How to Improve Knee Pain Associated with Osteoarthritis
Work on a way to safely lose weight., Choose how you lose weight; be it by dieting or exercising., Look at your current food intake., Exercise.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Work on a way to safely lose weight.
Research findings continue to support the notion of weight loss being linked to decreased cartilage loss in the medial tibia
- a key cause of osteoarthritis.
A study carried out by Australian researchers in February 2014found that with every 1% weight loss, there was a
1.2mm^3 decrease in the loss of medial tibial cartilage volume
- subsequent studies might put this into question, however, so don't take it as a hard and fast rule. -
Step 2: Choose how you lose weight; be it by dieting or exercising.
Obviously your ability to do the latter will be dependent upon the intensity of the pain that you experience. , Are there any cutbacks you can make, not only in terms of snacking between meals, but in switching to lower calorie versions of the spreads, drinks, and so on in your fridge.
A diet doesn't have to be a complete denial of the foods that you love.
It can just be a series of adjustments to the foods that you already eat.
If you don't have a lot of weight to lose, that is.
If you have a lot of weight to lose, a more traditional and regimented diet may be required. , This doesn't mean getting to the gym and pumping iron for 3 hours a day.
Exercising can just mean going on short walks more regularly
- walking to the grocery store rather than driving or taking public transport, parking further away from a shopping precinct so you have to walk further to get to where you want.
As with dieting, exercising doesn't have to be a punishing regime of calorie counting and footstep monitoring
- you're more likely to keep up with regular exercise if it's not too inconvenient for you to do so, you might even enjoy it! -
Step 3: Look at your current food intake.
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Step 4: Exercise.
Detailed Guide
Research findings continue to support the notion of weight loss being linked to decreased cartilage loss in the medial tibia
- a key cause of osteoarthritis.
A study carried out by Australian researchers in February 2014found that with every 1% weight loss, there was a
1.2mm^3 decrease in the loss of medial tibial cartilage volume
- subsequent studies might put this into question, however, so don't take it as a hard and fast rule.
Obviously your ability to do the latter will be dependent upon the intensity of the pain that you experience. , Are there any cutbacks you can make, not only in terms of snacking between meals, but in switching to lower calorie versions of the spreads, drinks, and so on in your fridge.
A diet doesn't have to be a complete denial of the foods that you love.
It can just be a series of adjustments to the foods that you already eat.
If you don't have a lot of weight to lose, that is.
If you have a lot of weight to lose, a more traditional and regimented diet may be required. , This doesn't mean getting to the gym and pumping iron for 3 hours a day.
Exercising can just mean going on short walks more regularly
- walking to the grocery store rather than driving or taking public transport, parking further away from a shopping precinct so you have to walk further to get to where you want.
As with dieting, exercising doesn't have to be a punishing regime of calorie counting and footstep monitoring
- you're more likely to keep up with regular exercise if it's not too inconvenient for you to do so, you might even enjoy it!
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Sarah Myers
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