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Draft guidelines have just been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on treatment for Osteoarthritis with a steer away from pain medication such as paracetamol and opiods and towards exercise and weight-loss (if appropriate).
For those who would like to read the whole thing then the draft can be found here
The part that is important (from an exercise point of view)
| “Non–pharmacological management Therapeutic exercise 1.3.1 Offer tailored therapeutic exercise to all people with osteoarthritis (for example, local muscle strengthening, general aerobic fitness). 1.3.2 Consider supervised therapeutic exercise for people with osteoarthritis. 1.3.3 Advise people with osteoarthritis that joint pain may increase when theystart therapeutic exercise. Explain that: |
The bold is mine, it’s normal to associate pain with harm and so trying to move away from this instinctive thought process that if it hurts it is doing me harm is not going to be easy (along with the caveat that no-one likes pain!) but hopefully these new (draft!) guidelines will reassure people.
Exercising the arthritic joint will ensure that the joint will not lose range of movement and that moving through that joint and overloading the muscles will produce strength increases that will help with the pain.
Supervised exercise was likely to have greater benefit to people with osteoarthritis because it may increase adherence and social support so if you have been wondering where to start please do get in touch to see if one of my Strength and Balance classes are suitable for you.
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Helen
Having worked in IT in London for 15 years I was made redundant in 2009. I had trained as a gym instructor whilst working and decided I would rather spend the rest of my career doing something I loved than look for another job in IT. I furthered my qualifications with a Certificate in Advanced Personal Training from the highly regarded Premier Training. Many personal trainers are generalists covering all areas of fitness but I took the decision to specialise in the over-50s and therefore went on to do a CYQ Award in Functional Training for the Independent Older Adult Level 3. My focus is on overall health rather than fitness. I believe that making small changes can have a long term positive effect on health and well-being.
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