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Surgery soon? Use these 3 tips to manage post-surgical pain
While for most people pain will be either mild or relieved within a few days following surgery, some patients have lingering pain that may develop into chronic pain. An expert in managing post-op pain offers three tips for keeping it under control, safely.
5 Isometric Exercises You Should Be Doing and Why
Need a pain-free starting point for your fitness journey? Or maybe you’re hoping to maintain muscle mass while rehabbing? Look no further than isometric exercise.
6 Hip Strengthening Exercises for Seniors
Senior hip exercises stabilize the legs and spine by strengthening the hip joint and its supporting muscles. A weak or unstable hip joint puts your hip, knee, sacrum, and lumbar spine at risk for injury, pain, weakness, and decreased mobility.
Millions live with low back pain—addressing risk factors like smoking, obesity and workplace ergonomics could curb trend
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability in the world, with over 600 million people living with the condition. This is one of the key takeaways of our June 2023 study published in the journal The Lancet Rheumatology.
Patients with worse osteoarthritis pain, physical function benefit most from exercise
Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis who exercise fare better than patients who do not, with those demonstrating worse severity and function at baseline benefitting most acutely, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.