If you have mild to moderate arthritis – do you notice swim exercise classes help you?
I found out there is a place down the street that does water classes for people with arthritis and I was curious if anyone found them to beneficial if they had mild to moderate arthritis. Thanks!
yes it helps alot! water is so good for exercising!
The reason that water exercises are so good is that while submerged, you have total buoyancy. It’s not exactly the same as zero gravity, but the stresses, or should I say, absence of stresses on the joints would be similar.
Yoga helped my mom but actually eating healthy, ridding your body of toxins and such would be a good choice as well.
I just watched a video that really explains things well too. Interesting that your question popped up related to that topic.
Fiber is good for the body. It also helps rid the body of toxins.
Exercise is always good though. Look at the whole picture.
People with arthritis increasingly turn to water exercise for several key reasons:
The buoyancy of water supports your joints while you exercise.
Warm water raises your body temperature, which increases your circulation, and can help ease stiffness.
Water provides greater resistance than air, helping you build muscle strength.
You don’t have to be a strong swimmer to benefit from water exercises. In fact, you don’t even have to know how to swim. Here’s one that any landlubber can try:
Stand in water that’s about waist high or a little deeper — just as long as you’re able to plant your feet on the bottom — and hold your arms out to your sides for balance. Put your left foot in front of your right. Raise and bend your left knee. Then hop forward, pushing off with your right foot, landing on the left foot. Do it again, keeping the heel of the right foot up, pushing off with the toes and ball of the foot. Do this several times.
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hi abby, it works for me , i do low impact every day, i feel it free`s me up , i also have friends who suffer from M/SCE a major crippling discease , it helps. i swim 500m. every day and walk, walk ,walk ,
forward , backwards ,side ways ( slowly ) i also do an erobic type of
movement , which i cannot do out of the pool, give it a go ,what have you got to lose ?
Exercise will help you for sure but is not enough for itself. You should use Omega3.
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I hope it helps