Hello.

Fran54

Hi. I have just joined this community as I feel that I need to talk to other people who have Arthritis. I have Osteoarthritis in my right knee and some days I feel good but other days feel quite down.

I have been given exercises to do by a Physiotherapist, but find it hard to get motivated. Does anyone else feel like this?

Looking forward to joining in with other people on here.

Take care and thank you for reading this.🙂

PeterJ

Hello @Fran54 and welcome to the community. I hope that you find it a friendly and supportive group.

I understand that you have Osteoarthritis in your right knee and some days feel good, but some days feel down. You are not alone in this as most of us have some better days than others. Our website has a lot of useful information in it and I would suggest having a look around it. To help I've put a couple of links below that you might find of interest.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis-of-the-knee/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2021/september/arthritis-and-depression-what-you-can-do-about-it/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms/emotional-wellbeing/

Please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their experiences and support as well.

With very best wishes

Peter

Fran54

Hi Peter.

Thank you for your reply.

Yes I have been looking through the website and some of the information is useful and it helps me to feel that I am not alone with this condition.

One thing that I do find with me is that when my knee aches I don't always want to do the exercises, as I am not sure if it would make things worse. I do try and do the exercises once a day, should do more but am a bit unsure.

However, I will have a look through the community questions/answers and see if there is something there to reassure me.

Take care.

Fran54