Living with Arthritis: Tips for a Pain-Free Life

All of us probably watch that old people often face difficulty while walking and sitting. It's common in old people because of Arthritis. Arthritis actually is a condition when joints begin to start rubbing each other and the patient feels severe pain and difficulty while walking or doing anything.

This condition becomes worse and sometimes patients have to go through a hard procedure; surgery. So what will you suggest?

Avoid Arthritis or adapt it to your bad lifestyle? Let's learn in today's story how we can tame our joints to not have this condition.

Why Arthritis is More Common In Women

Arthritis is common in old people but women are more susceptible to it because of their hormonal changes. We all know that after the 40s, a condition arises in females, called menopause. It's a natural process in women but in this age, women need to take care of themselves.

If not then she'll develop Arthritis sooner or later. So aging and hormonal imbalance are the primary factors that develop Arthritis in most women. But here are some secondary factors as well that lead you to this condition.

1. Obesity
2. Heavy lifting jobs
3. Pregnancy

Lifestyle Factors and Arthritis Prevention

Maintaining such conditions can protect you from Arthritis. Eating in a controlled and as per diet plan can decrease your chances of developing obesity.

Additionally, such jobs where women are involved in repetitive motions or heaving lifting can increase the chance of putting stress on the knees and joints which ultimately leads to arthritis.

Make sure to avoid such heavy tasks and appoint yourself to other areas where you don't face such things.

Types of Arthritis

For your best knowledge here are some most common types of Arthritis mentioned below:

• Osteoarthritis (caused by wear and tear of Cartilage, affects hand, knees and hip joints)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (caused by of body's immune system)
• Gout (caused by uric acid, affects big toes)

Best Strategies To Cure Arthritis

There is no strategy or technique like magic which can disappear your arthritis overnight. Yet we can adopt such strategies in our daily routine that can help us to cure and manage it.

1. Lifestyle Changes:

Lifestyle is the primary key factor that can either develop or cure arthritis. If you manage to eat a healthy diet including vitamins and other key ingredients and manage to control your weight.

Then, there are likely chances that you will manage the arthritis. Or at least it will help you in reducing the server pain.

2. Medication & Therapies

If you have severe pain then your doctor will prescribe you anti-inflammatory and pain relief drugs. You should use it properly and start some therapies suggested by the therapist.

You can watch plenty of these on YouTube. I've found this video while researching for this topic. This will guide you about Rheumatoid Arthritis which is a type of arthritis.

Leanr More About This In YouTube Video.

3. Surgery

If it's so painful then I suggest you consult your doctor for surgery. A joint replacement surgery will be held for a permanent solution. But it is too costly with a success ratio of 90–95%.

An Advice For Youth

This section is specifically for young youth. We all are energetic at this age. We don't take care what others say about us. But we need to listen to this. We all have the wish to have a healthy life afterward.

So in order to do this, we have to incorporate some activities in our daily routine (lifestyle) that will protect us from Arthritis.

Stay Active:

In order to live a healthy life we have to do regular exercises daily whether it's for an hour or 10 minutes.

This is the least we can do for ourselves. Indulge yourself in sports and exercises. Learn more about the benefits of exercise and push up here.

Maintain Body Weight:

A thousand years ago, humans didn't have such luxuries that we have right now. We have stored food in refrigerators, marts, and supermarkets. We eat to our fill and enjoy life as per our own desires.

It's good to enjoy life but we need to keep some things in control like maintaining our weight. Every extra weight we gain puts stress on our knees and joints. It's better to keep it in check. But how could we? Let's find out this.

Eat a Healthy Diet:

Eating junk foods ultimately makes you obese and increases your body fats. Avoid these and load up your diet with valuable ingredients like fruits, vegetables, dry fruits, etc.

In this way, you will get all the valuable ingredients. This is the key idea behind all of this. It'll help you to maintain your body weight as well.

Avoid Smoking For Your Betterment:

There are a lot of things that we do knowingly that will harm us in the long run. But we keep on doing such things. Believe me, these things will have adverse effects on the body like take example smoking, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, etc.

Stay Hydrated:

70–85% of our body cells consist of water. In a busy routine, we forget to drink an adequate amount of water. This has severe effects on the body. We can live without eating food for days but we can't survive without water.

I've plenty of more ideas in my mind but considering your valuable time that's all for today.

Conclusion

So the next time you feel some pain or a twinge then think that your joints are talking to you. This is the best way for you to look for this. Listen to your body and take action accordingly.

Understand one thing, if we don't care for our body then it'll not be able to run along with us in life. So take good care of yourself, always have regular checkups, and have a healthy and long life.

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