Osteoarthritis Prevention WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Osteoarthritis Prevention
Unfortunately, there is no sure-fire way to prevent osteoarthritis, but you can take measures to protect your joints in order to avoid, delay the onset, or reduce the severity of osteoarthritis symptoms. Maintaining an ideal body weight to avoid obesity helps to keep excessive pressure and weight from being placed on joints. Exercises which focus on strengthening the muscles around susceptible joints can also reduce the likelihood of osteoarthritis development.1
Fast Facts:
- Use caution when engaging in sports which may increase the likelihood of joint injuries.2
- Eating a diet can reduce the likelihood of developing osteoarthritis.3
- Good posture, rest after periods of heavy activity, and resting joints which feel pain after exercise can help decrease the common damage sustained by joints, thereby delaying the onset of osteoarthritis.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 National Arthritis Foundation: 10 Ways You Can Protect Your Joints
- ↑ WrongDiagnosis: Prevention of Osteoarthritis
- ↑ HealthCentral: Diet, Weight and Osteoarthritis Prevention
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Emily Lapkin
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Preventing Osteoarthritis, How to Prevent Osteoarthritis, Can You Prevent Osteoarthritis, Can I Prevent Osteoarthritis
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
