Do Your Joints a Big Favor
We’ve all been there. Getting up from the easy chair, or waking in the morning, there’s a twinge or tweak of joint or muscle pain that reminds us we’re not in our 20s anymore.
As we get older, one of our trouble spots is our joints. If you’ve ever experienced joint pain – or if you experience it regularly – you know how uncomfortable it can be. Fortunately, there are a number of physical exercises and natural remedies that can help reduce the discomfort associated with joint pain.
Get Active
- Sounds simple enough and it is. Walking regularly is especially good for those with rheumatoid arthritis, and it’s also healthy for your heart.
- While jogging can be good for your heart but bad for your knees, the smoother motion of biking is good for both.
- Yoga and Tai Chi. These disciplines can improve coordination and balance. They also lead to improved body awareness and the ability to relax.
- This physical fitness system not only improves controls of muscles, but also helps manage the pain.
- Work out with Weights. If you can strengthen your muscles with weights, there will be less strain on your joints. The weights don’t need to be large.
- An aerobic workout in the water will help you stretch your muscles, soothe your joints and help you control weight.
Herbal Relief
- Epsom salt baths can help relax muscles and loosen stiff joints.
- Mix in Turmeric to food or take supplements, Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant.
- Fatty acids are your friend. These good fats are known to help with inflammation, so try to add more into your diet. These foods include: walnuts, almonds, dark leafy greens, and flaxseed.
Do you ever experience joint pain? Have you ever tried any of these remedies to help manage the pain? I’d love to hear from you about it.
8 Comments
I have lost the pain in my knee and shoulder by doing deep water aerobics. Taking turmeric and black pepper joint supplement. Apple cider vinger
and keeping my PH balance between 6.5-7. I also do esgoscue exercise so pressure is only on correct
alinement of my body no piched nerves. Now I will add hyaluronic acid.
Aloha Frank,
Some of the helping natural items for Knee &leg pains are in your letter and comments !
Add Glucosamine, chondroitin, fish oil omega-3, Milk Shistle, Silymarin, Boswellia, Apres Flex, !
All good stuff ! Blessings ! Albert
My whole body is riddled with osteoarthritis and I have been taking Turmeric as a supplement for this entire year. Just 1 pill a day and it has brought incredible relief, as well as allowing me to get more exercise free of pain.
I have worked out doing water aerobics for months, that was the best thing I ever done for my body. Before I started doing aerobics in the water, I was over weight and in constant pain all the time. After just three months of doing water aerobics, I lost weight, the pain went awAy and I felt GREAT. I recommend this to anyone, no matter what condition your in, believe me you won’t ever regret it.
Something you might want to share with your over fifty prepers is Hyaluronic Acid. It can be found at Walmart and other places. This originally was from the thin lining you find on hard boiled eggs. This works. 1/2 a day.
I am 82 yrs old. I have used Hyaluronic Acid for years. I am in good health, do ranch chores every day, keep my own house and live alone. I exercise, use an elliptical machine to exercise and lift small weights. It takes time and work to stay fit, but it beats the alternative.
Echinacea helps to stimulate hyaluronic acid production so your body can repair joint damage. http://homegrownherbalist.typepad.com/my-blog/2013/05/echinacea-the-rest-of-the-story-patrick-p-jones-dvm-echinacea-has-long-been-touted-as-an-effective-anti-inflammat.html
Tumeric! A spice from India. It relieves the inflammation associated with all types of arthritis. It is also known to shrink cancer cells and promote clarity in thinking some suggest that it also removes plaque from arteries and the brain.