballand rolloutagain, repeatinguntilalldoughhasbeenused.Repeat with remainingdisc.Bake for8 to11minutes (softercookies:8minutes,crispcookies:11 minutes). After cookies have cooled, ice and/or sprinkle with powdered sugar. Source: https://cookieandkate.com/healthy-gingerbread-cookies/ • ½ teaspoon baking soda • ¼ teaspoon baking powder • ½ cup melted coconut oil • ½ cup unsulphured molasses (regular molasses for lighter, somewhat spicy
“First, I would like to say that Life In Motion has been an amazing experience for me. Not only is it one of the most welcoming places I have been, but also all the staff is very friendly and treat you like family. Adrienne was my therapist. When I started, I could barely pick up a grocery bag... but now I can pick
up cars! Just kidding but really, now I feel normal again and all the challenges are gone. To everyone at Life In Motion, thank you for all your help through this process. Adrienne, Idon’tknowwhat Iwould have done without you, thank you for everything! Carlos, thanks for keeping me laughing, my friend!” -J. J.
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