One of the first thngs that people with arthritis notice is that the affected joints start losing the normal amount of movement that they once had. This is caused in a lot of cases by the supporting muscles locking up to protect the inflamed joint. A good way of treating this is by stretching the...
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Loosten your groin
When joints become inflamed all of the suppoorting muscles in the vicinity of that joint become tense and loose their effectiveness at the full length of movement. The groin muscles or adductors are typically shortened by an inflamed hip joint and this is not very good for rehabilitation of the joint because by shortening it...
Keep inner leg muscles strong
Arguably the most important part of arthritis treatment is working the affected joints through their entire range of movement and stregthening the supporting muscles. The frog legs is an exercise that achieves both of these for both the hip joint and knees. It is very important, as knee joints wear to keep the inner leg...
Loosten your groin
When joints become inflamed all of the suppoorting muscles in the vicinity of that joint become tense and loose their effectiveness at the full length of movement. The groin muscles or adductors are typically shortened by an inflamed hip joint and this is not very good for rehabilitation of the joint because by shortening it...
Why is stretching good for arthritis
One of the first thngs that people with arthritis notice is that the affected joints start losing the normal amount of movement that they once had. This is caused in a lot of cases by the supporting muscles locking up to protect the inflamed joint. A good way of treating this is by stretching the...
Prevent aching ankles
The ankles are pivotal to joint health because any lack of movement or pain that causes abnormal movement is multiplied up to all other joints that are consequently fatigued due to compensation for this irregular movement in the ankle. The ankle roll is a good exercise to use to ensure smooth movement through this critical...