Bones are found in lots of joints like the knee, hip, finger joints and joints in your toes.
When the bones get together, there is also cartilage, a rubbery, protective layer that ensures your joints without pain and without bending. But still cartilage can not do this huge and enormous task alone. A thin membrane called synovium, it provides fluid that lubricates the moving parts together. When the cartilage wears on the synovium becomes inflamed, the result is mostly, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.
In osteoarthritis, the cartilage can be damaged to the point that the bones do not rub on bone. This form of arthritis develops gradually over the life of a trouble-free result of wear on the joints over the years. Very small number of people escapes some degree of osteoarthritis, although the severity varies greatly.
As it is, in fact, if you have more than 50 years, chances are you have at least one joint affected by osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis affects men and women and so far, the most common form of arthritis, with nearly 16 million Americans on the list.
In rheumatoid arthritis, damage to the synovium is the problem. Doctors and researchers are not absolutely sure what causes, but most think that rheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which the immune system actually attacks certain tissues, including those linking the joints and synovium.
Rheumatoid arthritis starts with swelling, redness, stiffness and pain, but progress may scar tissue common forms, or in exceptional cases, while the bones in fact merge. Almost 50% of 2 million people with rheumatoid arthritis in the world are women. Disease May hit adolescence.
The exercise of options for its prevention
Take some time to develop a good weight low impact exercise and stretching plan can add to big results when it comes to staving off arthritis pain. Strong muscles help protect joints from wear and the continued flow of soft.
That is why the quest for fitness is at hand, even if you are 50 or older. Many say it is only for people who have a lifetime sport or anything to say exercise is for young people and develop practices more harm than good.
There are still some who insist on giving them in exercise routines because they not only have the time or have less energy than ever. These are all excuses of the blade. As a result, it is time to get rid of the pain. Start the years.
Therefore, preventing arthritis is not precisely scientific, but doctors found several ways to reduce your risk. Here's how:
1) No weight around: One of the most important measure anyone can take to prevent osteoarthritis of the knee is to lose weight, if overweight. Extra weight puts more strain on the knees. If you are 10 kg, for example, saving 60 pounds per square inch of pressure on your knees every time step. Additional pressure to be slowly but surely erode and cartilage in the knee with arthritis.
Research has clearly supported the theory that weight loss weighs on the side of prevention. The study, women who have excess weight lost 11 pounds or more in 10 years reduced the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis by 50%.
2) Stretching muscles: Any type of stretching is good until you rejection, which can lead to muscle pull. This is in line with some of the professor of clinical medicine in New York.
Try to keep a slow and steady 15 to 20 seconds and then relax and repeat. So it is best to stretches before any exercise, especially jogging and walking. But it is a good idea to stretch every day. Ask your doctor to teach you to focus on local extensions potential problems of arthritis, such as knee and lower back.
3) Do always the best exercises: Take a long walk at least three times a week or participate in a step aerobics or low impact exercise routine maximum results. There is no evidence that he is running bad for the joints, but remember, in May aggravate the injury, if you already have one. And do not forget to check with your doctor before starting a new exercise program.
After all, it was all healthy habits, exercise is important. This is because people are to be active. So it is very important for people to exercise to stay healthy and keep the joints without depreciation.
Just keep in mind that without the body, "even if no symptoms of illness or problems like arthritis, is not at full potential. Therefore, the application to start immediately!
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