Hi all...on reading this mornings e-mail, just wanted to agree with Jane from Wales.. I do this all the time. Walk as far as I can, although, by the time I get home, my feet are so sore..Determined not to give in...Long may it last. 😀
Hi all, still new to this but thought I would ask for anyone else’s experience with weight lifting and RA Last year I was in incredible shape due to training & diet that involved a lot of weight lifting and I loved it. having a very active job on my feet for 12 hours a day, when I returned to work after the first lockdown,…
My Rheumatologist advised me that my medicines may be more effective if I lose weight. I've managed to lose nearly a stone and a half through small changes to my diet and gentle exercise. I'd really recommend swimming because of the variety of different strokes. Find a stroke or set of strokes that suit you, and alternate…
Has anyone tried wild swimming? I’ve been reading how it helps with OA and pain from inflammation but I’m such a coward when it comes to cold water 🤣🤣😮 any thoughts?
Hi all, I was up my local Gym recently and one of the ladies who works there told me about the Exercise Referral Scheme which was set up in the 1990's to help the inactive and those with health issues to participate in exercises at a participating local sports centre. It's GP referred and the benefits are a discount on…
I am new to this and not very good with technology! I am French but spent most of my life in Scotland I have been in pain for 30 years and it's getting worse. I am a widow and used to be supported by my late husband. I try to move as much as I can Mainly walking and Yoga but I found the solitude the worse part as I live in…
Been going through a bad time physically & mentally since being diagnosed with RA last year, gained 2 stone from being on steroids which I'm struggling to get off, still not stabilized on meds, in a fair bit of pain daily & missing my Zumba classes which I can't manage anymore, my mental health has deteriorated drastically…
Hi everyone I'm new here and would really like some yoga 🧘♀️ poses to do at home for my left hip and knee so I can get moving in the morning and also some good pain killers that won't be too harmful on other parts of my body. Sorry I know it's large and may be a big ask but I would like to be able to get out, and sit in a…
I have been stretching and exercising with Jay (stretching) and Leon (Let's Move) for the past few months. The difference in my flexibility is amazing. However for the last two days, my knees mainly and othe joints have been so very painful and although still doing the exercise, I find that normal walking has been minimal.…
I have rheumatoid arthritis and I have been prescribed prednisolone for 5 weeks which has eased my stiffness. I almost feel back to normal, whatever that is! Before seeing my rheumatologist I had been exercising regularly following the excellent exercise videos on the Versus site. I told my rheumatologist I had been…
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