| Myth 1: Exercise doesn't help arthritis,
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| | than 11 million will be disabled.Myth 4:
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| and in fact makes the condition worse.
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| | A warm climate will cure arthritis.Fact:
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| Fact: Proper exercise performed on a
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| | Arthritis occurs in all parts of the
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| regular basis is an important part of
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| | world. Many people do notice that a
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| arthritis treatment, according to the
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| | difference in the weather can cause their
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| Arthritis Foundation. Twenty years ago,
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| | arthritis to flare, but for most people,
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| doctors advised exactly the opposite,
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| | moving to a different climate does not
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| fearing that activity would cause more
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| | make a big enough difference to justify
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| damage and inflammation. However, not
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| | moving.Myth 5: Knuckle cracking will give
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| exercising causes weak muscles, stiff
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| | you arthritis.Fact: There is no clinical
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| joints, reduced mobility, and lost
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| | evidence that knuckle cracking causes
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| vitality, say rheumatologists, who now
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| | arthritis in the fingers or the hand.
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| routinely advise a balance of physical
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| | Studies of people with osteoarthritis in
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| activity and rest.Three main types of
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| | their knuckles show they are no more
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| exercises are recommended:Range-of-motion
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| | likely to have cracked their knuckles
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| ... moving a joint as far as it will
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| | earlier in life than people who did not
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| comfortably go and then stretching it a
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| | develop the condition. However, the bad
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| little further to increase and maintain
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| | news is that there is some evidence that
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| joint mobility, decrease pain, and
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| | people who habitually crack their
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| improve joint function. These can be done
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| | knuckles have decreased hand function,
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| at least every other day.Strengthening
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| | such as reduced ability to grip
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| ... using muscles without moving joints
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| | tightly.Myth 6: Drinking milk prevents
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| to help increase muscle strength and
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| | arthritis.Fact: Drinking milk does not
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| stabilize weak joints. These can be done
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| | prevent arthritis. This myth is often
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| at least every other day, unless there is
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| | attributed to confusing osteoarthritis
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| severe pain or swelling.Endurance ...
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| | with osteoporosis, a condition that can
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| aerobic exercises such as walking,
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| | be reduced by drinking milk and taking
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| swimming and bicycling to strengthen the
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| | regular weight-bearing exercise. A person
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| heart and lungs and increase stamina.
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| | with osteoporosis gradually loses bone
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| These should be done for 20 to 30
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| | material so that his or her bones become
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| minutes, three times a week, unless there
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| | more fragile. Osteoarthritis results from
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| is severe pain or swelling.Myth 2:
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| | the wear and tear of life. The pressure
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| Arthritis only affects older people.Fact:
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| | of gravity causes physical damage to the
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| While it is true that arthritis becomes
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| | joints and surrounding tissues, leading
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| more common as people age, arthritis may
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| | to pain, tenderness, swelling, and
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| begin at any age, including childhood.
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| | decreased function.For More
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| Nearly three of every five sufferers are
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| | Information:Centers for Disease Control
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| under age 65. Conversely, some elderly
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| | and Prevention
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| people never develop arthritis.Myth 3:
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| | Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
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| Arthritis is nothing more than minor
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| aches and pains.Fact: Arthritis can be
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| than 42 million Americans in its chronic
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| 2020, CDC estimates that 60 million
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