6 Ways To Help Your Arthritis Pain
pressure on weight-bearing joints such as the hips and knees.
When it comes to treating arthritis, you may have more options than you realize. There is a lot you can do to reduce your aches and pains from arthritis, while gaining more mobility and function. People often experience pain from arthritis because of stiff joints, muscles and other tissues. In addition, muscles become weak, therefore not supporting the arthritic joints. Our customized therapy treatments promote muscle strength, improve range of motion, increase mobility and ease pain. In addition, coupling your treatments with the following can also help you live life to the fullest and get you back to doing the things you love: 1. Education and self-management. When your treatment is over, our experts will have equipped you with the knowledge and exercises you need to continue your progress on your own. 2. Weight loss. Maintaining your recommended weight—or losing weight if you are overweight—can lessen your pain by reducing stress on your affected joints. Weight loss specifically helps ease
3. Footwear and insoles. If arthritis affects your knee, special footwear and insoles can reduce pain and improve walking.
4. Knee braces. For osteoarthritis with associated knee instability, a knee brace can reduce pain, improve stability and reduce the risk of falling. 5. Heat and cold. Many people find the heat of a warm bath, heat pack or paraffin bath eases arthritis pain. Others find relief in cold packs. Still others prefer alternating the two. 6. Exercise. Exercise has been proven to help reduce arthritis pain while increasing strength and function. Knowing the right kind of exercises to do, is the key. Talking with our physical therapists will point you in the right direction!
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JESSIE DUNLAP, PTA, CMT Having the opportunity to workwith people who have been injured, and having the skills to help them recover their ability to reintegrate into their normal activities brings great joy and fulfillment to my life.
For the last five years as a massage therapist, I have been able to expandmy knowledge base, grow in experience and improve my ability to understand and address the specific limitations of the human bodies that I come in contact with. When performing massage, I work hard to bring about change in the body while relaxing the mind. As a PTA, I seek to develop new and exciting waysofaddressing imbalance,restoringfunctionandpromoting healing in those I work with. It ismy life’s passion to help others and at CITC, I get to live my passion every day.
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